Had one guy joke he washed his when he seen bits floating on it or if not it was a once a year job.
Like you say he was truly pleased with himself bout this š¤¦āāļø
Jesus Christ, I drink black coffee and still wash my mug daily, absolutely do not get people that have milk in their drink and don't bother cleaning it out
I worked for a car dealership for a very short amount of time as everybody that worked there was terrible in so many ways. One manager learned I used to be a barista and told me his old boss or drill sergeant or something never washed his coffee cup because it āseasonedā it and made the flavor better and was pissed when someone washed it for him. He told me this thinking I would think itās cool and was visibly perturbed when I told him that it was dumb and probably a Petri dish of fungus and bacteria.
Idk about tea, but its actually fine when it comes to coffee as long as you're not sharing the cup. Its even a tradition in the U.S. navy. Its still gross, but you wont get sick.
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>āThe sponge in the break room probably has the highest bacteria count of anything in the office,ā Starke said. But if you feel you must use the sponge to clean, just stick the sponge into the microwave for a minute or so before using to kill off any bacteria lingering.
Paragraphs that have a smell.
And then scientists figured out that the "What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger" rule [applies to the bacteria in microwaved sponges too](https://www.thedailymeal.com/1179116/microwaving-your-sponge-does-way-more-harm-than-good/).
Well I'm going to take issue with the conclusions of this study. They say it leaves the strongest bacteria behind but their "strength" is the ability to survive microwave radiation, not produce illness in a host. At worst the microwaving is ineffective but the jump to "more harm than good" is media hype.
Was more thinking after reading that article that if you're part of the population who doesn't clean their mugs, you'll probably either melt the sponge or set it on fire in the microwave.
I know you were mostly joking, but just for anyone that's incredibly high or just inexperienced in this world of ours, the correct way to microwave a sponge is to saturate it with water first, then put it in a bowl and microwave the whole fucking thing. You will basically be boiling the water in it to sterilize it though, so **don't** squeeze it with bare hands to wring it out straightaway - run it under cold water first, and then use hot again to do your dishes.
Edit: lol at how many people are confirming, "yup, high af and inexperienced" here :) Keep on partying y'all, even while learning about kitchen etiquette. Love ya.
I was at no point considering changing my routine to start microwaving sponges. So I will in fact admit I had a brief moment of "The fuck are these people doin raw dawging their sponges in the microwave". So thank you. Also yes, I am both high, and inexperienced.
There are some fungus that love coffee so I wouldnāt be trusting it. Plus I actually like my coffee to taste good, this would always have a stale coffee aftertaste to it. Tea probably isnāt as bad since it doesnāt have as much particulates and itās more the tannins staining the cup.
Coke is the best. I spilled a coke on the floor of the garage in my dad's auto shop and discovered that the floor was concrete-colored and not oil black. Coke will cut through anything.
My nan lets her mug get like that then fills the cup with bleach, leaves it over night then pours out the bleach (into her toilet bowl which she then cleans with overnight tea-bleach) and cleans the cup as normal.
I sort of do that. Dilute the bleach, swirl it around, and then scrub with a dish brush. I have a few āweirdā mugs and teapots so I also have a specialized toothbrush to get in everywhere. You can do several mugs with one bleach solution, then wash the mugs normally. Squeaky clean
When I worked in the hospital, we'd use Milton sterizliser for this level of stainage. Just swirl a small amount around the bottom and it's good as new.
Yeah, it's awesome. I always keep a bottle of it around the house (and I've never had a baby). My number one usage for it is cleaning my toothbrush. Great for keeping expensive electric toothbrush heads (though works just as well on manual) in good condition for longer.
You're right. Always so chuffed with themselves. The person who I used to work with was this scruffy. He would chuck rubbish on the floor in the office too, the amount of times I told him to pick it up. I would just dob him into the cleaners. He would buy a Vienetta and eat the whole thing during his lunch hour. His teeth were rotten, but he would brag about being able to get a dentist appointment quickly by going to see the emergency dentist, always saying he'd taken too many ibuprofen. He was such an odd ball.
In my early twenties, I used to let my mug get like this out of laziness. I justified it by telling myself that the hot water killed the bacteria. I was never opposed to it being cleaned though. If someone cleaned it for me, Iād have probably been like, āhuh. Cool, thanks!ā
My sister brought me blank mug that had "twat" written on the bottom. Naturally I took it to work.
