Moroccan Mosaic Tea Cups

Love the Moroccan tea cups. They are a great size and also beautiful. They do get pretty warm at first but I used a napkin around the cup for a couple minutes.

Tea cup

The color is very nice. The perfect size cup

BEAUTIFUL... Hot to the touch even after low temp brief steeps...

I bought the green one. The glaze is lovely & interesting plus the shape of the cup is even more attractive in person than I had anticipated. I steeped 1g of a mixed green/white tea IN a strainer in the cup so weighed the 4 oz./113g of 180 degree water I poured in. The cup was uncomfortable to hold for some time after the 2.5-minute steep elapsed, taking more time to cool than I would like. That, to me, is the one negative about the cup. Well, it's not dirt cheap for the size either so perhaps cost is a minor negative too. Definitely a cup to use for mate, green, or white teas giving the tendency of the material to hold heat yet no handle. Knowing that, I may not buy a second green cup or collect the other colors despite the beauty. I find espresso cups suitable for steeping small servings of tea. The ones I use are a boring solid white but they DO have handles. If you like to sip your teas s-l-o-w-l-y over some time, this cup may work particularly well for a patient person like you.