Why do coffee cup handles not break off more often?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
Walnut Creek, California
September 13, 2023 11:55am CST
Sometimes my mind is empty. Other times it probes the depths of the human experience.
This morning, as I was walking from my kitchen to my desk, the latter occurred.
I realized that if the handle to my coffee suddenly gave way, my coffee could come crashing down on my $1000 tube amplifier, destroying it.
But for all of the odd things that have happened to me, I don't think I've ever had a coffee cup handle break.
Is it voodoo? God? Or is there some special way "they" attach coffee cup handles to coffee cups?
Inquiring minds...
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
13 Sep 23
The less you use a microwave to re-heat coffee in the mug, the less likely the handle is to break off. Handles can break off if the mug is cheap or not made well, though. But good mugs should last a long time without breaking.
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@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Sep 23
@DaddyEvil I try to stay in touch with the times.
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@MarieCoyle (38702)
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14 Sep 23
I love the really heavy, hand made, kiln fired mugs. I always have. They are works of art, and I am pretty much convinced that my coffee tastes better drinking from them, rather than a store-bought cup.
I don't think there is a special way to attach the handle. If they are made in mass production, I suppose there could be the occasional issue with the equipment they use? I don't really know.
I had one mug I really liked. I used it all the time. One morning I poured my coffee in to my precious favorite mug, lifted it by the handle, and the handle snapped off! Boiling hot coffee everywhere, but the worst was my mug..I had never had that happen before then, and it's never happened since. I still love the heavy handmade mugs.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
14 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle I believe you. Had Pony said the same thing, I would not have. LOL
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@MarieCoyle (38702)
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14 Sep 23
@vandana7
Until it happened to me that particular day, I had not heard of it happening to anyone before.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
14 Sep 23
He did penance in his last life, and god asked him, what do you want my son. He then said with his usual innocence, if you could give a cup that has a handle that will not break ever, I will be eternally grateful.
And the Lord said...Lo behold, here is a cup I give thee, thine to use in next life, but thee shalt not try to throw it around...as the list of thy sins is fairly large.
And so Pony is using his blessings, and wondering where they came from.
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@wolfgirl569 (108126)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Sep 23
@vandana7 
And now we know why the handles hold up so well
And now we know why the handles hold up so well1 person likes this
@vandana7 (100617)
• India
14 Sep 23
I have extremely logical reasons for that Judy.
1. As you said, he is lucky;
2. The cup pities him like all the myLotters treating him like Charlie Chaplin;
3. The handle of his cup is deeply in love with the cup part even though it is way too heavy
4. Pony holds his cup with two hands just in case...after all the damage can be $1000 USD.
5. Pony is holding a plastic cup...
Whatever...I don't want to hurt Pony. I am basically a nice and kind person, especially to Pony.
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Sep 23
I think it's in the way they are designed. coffee cups are built to take heat because most people put coffee in them.
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Sep 23
I had a favorite coffee cup it said Life's a bi*****ch and then you die and after the handle broke off I kept using it, Sadly it was left behind in Latvia,
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@1creekgirl (41747)
• United States
15 Sep 23
The only coffee cup handle that broke was a cup that one of the grandkids made. I didn't want to get rid of it, so it now holds pens.
@LindaOHio (181721)
• United States
14 Sep 23
I often think of my plastic cup from Dunkin' Donuts. What happens if the handle comes loose? The only catastrophe I've had recently was when I fell asleep and coffee spilled all over me, my chair and the carpet! Have a good day.