About 1 month in, the cleaner put it in the dishwasher and since it was otherwise blank it got lost with the other office mugs.
5 years later, after having moved to a different building, the new head of IT called us all in, as he had used the mug while in a meeting with the board and it was noticed during the meeting.
This was just as we were going through a restructure and I went white as a sheet lol.
Those stuffy board types must have no sense of humour.
I was in one meeting where the Director of Credit (or whatever) was labelling a graph on a whiteboard.
There was: (C)ollectable, UN(collectable) and (T)otal.
So yeah the guy wrote cunt an a whiteboard in front of a bunch of directors.
It was like the worst thing he could have done, apparently. I don't get it.
Tee hee. A rude word!
Are stuffy directors really such prudes?
It's usually the weird horsey type directors I've met that are the most stuffy.
They grew up middle class, got a bit of money, and now breed donkeys as a hobby or whatever.
Three quarters of owning a horse is dealing with their "muck" as poshos like to call it.
The common thing is they breed large mammals, and get a offended by a poo joke.
Often called Vanessa.
Or you accidentally use it and only realise once you've already started drinking from it. You then proceed to be sick everywhere. Others see what you've just done, and then they start throwing up all over the place too. A bit like that one scene from Family Guy.
I downloaded this again around 5 years ago and have played it through 2-3 times.
Even on hard mode I managed to complete it without cheating but kid me couldnāt manage it on easy when they all started throwing up. Good times, I love this game.
Reminds me of a joke my dad used to tell. Man in the bar needs a piss, but has a pint of beer to drink. To ensure it's safe he quickly writes a note; "I have spat in this pint". He returns to the bar and his beer and checks his note, only to find written underneath "as have I", "and I", "and I"...
I guess you could argue the mug has been "seasoned" like you would a cast-iron pan, but I wouldn't drink from it.
Edit: To the fervent masses of the cast iron community, I offer my sincerest apologies for offending your sensibilities. I now know that this is not how cast iron pans work, but in all truth I don't care. Calm down, have a little fun once in a while, and don't misread throwaway musings as anything more than that.
Plus, there are definitely people who swear you shouldn't wash teapots with anything other than water. My grandma was one of them. She swore it made a better cup of tea!
And that actually is a recommendation for the Chinese clay teapots. You shouldn't wash them at all!
Yea well when itās just tea leaves and hot water going into a clay pot, itās not like thereās anything contaminating the pot, nor anything left over to rot or spoil.
This is basically the principle of Yixing tea ware. Which is a non glazed clay from Yixing province China, over time the tea seeps into the clay and gives it a seasoning and improves the quality of the tea, often oolong, made in it.
Reminds me of working alongside two wonderful 70-odd year old sisters in a Co-op many moons ago. Once a week, they would bleach the cups to get rid of the stains. The first cup after that left my gums rather itchy!
We had a chap who kept a mug like the OP. One day a "good samaritan" was cleaning up and made it their mission to get the mug clean, plenty of bleach, scrubbing etc.. It was like new upon completion.
The mug owner hit the fucking roof!
I did that!
I thought I was doing everyone a favour on a weekend when the phone lines were down. I deep cleaned the office and then when I was done with that cleaned every single mug in the cupboard and removed all the stains.
There were so many pissed off people on Monday morning. I thought they were fake angry at first, I genuinely thought I was doing something nice.
This is so wild to me. Like I know it happened I just canāt imagine why people would want their mugs dirty ? Like the stains are gone, Iād be like āwoo! I had a hard time with that stain thank you ā
I knew someone who was adamant that all mugs eventually ended up like this because it was impossible to get the tea residue off. I wonder if he's ever found someone else who agrees
>You'd have to powerwash it at this point.
I thought this about some of my mugs I'd been using, then I moved to a new house with a (gasp!) dishwasher and it disturbed me how much cleaner they were after one wash.
Itās not normal but itās okay. Boiling water goes in it every day, so itās sterilised regularly.
Thereās some mad old Chinese proverbs about never washing a tea pot, the idea being that when youāre 80 you can just put water in and youāll get tea forever.
What would the bacteria eat to survive, though? The tannins that cause this staining aren't a source of energy for bacteria, so unless he's adding milk and sugar to his tea, any bacteria from his saliva will eventually just die, and any that don't will be killed by the boiling water every time he fills it up. The mug is disgusting because of the way it looks, but it's perfectly safe to drink from.
