Promotional Cups

What are mugs made out of, usually?  In my last blog post, I said that I preferred the feel of a ceramic mug over the travel mug.  Travel mugs are almost always, at least the good ones (in my not-so-humble opinion), made out of stainless steel; another similarity they have to a thermos.    Some of them are made of plastics, or are a hybrid of plastic on the outside and plastic on the inside.  For promotional purposes, plastics are great because they can come in almost any color and have almost any color applied to them for customization.  Plastics and metals are very break resistant, too, so this is why they’re preferred for the travel mug.

Latte mugs, bistro mugs, and the old standard desk mugs tend to be made of a ceramic material like porcelain or earthenware.  A mug made from these materials hold heat really well and keep liquids warm longer than ordinary glass.  Ceramics can hold up pretty well and not completely shatter when dropped, but they’re still fragile enough that you don’t want to test how impact resistant they really are.

Glass mugs aren’t uncommon but they can lose heat more quickly and can break more easily than most other materials.  Usually a glass mug is picked because they’re cheaper.

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