I just paid $32.50 for a coffee cup, and that is far more than I've ever paid for a coffee cup before. I have another just like it, which was a promotional offer from Starbucks many year ago, but the handle is loose now, and I am afraid it won't last much longer. The design is perfect for a coffee cup, and I don't know why there aren't more like it Wide on the bottom and narrow on the top, it holds the temperature very well. Plus it is aluminum, and it comes with a top, both of which also help retain the temperature of the coffee. After looking around for something cheaper, I finally bought it on Amazon.com despite the hefty price. This one is exactly the same as my Starbucks cup except that "Starbucks" isn't engraved on it, and it has the top, whereas I had lost the top for the Starbucks cup years ago.
Oh, that's nice! I had a different visual in mind when I first saw what you were saying and before I saw the picture. I have a Starbucks mug from years ago, too, and it's "chubby" in that it's very wide and deep with a thick handle... which makes it very hard to hold and sometimes I even lose my grip on it. Thought that's what you meant, but this one is much nicer!
@Ken Anderson There are "collectors" waiting in line to buy a great variety of things, often with high hopes of eventually making a profit when selling. First thing comes to mind is the old, original Corning Ware dishes and such. Truly valuable antique items of amazing complexity are being reproduced and marketed, the implication being they are "real". Here is an example of a clever "fake". Inscribed U.S. Navy Diving Helmet, it was made of solid copper and brass. I picked it up at a large flea market in Ft. Wayne, IN. Photo taken at Christmas Party at my house, 1978. Clockwise, from left, guy with maroon shirt Frank Sanoica, Chip Angus, my Welder, Jim Rennecker, Maintenance, in the helmet, Bruce Rockwell, my coworker Engineer.
After using this cup for a while, with the cover that I didn't have for my old one, I couldn't love it more. The fact that it's aluminum, the shape, and the cover all work together fantastically. I often get tied up in things that I'm doing online, and find that my coffee is cold, but it seems never to get cold in this cup. Technically, I'm sure it would get cold eventually, but you know what I mean. Very expensive for a coffee cup, but I love it. There's a little sippy slot in the cover, so it isn't necessary to take the cover off.
Cool cup and I hope it lasts you a long while. When you love coffee and need it where you are you'd like one that works well for you and your work. Congrats! I don't see any coffee cups locally like that either.
If I ever paid 32 dollars for a coffee cup it better be made of pure silver! lol. My favorite mug is one I got a yard sale, which is a hand made ceramic one. It has a beautiful design. I have seen similar ones for sale for 20 dollars or more. I think I paid all of one dollar for the one I bought.
Having used this cup, with the top, for a couple of months now, let me tell you that it was well worth the cost, although I still don't know why there aren't more like it being made. The base is wide enough that if I am driving alone, I can just set it on the passenger seat and it won't tip over. But the best thing is that the combination of the shape and the top keeps the coffee warm for a long time. I often get busy working or in conversation here in the forum, and I used to throw a lot of coffee away because I can only reheat it so many times and it doesn't taste good anymore. With this cup, I can leave it on my desk while I go upstairs, eat supper and play a game of cards with my wife, and it's still plenty warm when I come back downstairs.
Interesting your cup is made of aluminum. Back in 1962 I first heard about a fear of aluminum contamination. With so many items made of the metal such as food and beverage cans, cooking utensils etc, I recently started doing a bit of research on the subject. Here's one study I found. http://www.raysahelian.com/aluminum.html
Actually, I was just assuming it was aluminum. It looks aluminum and feels aluminum, but it might be stainless steel. Oh yeah, I see. Stainless steel is in the title of it, so it's not aluminum after all.
Just in case those studies were right, you're safe then. Me, I'm so contaminated from all the aluminum beer cans, cook pots and coffee pots I've used. They'll probably melt me down and make more cans when I croak.
That's a nice looking cup. I have one that is straight up - not Starbucks, I got it from Liverpool Airport (UK) about 7 years ago.
@Ike Willis Ike, thank you for that link! I've heard aluminum has been implicated in some ways with Alzheimer's Disease, but have some doubts myself about that. Aluminum cookpots have been used by the billions for a hundred years, and there seems no "epidemic" of Alzheimer"s, but who knows? A neighbor refuses to use them, uses cast iron only, greases them up after use with old contaminant-containing fat. 'Course, this guy does not believe in painting anything to preserve it. When he built his house, the outside plywood surface he "painted" with crankcase oil drained from his engine!
Interesting how everybody has their own preferences and/or hang-ups... as for me, I prefer to drink out of plastic, at least when it's a hotter beverage like coffee. I have a plastic glass (contradiction in terms) that I've been using for my coffee for almost 12 years... never paid attention to the size, but it's 12 oz. Whenever possible, I avoid ceramic, figuring it's all coated with toxic lead glaze. In contrast, one of my brothers (last I knew) refuses to drink out of styrofoam. And then there was my late Uncle who insisted on having his coffee in regular glasses. To each his/her own.