I recently got into ceramic mugs. Pretty ceramic pottery mugs, I now have 4 and feel like a proud parent. So this is the story of my favorite ceramic mug, and pretty ceramic mug finds (at the bottom).
Before we talk about the mug itself, let me back up. I recently started drinking hot coffee in the mornings, after only drinking iced coffee (for years – my mother said it had something to do with an iron deficiency possibly during/after my pregnancies? Who knows, but my mother is always right). So maybe my hormones leveled out? Maybe it is cold where I live in Wisconsin?
Maybe my ice maker is kind of broken -true story, we moved in and ice dispenser was broken, no ice came out…also, drawers and shelves fell out the second we opened the fridge…I mean, who checks the inside of the fridge when one moves? I called the home warranty company and they sent someone out who within 2 minutes said “the ice maker is fine, but it won’t dispense because it’s missing a part, that part isn’t made anymore or covered, your total is $99” Sooo…we have ice, but it’s a true struggle to try and finagle it out.
So I started drinking hot coffee, which I made with my french press. Then I got a kettle for Christmas. Game changing. I had been microwaving water, and then transferring it to the french press, making coffee, and then pouring the coffee into a different mug.
As you can maybe surmise…coffee was ‘a thing’ every morning. Ugh. I wanted it to be a cozy ritual.
I kept seeing beautiful mugs people were drinking from and wanted one.
But they’re like $40-$60 a pop, so I didn’t want just any ‘ole mug.
I wanted one that “spoke to me”
I found this beautiful one from Wolf Ceramics. This mug SPOKE TO ME. It was called the ‘Sunrise Mug.’
I pictured myself drinking my morning coffee and starting the day with a sunrise.
It was sold out.
So I messaged the company, and they kindly wrote me back letting me know when they’d be restocking. I put a note on my calendar and eagerly awaited the restock. Welp, I got called away to a meeting and boom, it was sold out when I came back. This happened twice.
I decided to just buy the cup version of the mug and included a little note at checkout about my yearning for the mug version. Stupid, but it was my Christmas present to myself and it was calling my name.
My order arrived shortly after Christmas. The same day I found out our kids’ main Christmas present (a wooden climby thing I’d ordered from the Ukraine through Etsy) wasn’t going to arrive, and the shop owner didn’t want to give me a refund.
I opened the box, and imagine my surprise when I saw a mug! THE MUG!!!!
So now, the proud owner of a sunrise mug, I drink from this ceramic mug every morning, and it always brings up happy thoughts.
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One final note: I absolutely love Wolf Ceramics (and their mugs), but they are so so amazing that they always sell out! I am so happy that that’s the case, but it’s sad when you can’t get a mug you’re looking for, so I’ve linked a few more similar mugs below – all from Etsy/small business/makers:
Do you have a favorite ceramic mug?
Nancy S. says
I have a couple of mugs made by my former HS art teacher in my hometown in Illinois. They are rimmed w/ a black glaze and have served us well for YEARS! My favorite insulated mug is a big ol’ 24 oz SWIG mug when I’m not in the mood for ceramic.