Fiesta Shamrock 453 10-1/4-Ounce Mugs, Set of 4

bad handle
I love Fiestaware (that accounts for the two stars) but can't stand these mugs. The tiny loop handle requires you to thread one finger through and rest the rest of your fingers or hand on the cup -- hello, if I wanted to hold a hot cup in my hand, I wouldn't get a mug with a handle on it.

Take a look at the handle on the big cup, Fiestafolk, and take a hint. Now THAT'S a handle.

It burns, it burns!
I really love my fiestaware, but these mugs are enough to suck the joy from the whole set. I wish they offered an option of practical (non-jumbo) mugs, so that fiesta purists could have these and people who want practical drinkware could have something comfortable.

The problem, as others have noted, is the handle. However for me it's not really the awkwardness of having to support the mug with just one finger. Rather, it's the way you have to brace it with your other fingers against the burning hot mug. The thing conducts heat like mad, and even the thickened bit under the handle is too hot for me to keep contact with for more than a quick sip. A mug should not be painful to use! I wind up holding it with two hands on the top and bottom edges, or waiting until it cools and drinking my beverage cold. That's if I use the mugs at all--we gave up on them and keep a separate set of mugs for our use and mostly just bring these out when we care if things look nice and match.

These things...

Meh.
These are the most bizarre coffee mugs I've ever owned. Yeah, they look really neat, but the "handle" is just a little circle that's hard to grip.

If you like holding your coffee mug with just your index finger and spilling the contents all over the place, this is the mug for YOU!

The capacity is very small, too. All of my other mugs hold a good deal more than these.

I wouldn't buy these particular mugs now that I've had them (they were a gift!) nor would I give them as a gift to anyone else. Does Fiestaware make another kind of mug? Maybe they're better-designed than these ones.

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