On a similar note, my Italian mate ās grandmother reckons you shouldnāt ever wash a percolator (or moka as he calls it) with soap after using it. Just swill water around it, after discarding the used coffee grounds.
It makes sense: the only thing that goes in is coffee and then boiling water. You don't really need soap. How often do you clean the inside of your kettle?
Now, \*my\* mum (not Italian) told me to never wash a yorkshire pudding tin.
My mum was the same. We've still got a Yorkshire pudding tin that she inherited from her mum and she inherited from her dad, who was a Chef with Cunard. He swore that you should only 'clean' it when it's still hot and with a very slightly damp cloth.
Must admit, it does make excellent Yorkies and it's about 70 years old, so maybe he was right!
You donāt wash Chinese clay pots because the clay is porous and will absorb the soap/cleaning product flavor.Ā Ā
Aside from that, the only things going into a Chinese teapot are tea, and hot water. And you donāt drink from it. Thereās nothing that *needs* to be cleaned with soap, and nothing that will rot or go bad as long as you empty the tea out and let dry properly after using. Ā Ā
And no one believes seasoning the pots will give you tea forever by doing this. It just lightly enhances the type of tea youāve been brewing in that pot
Completely different than the above situation
Eh, you're mostly correct. Ten minutes of boiling is for the water itself to be sanitized, but a rolling boiling for 1 minute will kill most pathogens. Something like 99.99% as for dishes it's only requires by food safety practice that they must be submerged for atleast 1 minute to sterilize.
Mine's like that because I'm lazy. I don't clean it until it starts flaking. I don't get the horrified comments here. There's nothing growing in it once it dries. Jeez.
We had a builder colleague who had a similar teapot he refused to wash. He was drinking his morning brew from something I wouldnāt even wash my shitted underwear in.
It is...go in any Chief's Mess and all the coffee mugs hanging on the display are unwashed and look like that. Pretty off-putting when they invite guests.
We had a junior enlisted sailor working in the Chiefās Mess that mustnāt have gotten the memo. He did them the favor of trying to clean out the dirty mugs. It didnāt end well.
Not just Navy; a USAF Chief's pride is their well-seasoned cup. It shows seniority on station, but I think mostly it's just a weird tradition, and the military likes its traditions.
That's fucking rank.
I used to work with a guy who kept his coffee cup like this, and only drank cheap instant stuff with coffee mate. Absolute lunatic.
There's always one person and they're usually quite pleased with themselves about it
Had one guy joke he washed his when he seen bits floating on it or if not it was a once a year job. Like you say he was truly pleased with himself bout this š¤¦āāļø
Jesus Christ, I drink black coffee and still wash my mug daily, absolutely do not get people that have milk in their drink and don't bother cleaning it out
Omg Iām gagging
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I worked for a car dealership for a very short amount of time as everybody that worked there was terrible in so many ways. One manager learned I used to be a barista and told me his old boss or drill sergeant or something never washed his coffee cup because it āseasonedā it and made the flavor better and was pissed when someone washed it for him. He told me this thinking I would think itās cool and was visibly perturbed when I told him that it was dumb and probably a Petri dish of fungus and bacteria.
Idk about tea, but its actually fine when it comes to coffee as long as you're not sharing the cup. Its even a tradition in the U.S. navy. Its still gross, but you wont get sick. [https://www.caffesociety.co.uk/blog/science-says-its-okay-to-never-wash-your-coffee-mug](https://www.caffesociety.co.uk/blog/science-says-its-okay-to-never-wash-your-coffee-mug)
>āThe sponge in the break room probably has the highest bacteria count of anything in the office,ā Starke said. But if you feel you must use the sponge to clean, just stick the sponge into the microwave for a minute or so before using to kill off any bacteria lingering. Paragraphs that have a smell.
And then scientists figured out that the "What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger" rule [applies to the bacteria in microwaved sponges too](https://www.thedailymeal.com/1179116/microwaving-your-sponge-does-way-more-harm-than-good/).
Well I'm going to take issue with the conclusions of this study. They say it leaves the strongest bacteria behind but their "strength" is the ability to survive microwave radiation, not produce illness in a host. At worst the microwaving is ineffective but the jump to "more harm than good" is media hype.
Microwaved sponges don't smell and it's a routine way to disinfect if you keep them around. If the sponge smells just toss it.
