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so sometimes i care a whole lot about weird things. right now, that is travel tea mugs.
a few weeks ago, i broke my last travel mug and let's just say i've been having some serious first world problems as i have no idea where to put my hands because i have no tea. anyway, since this is something i use on an hourly basis, it was pretty clear that this was going to be something i would have to replace. then i had some more first world problems, because i had really not liked a lot of things about the mugs i previously owned. so these are my thought on the different types of tea mugs available.
stainless steel:
notes specific to the mug i owned: the one i had was one of my school's ones, but it was pretty standard. also the top on it was atrociously leaky, i actually didn't break this one, it just leaks so much that it is not really portable
pros: keeps tea hot forever, seriously hours; easy to clean; sterilizable
cons: makes tea taste tinny (less so with black teas or teas i drank with milk, as opposed to herbal teas); i hit my teeth on the steel all the time and that shit hurts (i lack any and all coordination); tends to be more expensive, for whatever reason
plastic:
notes specific to the one i owned: the one that i had of this was one of the starbucks ones with the twist open tops, they say these tops are spill proof, and they are - but only when you tip the mug directly upside down, it leaks like a beast on it's side; i also has several cheap ones from walmart that were totally leak proof
pros: doesn't scratch; is super light; easy to clean; ranges from like $5 upward, so not terribly expensive
cons: tended to absorb the taste of teas (this is fine if you are more of a one tea flavor person, but i am not); not really sterilizable, temperature sensitive (this is how i broke the starbucks one, it cracked inside because i often used it for water too)
so i just bought this. it's thermos style so the leaky tops are no longer an issue. glass also holds the heat much better than plastic. (since i am really bad for walking away from tea, this is something i look for) the plastic ones i had were also double walled, but they had waxy paper between them to make it prettier but this means once it cracks, it's done.
i knew i wasn't really stoked with any of the things that i had tried, but i knew i wanted specific things (namely: leak free top, made of something that would be totally cleanable ie non-porous, and heat keeping), i also really, really wanted a tea mug with the infuser in it, which was one of the reasons i turned to david's tea.
yes, i really did just write a really long blog about tea mugs. i am a nerd.
a few weeks ago, i broke my last travel mug and let's just say i've been having some serious first world problems as i have no idea where to put my hands because i have no tea. anyway, since this is something i use on an hourly basis, it was pretty clear that this was going to be something i would have to replace. then i had some more first world problems, because i had really not liked a lot of things about the mugs i previously owned. so these are my thought on the different types of tea mugs available.
stainless steel:
notes specific to the mug i owned: the one i had was one of my school's ones, but it was pretty standard. also the top on it was atrociously leaky, i actually didn't break this one, it just leaks so much that it is not really portable
pros: keeps tea hot forever, seriously hours; easy to clean; sterilizable
cons: makes tea taste tinny (less so with black teas or teas i drank with milk, as opposed to herbal teas); i hit my teeth on the steel all the time and that shit hurts (i lack any and all coordination); tends to be more expensive, for whatever reason
plastic:
notes specific to the one i owned: the one that i had of this was one of the starbucks ones with the twist open tops, they say these tops are spill proof, and they are - but only when you tip the mug directly upside down, it leaks like a beast on it's side; i also has several cheap ones from walmart that were totally leak proof
pros: doesn't scratch; is super light; easy to clean; ranges from like $5 upward, so not terribly expensive
cons: tended to absorb the taste of teas (this is fine if you are more of a one tea flavor person, but i am not); not really sterilizable, temperature sensitive (this is how i broke the starbucks one, it cracked inside because i often used it for water too)
so i just bought this. it's thermos style so the leaky tops are no longer an issue. glass also holds the heat much better than plastic. (since i am really bad for walking away from tea, this is something i look for) the plastic ones i had were also double walled, but they had waxy paper between them to make it prettier but this means once it cracks, it's done.
i knew i wasn't really stoked with any of the things that i had tried, but i knew i wanted specific things (namely: leak free top, made of something that would be totally cleanable ie non-porous, and heat keeping), i also really, really wanted a tea mug with the infuser in it, which was one of the reasons i turned to david's tea.
yes, i really did just write a really long blog about tea mugs. i am a nerd.