Teacup vs. Breakfast cup

There is a difference!

I did not know this until I was tea set browsing. While I have and love my new set, it has some flaws to it and will need some - if not all - upgrades. Whilst tea set browsing, I found a beautiful set for an affordable price! By Burleigh, their Blue Calico tea set is everything I want, with varying sizes of pieces so I could get cups/mugs for all occasions and still match. Which, you know, is crucial when having tea by yourself... matching pieces... (It's about the little pleasure in life, I say!)

Anyway! I noticed on that set they had mugs, tea cups, and... breakfast cups? What the heck is a breakfast cup?!

Well, in a nutshell, teacups are smaller than breakfast cups. Teacups are 200ml, whereas breakfast cups are 300ml (half a pint). I find the term breakfast cup is a perfect name for that size cup. Oftentimes, one doesn't have time or want an entire pot of tea for breakfast like at a tea service, so a large cup would suffice for the morning caffeine. However, for a tea service, the smaller cups means going through a pot more slowly and evenly, particularly with company.

So, with this new set, what pieces do I intend to buy as far as cups go? I think I will look at buying two mugs, two breakfast cups, and four tea cups.

Thank you Stack of Recipes for the measurements!

Tea set

This is my first tea set! It is the brand Bombay (but this means little to nothing to me as of right now.) The cups are a bit small, but I'll figure out what sizes and sets of everything work best for me.



It has three cups and saucers, a pot, creamer, and sugar pot. So cute! I can't wait to break it in.