Apparently as I've grown older I've also grown pickier about coffee cups. In the last couple of years my "good" mugs have had bad things happen to them. I want a large cup but not huge. Not too thick, not too thin. Microwaveable. Dishwasher safe. Particular handle shapes and sizes. All sorts of preferences.
While I was on vacation in Alaska the last week of August I found the perfect mug! It was gorgeous. It fit my hand perfectly. Well, it sparked like fireworks in the microwave but since everything else was perfect I could live without microwaving it. A small amount of sparks, like I have one cup with a gold rim is ok, but this was quite spectacular. Then I spent the last month learning the exact ratio of coffee/tea/milk etc.
And then two days ago I heated up some tea in the microwave in a teapot so I wouldn't microwave the cup and as I poured it into the perfect cup, the top fell off and took out a huge chunk of my perfect cup
Didn't hurt the cheap tea pot I didn't care about of course.
So first thing was look on line. Couldn't find my cup. Couldn't find other cups the same shape and specifications. I've been going back to my old less-than-satisfactory cups.
Visited the goodwill today and found an adequate cup. Not as good as the last one but better than what I had. The search will continue!