A Mug for Things (*not for hot drinks!)

This mug has a bit of a sad story to tell. It was meant to be a mug (as per its name). And shape-wise, it's a damn-fine mug. Heavy, beautiful smokey colour.

But when we were sampling them, every time we poured boiling water into them, they cracked. The makers tried again with more of the heat-resistant stuff. They cracked again. They tried a third time - they cracked. On about the eighth time, and a lot of broken glasses later, they did it! A non-cracking heat-resistant mug. The Yangon team triumphantly poured boiling water all over them, thrilled that they were surviving, and packed them up into our container ready for you all.

Then as soon as they arrived, we made a brew - the first in our new mugs! A moment of high excitement.

Crack.

It split in half, right across the middle.

We tried another. Same thing happened. Devastating.

Maybe it's because it's cold here, and was boiling hot on the testing day in Yangon. Maybe the tea-test in Yangon wasn't quite hot-enough. Maybe all sorts of things.

But at Kalinko, we never throw anything away (read about our annual Wonky Sale!). And we're also used to things not quite working out as we had planned. That's life.

So please say a big, warm welcome to our beautiful, heavy, delightfully smokey, Mug for Things. Put your bits and bobs in it on your bedside table. Use it as a pen pot, for cotton buds, as a salt cellar, for iced coffee! As a glass with a handle, for snacks! Anything, and everything. Clever little mug.