Awesome Cups

Luycho’s unique cups and saucers produce an animated image when turned. The trick is the series of lines on their saucers which reflect onto gold mirrored strips, creating the illusion of movement on porcelain mugs. They come in horse, bird, and cat designs with either a porcelain or wood saucer.

Enjoy this hypnotic look at a machine designed for the high-speed production of paper cups. It starts with flat sheets of paper, rolls them onto a form, glues the seam, adds the bottom, and eventually rolls the top edge, cranking out as many as 130 cups per minute.

We love the unique faceted design on GearPride’s stainless steel tumblers. They hold up to 200ml (or nearly 17 oz.) of your favorite beverage, and their double-wall insulation keeps drinks hot or cold for up to 5 hours. They come in various colors, including natural, black, white, red, and multicolor gradient.

This 450ml cup will last for a very long time thanks to its 100% titanium construction. It features a smooth beveled lip and folding mug handles, as well as a removable lid. Titanium’s very high melting point means it’s safe for heating liquids over a campfire – just remember to handle with tongs or an oven mitt if you do that.

These tall green glasses from DOIY Design are modeled after the color and texture of a saguaro cactus (minus the prickly bits). They come in a set of four, and when stacked they form one tall plant, complete with those upwards-pointing arms. They also make a shorter version, though it’s currently sold out.

Swing for the fences every time you take a sip from these unique baseball bat mugs from Young Bat Co. Each one is handmade from the barrel of a real bat and can be custom laser-engraved or painted with text or images. They come in tall (12oz) and junior (6oz) versions. They make a great groomsmen’s gift.

This distinctive and elegant sake vessel gets its inspiration from the drips that occur during the Japanese spirit’s distillation process. Each one is crafted from stainless steel and features a removable cup and saucer that looks like rippling liquid. The bottom of the saucer can also be inscribed.

Combine two shot flavors in one, or enjoy a shot and a chaser back to back with these split shot glasses. Each one has a 1 oz and half-ounce chamber and is made of reusable plastic. Sold in sets of 20, so you’ll always have plenty on hand.

Ceramic artist Stepanka Summer creates unique porcelain tumblers and mugs embossed with lettering that allows light to show through. The creamy white tumblers come with numbers, Xs and Os, or Love lettering, while the mugs simply send a message of love.

Ceramics artist Trevor Foster created this collection of cups which are designed as a reminder to live life to the fullest. The skull-shaped stoneware cups will come in espresso, tea cup, coffee cup, and mug styles, and can be finished in a variety of glazes, from a deep red iron oxide to pleasant pastels.

Drinkware company MiiR presents a special edition of their insulated 12oz Camp Cup, with wonderful wraparound art by Kyler Martz that recognizes the feelings of isolation, but solidarity that many of us are going through these days. $5 of each purchase will go to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.

Not only do Kruve’s unique double-to-single-walled espresso cups look great, they keep coffee hot, and intensify and funnel that delicious aroma to your nose. Its design also encourages you to swirl your drink, smoothly mixing the components that separate with brewing.

While visiting Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum to see the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh paintings, we exited through the gift shop, and found this: a coffee cup that’s missing a handle, much like Vincent was missing an ear. Two bandages mark the spot, capturing the artist’s most unmistakable feature.

Old Detroit is overrun with criminals, and it needs a hero. All we need is a fallen cop, a greedy corporation, an unlimited technology budget, and we’ll be set. While you wait for that to play out, sip your coffee and relax. You have five seconds to comply.

Made from double-walled stainless steel, these 12 oz. cups are perfect for sipping cocktails, wine or other cool beverages while enjoying outdoor concerts or picnicking. Sold in a set of four, they include lids, reusable metal straws, and straw cleaners. Available in a variety of colors.

Let’s face it, working for the man sucks. You need the weekend to get here. Best you can do during the workweek is hunker down, grab a cup of coffee and push through it. This set of five stackable ceramic cups helps express your disdain while you nurse your caffeine buzz.

(PG-13: Language) Etsy seller Ethan’s Lunch Money creates awesomely snarky tea cups and other housewares using fine china, hand-embellished with rude and threatening sentiments. Note: we don’t recommend actually poisoning your friends. (Thanks Robb!)

A fun take on the classic Solo cup design, Fred’s whimsical stainless steel 16 oz. cup has a shiny gold-tone finish that will make all your buds with cheap red plastic cups jealous. Also available in rainbow anodized or copper-plated finishes, the latter being perfect for mules.

Celebrate the end of a day on the slopes with a drink from these stainless shot glasses. They’re designed to temporarily attach to flat surfaces, so you can rig them up on a ski or snowboard for group shots. From the makers of the WhiSki Poles.

Enjoy a cup of joe in the head of one of the more recognizable video game characters of late. This officially-licensed Cuphead coffee cup comes with a jumbo-sized decorative ceramic straw, but we don’t recommend trying to gulp down searing-hot coffee through it.

This Kickstarter project aims to solve another definitively first world problem – how to eat your breakfast cereal on the go. This unique cup offers proportioned compartments for cereal and milk, keeping the crunchy bits crunchy right until you’re ready to chow.

While its proportions are a little questionable, fans of the classic film The Iron Giant, rum, and fruit juice will still want to add this sweet ceramic tiki cup to their collection. It holds 28oz. of your favorite drink, and has a cool metallic sheen and bright eyeballs.

Wicked Big Sports’ Wicked Big Flip Cup will take drinking games to a new – and messier – level. Each pack contains eight giant-sized stackable cups, each of which are 10.25″ tall and 7.75″ in diameter. You get four red cups and four white cups in a pack.