Mugs Without Handles

Mugs without handles, also called handleless mugs or cups, are ceramic cups held around the body, and include Japanese yunomi tea cups, tumblers and handleless coffee cups. Shop them for coffee and tea, from 40 to 600 ml and A$30 to A$90.

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What Are Mugs Without Handles?

Mugs without handles are ceramic drinking cups that you hold around the body instead of by a handle. Other names are handleless mugs, cups without handles and tumblers, and the tall Japanese tea cup with a turned foot is called a yunomi. Most handleless cups have a straight or gently rounded body and a foot ring at the base.

Which Size Handleless Cup Do You Need?

Choose a handleless cup by capacity: under 150 ml for espresso and tea tasting, 150–300 ml for tea and flat whites, and over 300 ml for a full coffee mug. The mugs without handles at coffeemug.au range from 40 ml to 600 ml. Every capacity is calculated from the cup's measured height and diameter and cross-checked with the manufacturer's data, so each listed size reflects the actual cup. Use the capacity filter to see only small, medium or large cups.

Ceramic, Pottery or Hand-Painted?

The range has three finishes: Japanese kiln glazes, handmade pottery with coarse textured clay, and hand-painted tall mugs. Japanese handleless cups carry kiln-effect, gradient and mineral glazes on compact tea and coffee shapes. Handmade pottery cups use coarse, textured clay, and several carry embossed lotus patterns or inscribed sutra text. The tall mugs feature hand-painted decoration, including Jingdezhen underglaze designs. Thicker, textured walls stay cooler to hold with hot drinks, and an even, fine rim drinks without dribbling.

Buy Handleless Mugs Online in Australia

Order mugs without handles from A$30 to A$90 at coffeemug.au with free tracked shipping to any Australian address and delivery in 8–12 business days.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are handleless mugs dishwasher and microwave safe?

Dishwasher and microwave use depends on each cup and is stated on its product page where the supplier confirms it. Hand-painted and gold-decorated cups are best washed by hand and kept out of the microwave. Handmade pottery can get hotter in the microwave than factory-made ceramic, and cups with chips or unglazed areas should not be microwaved.

What are handleless mugs used for?

Mugs without handles are used for tea, coffee and matcha, and sizes under 150 ml suit espresso and tea tasting. Owners also use them as hand warmers, people whose fingers don't fit a handle prefer them, and rounded cups help milk roll when pouring latte art.

What is a mug without a handle called?

A mug without a handle is called a handleless mug or a cup without a handle. Tall Japanese versions with a turned foot are called yunomi, and straight-sided versions are called tumblers.

Do handleless mugs get hot to hold?

Mugs without handles get warm with very hot drinks, and how warm depends on construction: thicker walls, textured clay and stoneware feel cooler to hold than thin porcelain. In Japanese and Chinese tea culture, a cup too hot to hold is too hot to drink, so waiting a minute solves it.

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