for the love of mugs.

otagiri

otagiri

Coffee is a ritual.
 How you make it, what brewing method you use, the kind of coffee you choose, what you do while you drink it, and what you drink it in.
I have come to recognize and observe working at a local coffee shop that every person enjoys their coffee differently ... and what they choose to drink it in falls along with all their coffee particulars.

otagiri

otagiri

I have (& share) a love for mugs; but not just any mug, an Otagiri mug.
Each one is different. They all were designed to have something new on each one of them, unique little Japanese handcrafted mugs ... and I love them. It was something in the style, the way the handles feel, the thickness when it touches my lips, they perfect amount whether I was using a smaller one or a larger one, the odd pictures decorated across the front, and Otagiri mugs are simply unique. It is because they weren't uniform and I didn't know what I was going to get every time I happen to find one, it was that I had no clue what shape or design it would share, and that is what I love about them. The search for something different and you wouldn't know that it was Otagiri unless you knew what you were looking for. It's like finding a treasure, no one else thinks it's treasure but you.

otagiri

 
Everyone has there own mug, or style mug, that they go to every morning to drink their cup of coffee in. A friend of mine has a love for very small mugs. She collects little trinkets, small knick-knacks, and small mugs. Anything tiny that she can wrap her tiny hands around; she loves. It is the perfect amount for her to sip, and refill it with more hot coffee (maybe a splash of bourbon too ;)) Ceramic, handmade, and individuality are key. Another friend loves mugs without handles. The feeling of the warm mug, nothing between her and the hot mug. She can hold it with both hands, or one with no nuisance of the handle getting in the way. Without handles there is a since of freedom with the mug, but they have to catch her eye, be attractive and what she like in style, colors, appealing to her. Others I have encountered always carry a travel mug because they are always traveling. Travel mugs offer the ability to not fill up as frequently but still have hot coffee throughout the day.
However you like your coffee, and however you brew it I'm sure you have a mug that you enjoy drinking out of the most.    


tiny mug and mug without a handle