Awesome Mugs

Unlike other heated mugs, the Nanoheat mug has a built-in battery so you don’t have to keep it plugged in to work. It can keep your drink at 145ºF to 155ºF for 45 mins. per charge. It also has an optional wireless charger.

“It all has a system Dave. It’ll make sense when you look at it right. You gotta stand back from it, you know?” A replica of the famous mug from The Usual Suspects. Buy at least two so you can re-enact the climactic scene.

Illustrator Emily McDowell’s funny text-heavy prints parody kitsch screen-printed mugs, with self-aware jabs, mantras that are more manic than meditative, and a hilarious mug for non-morning people.

The Mighty Mug has a discreet suction cup at the bottom. This makes it highly resistant to being knocked off when on a smooth and flat surface, but it can still be lifted straight up like a normal tumbler.

Stanley one-ups the carabiner mug with its 16oz. Clip Grip mug. You can clip the cup with your drink already inside it, thanks to its leakproof lid. Keeps drinks hot or cold for up to 1 hour. 20oz. mug also available.

Start your morning off with a bang with this ceramic mug that gets its form through the wonders of 3D printing. Designed by Augusto, it’s available in one of several gloss colors or matte black. I like my coffee like my gunpowder… black.

Designed by Jonathan Aspinall, each Link Mug has a cross-shaped overhang on one side and a cross-shaped recess on the other side, allowing you to carry multiple mugs in a line without the need for a tray.

Raptor Bandit Industries puts the nail in the coffin of the way too overplayed “Keep Calm and Carry on” meme with this awesome mug that will serves double duty to make gabby office workers zip their lips while you sip your joe in peace.

We love the design of this modern coffee mug, which beautifully blends Japanese-style ceramic work with walnut wood. Its open handle not only looks cool, it allows the mugs to be stacked.

Portland-based Beam & Anchor sells beautiful mugs made from 100% copper. They’re great at keeping your drink hot or cold and will tarnish with age. In 13.5oz. and 18oz. sizes. We’d love to see what they look like with their patina.

Thankfully, pulling the pin on Megawing’s porcelain mug won’t blow you and your cup of coffee to Kingdom Come, but it should do a nice job keeping your beverage warm – especially if you leave the lid on. Available in white or black.

A very special ceramic coffee mug, made using 3D printing tech to create its clay mold. Yes, $99 is a lot to spend on a coffee cup, but true caffeine addicts should consider it a worthwhile investment. Also available as an espresso cup.

From the Unemployed Philosophers Guild – the folks who make the Shark! mug – comes a time-lapse of extinction. This mug features dinosaurs that turn into skeletons when the mug is filled with hot liquid. Also sold on Amazon.

It’s a peaceful day of fun and sun at the ocean, when somebody has to show up and ruin the day by pouring a hot cup of joe and releasing a sea full of angry sharks. Though the dishwasher or microwave will kill them all.

A side project of 410BC Clothing, Anatomist sells limited edition apparel and accessories “inspired by vintage anatomical and medical texts”, such as a brain piggy bank, a skull candle, t-shirts with anatomical diagrams and more.

Designed by Canister, Steep is a ceramic tea mug with two compartments. The top part carries up to 16oz of liquid, while the bottom part can be used to store used tea bags. It also comes with a screw-top lid.

Similar to the Coke Can Glass, the Cuppa-Can is a ceramic mug shaped like a drink can. It even has a silicone lid with a molded pull-tab. Its double wall insulation keeps hot drinks hot and your hands cool. Also available here and here.

Upper Playground’s mugs pay tribute to SF’s island prison and two of its most infamous inmates. Each ceramic mug is printed with a convict on one side, iconic imagery on the back, and The Rock on the inside.

Spinning Hat’s squared-off ceramic classic guitar amp mug is perfect for rockers, roadies and air guitarists alike – and this one even goes to 11. Rock out with your coffee out!

This sturdy plastic mug is the perfect place to stack your LEGO, KRE-O, K’Nex, and other building blocks while you sip your joe. It’s even got holes on the bottom. Not dishwasher or microwave safe though.

Freak out your friends and make them think your coffee cup is sinking into the table with this off-kilter ceramic mug from Japan. Available in brown or white, though white is currently sold out.

It may look like an ordinary travel mug, but the ThermoBuffer has been designed to keep coffee and hot drinks at the optimum temperature – between 160°F to 135°F – for up to 2 hours.

You might have already warded off that pesky shark, but now there’s a hungry, hungry hippo hanging out in the bottom of your mug, and no amount of caffeine will satisfy this beast.