[Magdalen] Coffee Cups vs Wine Glasses

[Roger Stokes]

On 07/09/2016 22:48, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Good...most Americans follow George Orwell's detailed tea making instructions, then, because he calls for a cylindrical mug ("breakfast cup") instead of a shallow China cup. :)
> http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm

Very sensible.  A cup with a narrower base will cool more quickly than a 
container with a cylindrical shape.  If offered a choice between a cup 
and a mug my response is always "a mug holds more". That is not greed so 
much as wanting to be at at my host's level rather than "the parson in 
the parlour with the best china".

Roger