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What's in a cup?

8/19/2015

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Welcome to the Coffee Shop Blog Hop! I'm excited to be a part of it. I hope you enjoy my post about what a cup can do - when you're done reading, be sure to click on to the next featured blogger, Coco!

A coffee cup can tell a story
. It can bring back memories of a trip, a race – transport you to another time in your life.  So not only does what INSIDE the cup bring you comfort, the cup itself does, sometimes, too.

I have 2 special cups that were my mother’s.  She’s been gone almost 7 years now, but these cups help me keep a connection.  The cup with the lighthouse is one she used very often, and having spent her golden years on the lake “upnorth” in Michigan, it’s very appropriate.  The other one is her Halloween mug. My mom loved many of the holidays, and drinking a hot cup of coffee out of this cup really reminds me of her.



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Some of my mom's mugs
Then there is the cup that takes you back to vacation, some of your favorite places.  I have cups from my favorite place in the Caribbean (St. Lucia) as well as my favorite vacation spot (Torch Lake, MI).  I feel a little giddiness when I pull the cup out to use it.

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Travel mugs - from St. Lucia and Traverse City, MI
Can’t forget race mugs – my favorite right now is my 26.2 mug from last year’s Detroit Marathon.  Confession: it makes me feel a little badass!



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Can we talk about SIZE for a minute?  Just like our portion sizes have grown over time, our coffee cups have grown too.  Check out this cup from my parent’s every day dish collection – circa 1955.  They drank coffee or tea out of these cups every day and I don’t think I ever thought they were small.  But now?

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My parent's everyday cup - 5 oz at best vs. the new standard size coffee mug!
What are your favorite cups? And why?

Check out the next featured blog post in our Coffee Shop Blog Hop!

8 Comments
Coco link
8/23/2015 07:20:20 pm

I love this. One of my favorite cups is actually the Coffee Date Link Up mug my Coffee Date co-host Deb made for us. I also like one that I made on Sanpfish with a collage of vacation photos. We are so overrrun with mugs I don't by them anymore, but this is a great reminder of what souvenirs they make.

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marcia link
8/23/2015 09:53:05 pm

What sweet memories you have from those mugs! I need more race mugs in my life. I think I only have a Boston one so far. Yeah our mug sizes have really grown over the years, along with everything else, it seems. Ha!

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Tina link
8/24/2015 12:49:55 am

My fav cups are from travelling or from a race - here we were given cups not shirts! love that. AND for me....bigger iS better. :-) Cups od give memories. I have London, or one given to me by my sister....those are nice...they hug the coffee

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Smitha @ Running with SD Mom link
8/24/2015 01:52:10 am

I am addicted to coffee mugs too! :-)

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Kristin link
8/24/2015 04:40:17 am

I LOVE having memories associated with my coffee mugs! It makes drinking from them so much sweeter. I love that you shared each one!

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Briana link
8/24/2015 05:39:34 am

Love the connection you maintain with your mom through her mugs. Beautiful way to connect with her regularly!

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Bain link
8/24/2015 07:11:25 am

I have a few favorite mugs. (I'm also obsessed with water bottles.) I really like the big mug I have with the Pendleton blanket pattern on it, and the oversized one that says "Crazy Cat Lady." I have one from school that says "Make Love Not Law Review" but it is more for decoration. I also have one from a former roommate that says "as my part for the environment, I've decided to stop using men and then throwing them away."

While I don't have any mugs that were special to Mom (my mom is also deceased), I do have several she gave to me. My favorites are a few Harry Potter mugs that reveal a hidden scene when you put hot liquids in them.

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Kay Lynn link
8/24/2015 11:30:04 pm

I have to stop myself from buying more coffee mugs; we just don't have the room in our cupboard for more. I love the special mugs that belonged to your mom. I have those kinds of items and it really does keep us connected to their memory.

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