Wabi Sabi Coffee Mug, 12 oz Rustic Stoneware Cup with Wide Ribbon Handle

A low, wide stoneware mug in a matte ochre glaze, smeared with rust brown where the color ran in the kiln and finished with a dark toasted rim. It holds 12 ounces, it goes in the microwave, and the handle is a broad flat ribbon of clay curled into a generous loop instead of a thin stick on the side.

No two come out of the kiln quite the same. The glaze flows its own way on every firing, so the streaks, the drips and the darker patches on yours will sit in their own places rather than exactly where they sit in these photos.

A shape you notice from across the kitchen

This is the mug that earns a place on the open shelf rather than at the back of the cupboard. Pick it up and you feel the shape. The body leans gently outward toward a wide foot, so it sits low and settled on a desk or a shelf, and the walls carry soft dents and faint rings that catch the light from a window.

The rim runs slightly out of round and dips where the handle joins it. Around the bottom the glaze darkens to a deep rust brown, and a few pale drips of ochre run down into it. Set down on the table, it reads as a piece of pottery as much as a cup.

A handle you can wrap your fingers through

The handle is a ribbon: a wide, flat band of clay, pressed onto the wall just under the rim, curled out and down in a big rounded loop, and pressed back onto the body near the foot. The edges are softly rounded and the whole band is glazed and speckled like the rest of the mug.

Because the band is so broad, it takes your fingers flat against it rather than on a single edge. On a slow morning the squat body also fits comfortably between two hands.

Sized for one proper cup

Twelve ounces is room for a full pour-over, a latte with its foam intact, a cappuccino or a frothy matcha, without the tall, narrow well of a diner mug. If the coffee goes cold while you are busy, it goes straight back in the microwave. No pouring it into another cup first.

It looks at home beside an espresso machine, on an open shelf between a few books, or on the desk where the second cup always ends up. Wherever it sits, it is the mug you reach past the others for.

Specifications

Type: Coffee mug

Material: Stoneware

Finish: Matte ochre glaze with rust-brown streaks, a darker foot and a toasted rim

Glaze: Lead-free

Handle: Wide flat ribbon loop

Capacity: 12 fl oz (355 ml)

Dimensions: About 3.5 x 4 in (8.9 x 10.2 cm)

Variation: Shape and glaze pattern vary slightly from mug to mug

Use: Microwave safe

Care

We recommend washing it by hand to keep the matte glaze at its best.

Package Includes

1x Stoneware Coffee Mug