Ello Fulton Ceramic Travel Mug with Slider Lid

Every day on my way to work I stop at Starbucks for my caffeine fix. I often have early starts and so there is no way I'm getting up early enough to make my own coffee. The thing about going to Starbucks every day is that every day I'm throwing out a polymer wax lined cup and a plastic lid that will likely end up in a landfill and eventually pollute our environment. I am really trying to find ways to reduce my use of plastics, but somehow still live a normal life. I tried using a metal flask, and a plastic vacuum travel mug, but those containers always seemed to taint the flavor of my coffee and not in a good way. Then I discovered this Ello travel mug- It's ceramic and so it doesn't change the taste, in fact I would say that my Starbucks coffee tastes slightly better in this than it does in the disposable cup I used to get every day. I also wanted a cup big enough that it would be at least 'Grande' size, my usual order was a Venti Dark roast, but I'd sacrifice a few ounces in order to cut down on my plastic use. This cup is about the same size as 'Grande' so it fits the bill. It was actually quite hard to find a ceramic mug, that would fit in my car cup holder, that also holds a big enough coffee so I was very happy to find this.The only change to my daily routine is that I have to wash this travel mug out every day and put it with my car keys the night before so that I don't forget it when I leave the house in the morning. It fits perfectly in the cup holder of my car and the handle is easy to grab so I don't have to take my eyes off the road to sip my coffee while driving to work, being that it is a wooden handle it also cool to touch even with a hot drink inside and the fact it's not a closed off handle means I can set it down quickly and easily too so it doesn't distract my driving in any way at all.On several occasions I have received compliments on this cool looking mug, customers in line asked where I got it and I've had the baristas say this is one of the coolest personal mugs they have seen. I was so impressed that I bought another one- the white one for my wife and she loves hers too.A couple of things to note, the is the kind of mug to use if you are like me and drink your coffee on the road to work, it won't keep your drink hot for that long, only about the same amount of time that a regular china mug does. If you want something that will keep your drink warm for a couple of hours then this is not the travel mug you are looking for.When washing it I try to not dunk the wooden handle in the sink ( It cannot be washed in a dishwasher due to the handle) and if the handle gets wet I dry it off right away.I love this mug, but even if this is not quite your style I beg you all, if you are regularly get take away coffee at a coffee shop, please get yourself a travel mug and do something to reduce the amount of plastic that goes to waste. I recommend ceramic because it doesn't change the flavor of the drink in any way. Also please do one more thing- when going to a restaurant or a cafe, tell your server that you don't need a plastic straw and you'll just sip your drink from the glass like you would at home. We all need to do our part, This Ello mug really helps me to do mine.

It doesn't fit in my car cup holder, but I never intended it for that use. I use it each and every day for coffee. My friend uses it for tea. It works great with the little mug warmers - so don't be afraid of the contour of the bottom of this cup for that use case.Great mug. I've owned these for many years. I have broken several (they don't like being dropped on tile or granite) but I always replace them with duplicates.Great value; easy to clean and maintain; works great with mug warmers; dishwasher safe; etc. After a few years of dishwasher use, the wooden handle gets a bit rough and the copper color fades from the metal. Doesn't matter to me. I consider these changes to be patina! If you want to maintain the look of the cup, I suppose hand washing would make it last longer.Enjoy! White and gray colors both look great.

Arrived on time. Its really made of great quality materials and good looking. Still going strong after couple of years.

I wanted a BIG travel mug for the car for my commute every day, and this mug seemed to fit the bill. I was impressed with how beautiful it was when I received it--elegant and stylish with a nice handle. However, the mug did not appear to be as big as I thought it would be. I compared it to my old mug which was of a ceramic, "double walled" construction. Side-by-side both mugs appeared to be the same size. Disappointment. I did another comparison by pouring the contents of the old mug into the new mug. Wow! The full contents of the old mug only filled the new mug 2/3 of the way! Like the TARDIS, this mug is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside! Impressive. I deducted one star because the handle seems kind of flimsily attached to the mug--mine broke on day one and I had to send it back for a replacement. As others have noted, the lid does not completely "seal" the mug, and this is as it should be. Otherwise you would not be able to drink from it! Overall I am quite pleased with this mug...Update: I have now gone through 4 of these. The handle fell off the first one and I had to send it back. The second one disappeared without a trace from inside of a locked car (just like the TARDIS). The third one had a pin-hole leak in it's side and was oozing fluid like an infected appendectomy. And since these are not dishwasher safe, I usually leave it sitting on the countertop next to the sink. Well my partner knocked it over and it shattered on the marble counter top--that was mug number four. Now I am debating whether or not to get another one. I really like the mug but have had such bad luck with them. And now I see that they have raised the price to $24! Maybe I should try a different mug...

OK, let's be honest, I searched the whole world for this cup - well the whole world's Internet. My partner wanted a cup for work but it had to be ceramic (she likes tea and it tastes better out of a cup cup if you know what I mean). The only ones I could find in the UK were really swanky ones that you could buy a while dinner service for the same price because they'd been designed by Greek Gods moonlighting as unpaid interns as some fashion house. In the end I just searched images and followed where the images took me or found the brand names and followed them. And then I saw this beauty. Elegant looking enough to be envious glance generating stylish and yet practical enough with its robust handle, beautiful metalwork and non spill lid to last day after day after day and come up just gorgeous. Never thought of looking on Amazon in the US. Silly me. That I was happy to purchase it from the US of A and pay shipping - for a mug - is an indication of the faith I had in this product. And I was not let down. Seriously, if you like your tea or coffee buy this cup. No more sipping from a plastic lid and imagining it doesn't taste wrong. Ace.