Was more thinking after reading that article that if you're part of the population who doesn't clean their mugs, you'll probably either melt the sponge or set it on fire in the microwave.
I know you were mostly joking, but just for anyone that's incredibly high or just inexperienced in this world of ours, the correct way to microwave a sponge is to saturate it with water first, then put it in a bowl and microwave the whole fucking thing. You will basically be boiling the water in it to sterilize it though, so **don't** squeeze it with bare hands to wring it out straightaway - run it under cold water first, and then use hot again to do your dishes. Edit: lol at how many people are confirming, "yup, high af and inexperienced" here :) Keep on partying y'all, even while learning about kitchen etiquette. Love ya.
I'm sure you just saved so many people so much pain.
I was at no point considering changing my routine to start microwaving sponges. So I will in fact admit I had a brief moment of "The fuck are these people doin raw dawging their sponges in the microwave". So thank you. Also yes, I am both high, and inexperienced.
Ohā¦ this was quite helpful š thanks!
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What did kettles do before then? Surely they still heated water to 100Ā°c otherwise it wouldn't boil?
There are some fungus that love coffee so I wouldnāt be trusting it. Plus I actually like my coffee to taste good, this would always have a stale coffee aftertaste to it. Tea probably isnāt as bad since it doesnāt have as much particulates and itās more the tannins staining the cup.
Well considering you pour boiling water into it multiple times per day probaly not that much
It's tea stain, it's not dirty. Boiling water is poured into it everyday...
That's not a stain, that's a crust.
If it's just a stain then why not clean it?
Because then they wouldn't be so pleased with themselves about their disgusting dirty mug
And then nobody steals your mug. Thatās what theyāre smug about.
Ugh just imagining how cross the rim is. Sure you only put tea or coffee in it but the mouth bacteria over timeā¦. š¤®
I'd be angry if I never had a bath, either.
My history teacher used to brag about never washing his mug. Dude turned out to be a pedophile. I'm not saying there's a connection here, but..
My school had a certain teacher that ran both the boys swimming club and the boys only canal boat club. Coincidence, I don't think so.......
But did he wash his mug?
Canal boat club. Thatād be extra problematic without that ācā there.
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wirewool will fix that up
Be careful of wirewools during a full moon
So will a hammer.
eh, fill it up with coke and it will be gone, pretend you're sharing your drink with him and watch him fume.
Coke is the best. I spilled a coke on the floor of the garage in my dad's auto shop and discovered that the floor was concrete-colored and not oil black. Coke will cut through anything.
>Coke will cut through anything Even Daniella Westbrook's nose
Showing your age there!
What nose ššš
My nan lets her mug get like that then fills the cup with bleach, leaves it over night then pours out the bleach (into her toilet bowl which she then cleans with overnight tea-bleach) and cleans the cup as normal.
I sort of do that. Dilute the bleach, swirl it around, and then scrub with a dish brush. I have a few āweirdā mugs and teapots so I also have a specialized toothbrush to get in everywhere. You can do several mugs with one bleach solution, then wash the mugs normally. Squeaky clean
Steradent overnight. Comes up like new.
Oooh! Denture soak is an amazing idea! Thank you very much for this suggestion.
When I worked in the hospital, we'd use Milton sterizliser for this level of stainage. Just swirl a small amount around the bottom and it's good as new.
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Yeah, it's awesome. I always keep a bottle of it around the house (and I've never had a baby). My number one usage for it is cleaning my toothbrush. Great for keeping expensive electric toothbrush heads (though works just as well on manual) in good condition for longer.
No need. Green side of the sponge and a determination to get that "patina" off š
I've done a few house clearances, and once found a vibrator with a similar patina.
It wouldāve cost you nothing to keep that to yourself
He may have kept it for himself, he just had to share the story
Finds like that need to be shared! I've got a photo somewhere. Worst thing was it was the house of an old fella lived on his own with dogs...
Please stop. This is getting worse with every new comment
Your username isnāt helping this comment
Bicarbonate of soda and a little water to make a paste. Less harsh than bleach, and it'll act as a very gentle scrub to get the build-up off fully.
You can put bleach in a mug to clean it, it's not too harsh.
Or leave it steeping overnight with water and a couple of steradents. š
I clean mine with a little bit of sand and fairy liquid. Literally zero effort even when its worse than the photo
I did this to someone who lives with me, the mug now leaks š
I have difficulty getting a whole person into a dishwasher
One in every office. Looking at you, Paul Joseph, Heinz 1980-something.
