Having a cuppa - new mug, give the old one a wash or just use it

[figbat]

One glass for the day. One mug per drink for the day, so usually a tea mug and a coffee mug. All go in the dishwasher at the end of the day.

 

[Dadam]

Same day, just reuse. Or a rinse if was a frothy coffee. New mug when changing to tea though. In dishwasher at end of day
Some of you with those minging mugs need to have words with yourselves!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

One glass for the day. One mug per drink for the day, so usually a tea mug and a coffee mug. All go in the dishwasher at the end of the day.

Ditto.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Getting interesting!

 

[Accy cyclist]

When working in an old folks home 30 odd years ago I saw an old bloke with dementia having a number 2 in one of the home's mugs. All the mugs were the same light blue hard plastic, so you couldn't tell them apart. The home's boss expected all staff members to use the mugs as well as the residents to "promote a sense of we're all one big family"! After seeing that particular incident I refused to drink out of any of those mugs. The boss said i was being fussy as the chances of getting that mug were about 40 to 1 and besides, they are washed in the home's dishwasher at something like 100 degrees Celsius water, she added. I still refused to use one as the thought of drinking out of a mug that might've had a 💩 in it was too disgusting to contemplate!! 🧐

 

[Dogtrousers]

Answer to question - pour out any dregs, give it a quick swill and re-use.

Slightly off topic - for removing accumulated tea stains: VWP Cleaner/Steriliser is the boss. I do my wife's tea mug about every month or so. Comes up shiny clean. Doesn't last long.

 

[slowmotion]

In 1998, a real craftsman laid some Portuguese limestone flooring in our kitchen. He did a fantastic job using pound coins as temporary spacers between adjacent stones. He was a prodigious tea drinker and brought his own mug which had clearly not been washed for many, many months, judging by the heavy dark tannin staining. One evening after he had left for the day, I gave it a thorough clean, leaving it like new.

The next morning he was utterly appalled by what I had done. It was really embarrassing.

 

[lazybloke]

Slightly off topic - for removing accumulated tea stains: VWP Cleaner/Steriliser is the boss. I do my wife's tea mug about every month or so. Comes up shiny clean. Doesn't last long.

I use Milton sterilising tablets (or similar) to make plastic washing-up bowls sparkle, and to remove possibility of 'biological films' from inside bidons and other similar drinks containers (especially when the kids leave their water bottles in school bags for days on end).


But mugs just go in the dishwasher, so are always shiny clean.
Huh. Why don't I put flasks in the dishwasher too?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Cup cup of PG (never that Yorkshire Yea filth or Tetley dishwater) is worthy of reverence and respect and should be served in a clean mug every time.

Do they still put album collectable cards in PG Tips Drago? 🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

I tend to use the same mug/cup (chosen randomly from about 12 in my cupboard) throughout the day. I used to wash my cups/mugs after every use, but now it's either washed at the end of the day, or rinsed then put with other cups, plates spoons etc ready for the next time I wash up which is usually the day after. However, I do draw the line at using plates, bowls and knives, forks and spoons without washing them in between use. Do any of you do that, I wonder? With flasks I use the cup that comes with it, time after time without washing it till both the flask and cup get washed like the cups used in my flat. I do bleach my tea stained cups every now and then in a bucket of bleach and water. There's something about heavily tea stained cups that I find off putting. For some reason tea stained cups remind me of nicotine stained fingers.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I tend to use the same cup (chosen randomly from about 12 in my cupboard) throughout the day. I used to wash my cups/mugs after every use, but now it's either washed at the end of the day, or rinsed then put with other cups, plates spoons etc ready for the next time I wash up which is usually the day after. However, I do draw the line at using plates, bowls and knives, forks and spoons without washing them in between use. Do any of you do that, I wonder? With flasks I use the cup that comes with it, time after time without washing it till both the flask and cup get washed like the cups used in my flat. I do bleach my tea stained cups every now and then in a bucket of bleach and water. There's something about heavily tea stained cups that I find off putting. For some reason tea stained cups remind me of nicotine stained fingers.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I use Milton sterilising tablets (or similar) to make plastic washing-up bowls sparkle, and to remove possibility of 'biological films' from inside bidons and other similar drinks containers (especially when the kids leave their water bottles in school bags for days on end).


But mugs just go in the dishwasher, so are always shiny clean.
Huh. Why don't I put flasks in the dishwasher too?

My wife's special tea cup is an insulated cup that doesn't go in the dishwasher - hence the buildup of tannin and the periodic blast from VWP

 

[MichaelW2]

Im stricly monomuggist. Mine has a giraffe on it. Used for all beverage types and washed to adequate level in between.
I hate detergent residue in my tea and coffee, so always rinse more than wash.

 

[Electric_Andy]

So do we but that’s not the point.

So what is the point? We only use the dishwasher when it's full of our plates and other stuff. It will go on a wash whether we use 10 cups or 1 cup

 

[raleighnut]

I use a bone china mug bought on holiday in Walsingham for Green Tea and cos I don't take milk or sugar in it just a quick rinse suffices, Maz normally washes it once a day