Tea and Coffee Cups I Have Known

Monochrome Madness this week has us hunting down everyday objects. I thought it might be fun to showcase some of the teacups and coffee cups I have met round and about. I’ll start off with my feature photo. Once, in Granada, at a bar with a friend, we found our different choices meant that we were served our coffee in the manner of the Three Bears -Baby Bear, Mummy Bear, and Daddy Bear.

Poland next, and our breakfast in Gdansk. Sir William gets himself about, all over Europe. But not as far as I know, in the UK.

Granddaughter-in-Spain is too young for coffee. Hot chocolate is her tipple of choice. With predictable results.

After a busy morning of child care, let’s go for something more elegant. A good olden-days afternoon tea, courtesy of the Wensleydale Railway. Trundle in a leisurely fashion through the North Yorkshire countryside whilst enjoying tea elegantly served with dainty scones and cakes on a tiered cake stand. Earl Grey or Darjeeling, Madam?

If fine china is your thing, you should visit the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. Here you can find delicate tableware like this – extraordinarily from the 12th Century – getting on for 1000 years ago …

And if museums are your thing, you should visit the much more homely Nidderdale Museum in Pateley Bridge. Here you’ll find tableware from local churches. Yes, almost every church used to have their very own tea and dinner services for those all-important social gatherings.

Another display, this time from the annual Marmalade Festival near Penrith.

Finally, that newly-so-British tradition of the Scarecrow Festival. This one’s from last year’s village fete at Kirkby Malzeard, our village-next-door.

So, Sarah of Travels with Me, who’s prompted this week’s challenge for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness: here’s a slice of life from those so-important moments of down-time. No high class photos here. Quite simply high-class memories.

Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

52 thoughts on “Tea and Coffee Cups I Have Known”

  9. Ah, ‘high class memories’ – I like that! And your Goldilocks coffee cups made me smile 🙂 As did the Korean teapot which (unsurprisingly) looks very like the ancient ceramics we saw in the North, in Kaesong.

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    1. Sir W has cropped up in Poland, and France, and Italy and who knows where? And it’s a Swedish firm! Yes, Korea has a fascinating past, which tends to be a closed book to us in Europe. Put it on your list!

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  15. These are beautiful tea/coffee sets in black and white, Margaret! I love the photo of your granddaughter, so sweet! Thanks for sharing the happy moment with us.

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  20. I like how functionality impacts on design so that mugs, cups and pots must be pleasing to use as well as look at. But on the other hand it is surprisingly how many mugs and pots aren’t very functional – e.g. funny handles/spots and lids that fall off when pouring. The monochrome adds to the high-class memories dimension!

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