Have you got a favourite mug?

Mine's the one with a thick, dark, crust of tannin and coffee solids on the inside, and dried-on tea/coffee slicks and dribbles down the outside (I have still to learn how to drink out of a cup properly without getting it down my chin!) I always arrange for en-suite hot drinks in my "man cave" wherever I live, and I can easily go for months without ever thinking to take my mug with me when I go downstairs to do the washing up!

I find not washing a cup between cuppas makes for a far more satisfying drink

In the days when all cups of tea were made in a tea pot, there were many who were of the belief that a teapot should never be washed.  Tea itself has anti-germ properties, and this together with the fact that boiling water is required to make a cup of tea ensures that there is little chance of nasty germs in th tea (well at least that is what I have convinced myself!)

I find not washing a cup between cuppas makes for a far more satisfying drink

In the days when all cups of tea were made in a tea pot, there were many who were of the belief that a teapot should never be washed.  Tea itself has anti-germ properties, and this together with the fact that boiling water is required to make a cup of tea ensures that there is little chance of nasty germs in th tea (well at least that is what I have convinced myself!)