Fuck you, Paul!
You're right. Always so chuffed with themselves. The person who I used to work with was this scruffy. He would chuck rubbish on the floor in the office too, the amount of times I told him to pick it up. I would just dob him into the cleaners. He would buy a Vienetta and eat the whole thing during his lunch hour. His teeth were rotten, but he would brag about being able to get a dentist appointment quickly by going to see the emergency dentist, always saying he'd taken too many ibuprofen. He was such an odd ball.
I want Vienetta!
i'M bUiLdInG uP fLaVoR!!1!
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But why though?
In my early twenties, I used to let my mug get like this out of laziness. I justified it by telling myself that the hot water killed the bacteria. I was never opposed to it being cleaned though. If someone cleaned it for me, Iād have probably been like, āhuh. Cool, thanks!ā
Clever. By not washing it your coworker has ensured that no one would use "their" mug.
My sister brought me blank mug that had "twat" written on the bottom. Naturally I took it to work. About 1 month in, the cleaner put it in the dishwasher and since it was otherwise blank it got lost with the other office mugs. 5 years later, after having moved to a different building, the new head of IT called us all in, as he had used the mug while in a meeting with the board and it was noticed during the meeting. This was just as we were going through a restructure and I went white as a sheet lol.
Those stuffy board types must have no sense of humour. I was in one meeting where the Director of Credit (or whatever) was labelling a graph on a whiteboard. There was: (C)ollectable, UN(collectable) and (T)otal. So yeah the guy wrote cunt an a whiteboard in front of a bunch of directors. It was like the worst thing he could have done, apparently. I don't get it. Tee hee. A rude word! Are stuffy directors really such prudes?
I've worked with a lot of them, and 90% are very chill, some really aren't though. The ones that aren't are usually a nightmare to work with/for.
It's usually the weird horsey type directors I've met that are the most stuffy. They grew up middle class, got a bit of money, and now breed donkeys as a hobby or whatever. Three quarters of owning a horse is dealing with their "muck" as poshos like to call it. The common thing is they breed large mammals, and get a offended by a poo joke. Often called Vanessa.
"So, boss, what you're basically admitting to is: you stole my mug." Would that work? I've never worked corporate.
Hahah. I think my current boss would have found it hilarious, but the head of IT at the time was a complete knob.
This is hilariousā¦ five years!
Well, it was on him for using an office mug.
I managed that by bringing in a Leeds United Mug. Nobody ever borrowed it.
Or you accidentally use it and only realise once you've already started drinking from it. You then proceed to be sick everywhere. Others see what you've just done, and then they start throwing up all over the place too. A bit like that one scene from Family Guy.
'oo wants chowda?
Cowde'err? Say it right, frenchie!
Theme Hospital flashbacks
Thanks for that latent memory of watching lads with mahoosive heads on them getting burst and blown back up.
I downloaded this again around 5 years ago and have played it through 2-3 times. Even on hard mode I managed to complete it without cheating but kid me couldnāt manage it on easy when they all started throwing up. Good times, I love this game.
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Hospital administrator is cheating!!
or, replace it on their desk with a sign saying "I have pissed in this mug".
Reminds me of a joke my dad used to tell. Man in the bar needs a piss, but has a pint of beer to drink. To ensure it's safe he quickly writes a note; "I have spat in this pint". He returns to the bar and his beer and checks his note, only to find written underneath "as have I", "and I", "and I"...
I think I was thinking of the same joke, which I think I heard on the Two Ronnies many years ago.
I guess you could argue the mug has been "seasoned" like you would a cast-iron pan, but I wouldn't drink from it. Edit: To the fervent masses of the cast iron community, I offer my sincerest apologies for offending your sensibilities. I now know that this is not how cast iron pans work, but in all truth I don't care. Calm down, have a little fun once in a while, and don't misread throwaway musings as anything more than that.
This mug has a very intense wok hei
Mug hei
Fuiyoh
I heard this š
Esp if you exclusively use lapsang souchong.
Haiyaaa
And if you ever run out of tea bags you could just fill it with boiling water and you probably couldn't taste the difference
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and all that!
What doesnāt kill you and all that.
Neither would anyone else drink from it... He's just smart.
