My husband and I always have a full travel mug of our favorite
hot beverage when we set off in our car – milky tea for my husband and lately hibiscus
tea with honey for me. Unfortunately I find that most travel mugs even if made
of metal because of their plastic lids tend to impart their taste to the tea
and I have long thought of making a ceramic one – but how to make a cover to stop
the beverage from spilling? I do not like the look of the commercial plastic
covers that you can buy as an accessory from ceramic suppliers - plus being plastic
there is that plastic taste again.
When I was visiting a gallery in Banff a month ago, I was
told about a potter who makes great travel mugs – located in Canmore a town
near Banff. Unfortunately we were going in the opposite direction so did not
get to visit, but the gallery salesperson brought up the website site ----- and
they really did look great – especially clever idea for the cork lids and the
little sippy holes.
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Original design travel mugs by John and Katie Borrowman of the Cabbage and Kings Pottery
in Canmore Alberta. |
A few days later we arrived at our son’s home in Kimberly,
BC and in searching for some cups in his cupboard I saw that he had two of those
travel mugs! I asked him how he liked them – well he did not use them as he never
uses a travel mug. I never did get a chance to try them out in the car,
but they handle well, though heavier naturally than the plastic or metal ones.
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