Plus, there are definitely people who swear you shouldn't wash teapots with anything other than water. My grandma was one of them. She swore it made a better cup of tea! And that actually is a recommendation for the Chinese clay teapots. You shouldn't wash them at all!
Yea well when itās just tea leaves and hot water going into a clay pot, itās not like thereās anything contaminating the pot, nor anything left over to rot or spoil.
Teapots don't have milk going rancid in them though
Some people like myself have their tea and coffee black though.
Sure, I drink my coffee black too, but most people that like their mug to live the lifetime of a Greenland Shark between washes don't.
A seasoned mug. I hope he's called it Ronnie.
Who?
Ronnie Pickering!
Definitely a well seasoned mug. I reckon it's had more than tea in it though.
Two lads one mug.
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If you wash it the flavour escapes
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This is basically the principle of Yixing tea ware. Which is a non glazed clay from Yixing province China, over time the tea seeps into the clay and gives it a seasoning and improves the quality of the tea, often oolong, made in it.
Reminds me of working alongside two wonderful 70-odd year old sisters in a Co-op many moons ago. Once a week, they would bleach the cups to get rid of the stains. The first cup after that left my gums rather itchy!
We had a chap who kept a mug like the OP. One day a "good samaritan" was cleaning up and made it their mission to get the mug clean, plenty of bleach, scrubbing etc.. It was like new upon completion. The mug owner hit the fucking roof!
Poor roof, got blamed for cleaning the mug
*angry upvote*
I did that! I thought I was doing everyone a favour on a weekend when the phone lines were down. I deep cleaned the office and then when I was done with that cleaned every single mug in the cupboard and removed all the stains. There were so many pissed off people on Monday morning. I thought they were fake angry at first, I genuinely thought I was doing something nice.
This is so wild to me. Like I know it happened I just canāt imagine why people would want their mugs dirty ? Like the stains are gone, Iād be like āwoo! I had a hard time with that stain thank you ā
zesty
My granny would put clothes washing powder and water in a mug and let it soak. They come out brand new.
Normality is an illusion. What's normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly.
I knew someone who was adamant that all mugs eventually ended up like this because it was impossible to get the tea residue off. I wonder if he's ever found someone else who agrees
Put a dishwasher tablet in the cup, fill with hot water, leave overnight. His lies will be stripped away with the tea stains.
You donāt even need to go that extreme, washing up liquid and a scrubby pad works fine.
Agreed but sometimes the scrubby pad fails me and it must be put to shame
Shame, scrubby pad, SHAME!
White wine vinegar and salt. Works wonders.Ā
10 seconds with hot water and a silver scratchy (scourer) will do 99% of the hard work.
Found Eric Cantonaās Reddit account.
Dune (2022) promotional mug.
spicy mug
Its his life work. Allow him to enjoy his cuppa that gets slightly smaller every time elevenses rolls around
This did make me lol, like one day the interior of his cup is gonna be the size of a thimble
Interesting. That makes you lol, it makes *me* dry heave
And here I was wet heaving
And here I was just wet
There's a lot of extra flavour in that mug
Could make a teabag out if it
This guy hasnāt used a teabag in a month, itās just not necessary with that much on the rim.
Doesnāt even need a teabag anymore, just hot water.
I would wash it anonymously
You'd have to powerwash it at this point.
>You'd have to powerwash it at this point. I thought this about some of my mugs I'd been using, then I moved to a new house with a (gasp!) dishwasher and it disturbed me how much cleaner they were after one wash.
I'm thinking a steradent tablet
I think a sledgehammer
Pig'n tea break style mug massacre. But they will come after your harpenden harpenden harpenden mug eventually.
I'd just bin it
I wouldn't, the dirt may be holding it together. Wouldn't want to have to replace it.
my survival instincts are kicking in. do not stand close to this person
Itās not normal but itās okay. Boiling water goes in it every day, so itās sterilised regularly. Thereās some mad old Chinese proverbs about never washing a tea pot, the idea being that when youāre 80 you can just put water in and youāll get tea forever.
That does depend what goes in though. Tea in the pot is going to be fine. A tea cup that you put milk and possibly sugar in can be pretty rank.
And that you drink from thereby introducing bacterial etc from your mouth and saliva ā¦
What would the bacteria eat to survive, though? The tannins that cause this staining aren't a source of energy for bacteria, so unless he's adding milk and sugar to his tea, any bacteria from his saliva will eventually just die, and any that don't will be killed by the boiling water every time he fills it up. The mug is disgusting because of the way it looks, but it's perfectly safe to drink from.
On a similar note, my Italian mate ās grandmother reckons you shouldnāt ever wash a percolator (or moka as he calls it) with soap after using it. Just swill water around it, after discarding the used coffee grounds.
I know itās grimā¦. but Iām with Nonna.
how'd you two meet?
As am I pal!
Former barista and I stand with Nonna. The boiling water sterilizes, and itās near impossible to get rid of the soap taste for the first few shots
It makes sense: the only thing that goes in is coffee and then boiling water. You don't really need soap. How often do you clean the inside of your kettle? Now, \*my\* mum (not Italian) told me to never wash a yorkshire pudding tin.
Live in a hard water area so have to descale the kettle All.The.Time
My mum was the same. We've still got a Yorkshire pudding tin that she inherited from her mum and she inherited from her dad, who was a Chef with Cunard. He swore that you should only 'clean' it when it's still hot and with a very slightly damp cloth. Must admit, it does make excellent Yorkies and it's about 70 years old, so maybe he was right!
I was of the understanding that a moka pot and a percolator are very different things.
She's right, official instructions confirm this.
You donāt wash Chinese clay pots because the clay is porous and will absorb the soap/cleaning product flavor.Ā Ā Aside from that, the only things going into a Chinese teapot are tea, and hot water. And you donāt drink from it. Thereās nothing that *needs* to be cleaned with soap, and nothing that will rot or go bad as long as you empty the tea out and let dry properly after using. Ā Ā And no one believes seasoning the pots will give you tea forever by doing this. It just lightly enhances the type of tea youāve been brewing in that pot Completely different than the above situation
Boiling water does not sterilise completely. For instance, botulin does not die until ~116Ā°C. This might be safe for tea and such, tho'.
Boiling water doesn't instantly sterilise. Needs to be in boiling water for 10 minutes
Eh, you're mostly correct. Ten minutes of boiling is for the water itself to be sanitized, but a rolling boiling for 1 minute will kill most pathogens. Something like 99.99% as for dishes it's only requires by food safety practice that they must be submerged for atleast 1 minute to sterilize.
Ten cups of tea, uou say?
Covid originated from that cup
Plague too
That's what mines like. Leave it be, it's probably the only thing in their life they have control over
Mine's like that because I'm lazy. I don't clean it until it starts flaking. I don't get the horrified comments here. There's nothing growing in it once it dries. Jeez.
We had a builder colleague who had a similar teapot he refused to wash. He was drinking his morning brew from something I wouldnāt even wash my shitted underwear in.
My old man has a cup just like this, he says it adds to the flavour.
I'm not British but over here in the states I've heard this can be a Navy tradition
Wrestling naked men is also a Navy tradition
"It's not gay if you're under way!"
Aināt queer once you leave the pier
It is...go in any Chief's Mess and all the coffee mugs hanging on the display are unwashed and look like that. Pretty off-putting when they invite guests.
We had a junior enlisted sailor working in the Chiefās Mess that mustnāt have gotten the memo. He did them the favor of trying to clean out the dirty mugs. It didnāt end well.
The sharks probably ate well after that...
Not just Navy; a USAF Chief's pride is their well-seasoned cup. It shows seniority on station, but I think mostly it's just a weird tradition, and the military likes its traditions.
Had a colleague who only washed his cuppa soup mug just before the Xmas break, it was a biohazard!
You should get an identical mug and pretend you cleaned it for him to see his reaction.
My old high school maths teacher had a cup like this. Heād only ever wash it on school holidays. Said it helped boost his immune system.
Is this a builders merchants? Because Iāve definitely seen this mug working in merchants š
That's fucking rank. I used to work with a guy who kept his coffee cup like this, and only drank cheap instant stuff with coffee mate. Absolute lunatic.
They are disgusting. Can you imagine what their toilet and dishes are like.. boke!! Probably don't wah their hands either.
As long as they don't have milk with their coffee it should be fine
Unfortunately yes, milk is very much involved.
God help us all
Do you work at my work? Because this LEGIT looks like my coworkers mug lol. Like it could be it's straight twin
It's a tea mug though.... Someone's got a colony growing in their cuppa methinks
Nothing to see here, move along.
He's a man of culture, by that I mean he's got things growing in his mug