Take Away Coffee Cups - where to buy?

FinoBlad

I'm looking to buy a small amount of coffee cups and lids, probably 8oz for home use.

Looking for ones with the extra insulation for warmth and not too hot to carry. Branded/un-branded doesn't matter.

Anyone know where I can get maybe 200 of them?

Khannie

Any cash and carry. Probably any coffee shop would sell them to you. Failing that, try here.

Why not just use high quality normal cups? Save yourself money and save the environment and hell, a flip of a lot nicer to drink from.

FinoBlad

Khannie, thanks for the reply but you may have missed this is for home use. Quantities on that site are mostly in the 1000. Thats way too much.

Khannie

I didn't check the site too much, just knew they sold paper cups.

I still don't understand the desire for crappy paper mugs at home when you can have nice ceramic ones for less money.

FinoBlad

what is this man? i have ceramic ones, of course i have

i just want some paper cups, if you dont know where i can get 200 or so thats cool, perhaps someone else can help me out.

ronaneire

I can't see many places actually selling you 200 cups and lids. They normally come in sleeves of 100 and 10 sleeves to a box.

RE*AC*TOR

Are you sure you don't mean porcelain? That also begins with a "p".

Words are hard.

Khannie

FinoBlad wrote: »

i just want some paper cups

I'm just curious as to why. Could you tell me? I did ask directly.

To be fair I suggested both a cash and carry and your local cafe as sources of paper cups.

stimpson

Not sure why you'd want em, but here you go

http://www.vikingdirect.ie/a/sku%2Fbusiness%2FPaper-Cups-9Oz-Pk-50/pr=QD6&id=B03308/

Sacrilege.

donnacha

Thought I'd jump in on the OP's thread to see what you all use to drink from when in the car. I had been thinking of going down the OP route and get a bunch of paper ones - but as Khannie points out I should be kinder to the environment. I've yet to find a travel mug that works in my car - I have one of those pull out holders on the dash.

Khannie

donnacha wrote: »

Thought I'd jump in on the OP's thread to see what you all use to drink from when in the car.

I use a travel mug myself. It (literally) fits perfectly in the cup holder, as do any of the paper cups I've gotten with a few exceptions.

donnacha wrote: »

I've yet to find a travel mug that works in my car - I have one of those pull out holders on the dash.

Is it part of the car like? Or one you bought separately? I assumed they were all the same size when my travel mug and paper cups fitted in so smoothly.

brettmirl

OP, do a search on eBay. We got them there before for work. Much cheaper than Viking Direct or Cash & Carry.

Also, check out your local "pound shop". The Euro2 near us sells them, but not the lids.

Mr Magnolia

I bought a stainless one from starbucks on Gran Hermano's recommendation years ago and they really are the dogs danglies. They would keep the drink hot for literally hours though they're expensive at about 22yoyos. They're stainless inside and out and a little hard to come by so I picked up a spare the last time I went looking.

smartaform

try 'dimple cups' from Qualitasse in UK
www.qualitasse.com the dimple cup thing is splashed all ove the site. I think they look quite good and eliminate the heat problem...

FinoBlad

Thanks for all the practical suggestions.

First of all I am not concerned about environmental impact of 200 possibly recycled coffee cups per year. I have made a lot of choices over the years particularly before global warming was spoken about in mainstream media. But this is a coffee and tea forum, not after hours and I am not on a crusade.

I would like coffee cups for a number of reasons mostly irrelevant to my original question but there you go.

I often make coffees for visitors to my house when on their way home, especially at night. Travel mugs sometimes don’t get returned.
While I use travel mugs, I get a plasticy smell/taste off most of the mugs I’ve had over the years and this often ruins the enjoyment. Fine for black coffee and tea but less so for say a latte. The stainless steel one sounds good, I must look at it.
I travel on public transport mon-fri and take a rucksack with me most days which is fine for carrying the empty travel mug but if I’m not taking it, then I usually will leave the travel mug at home but I would still like to have my coffee. Sometimes I travel to work with a friend and I will often text at 6.30am asking if they fancy a coffee.

Trade is down in a lot of coffee shops and I think asking a shop about buying 200 cups might annoy them a bit.
I would rather buy somewhere in ireland if available but no problem going online if not.

Gran Hermano

Avoid the plastic lined travel cups as the plastic eventually breaks down
and will taint the contents. The stainless steel lined mugs will help avoid
the problem. The Starbucks mugs are stainless inside and out and last years but are relatively expensive at around €20-25 each. (Pity they
have the Starbucks logo on them!).

zagmund

FinoBlad wrote: »

Trade is down in a lot of coffee shops and I think asking a shop about buying 200 cups might annoy them a bit.
I would rather buy somewhere in ireland if available but no problem going online if not.

I would have thought that shops would be happy to sell on some of their excess stock, precisely because trade is down . . . money is money.

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spurious

FinoBlad wrote: »

Trade is down in a lot of coffee shops and I think asking a shop about buying 200 cups might annoy them a bit.

That's exactly the reason I would have thought any coffee shop would throw in an extra load next time they're at the cash and carry and sell them to you for x euro on top of what they paid.

ScouseMouse

Try your local shop !

If someone came into me and asked could they buy cups off me - I wouldnt say no.

Its true there are perhaps 1000 in a case so I have no problem selling you 200.

Talk to the manager in you local shop, failing that, send me a pm at the end of next week. In tenerife at the moment so wont be selling any this week LOL

Abi

Gran Hermano wrote: »

The Starbucks mugs are stainless inside and out and last years but are relatively expensive at around €20-25 each. (Pity they have the Starbucks logo on them!).

I didnt know that about the SB ones. I've been using the plastic lined ones and always got a funny taste of it, no matter how many times I've scrubbed it out. The SB ones would be worth the investment as I drink a lot of coffee, logo or no logo :pac:

FinoBlad

Gran Hermano wrote: »

The Starbucks mugs are stainless inside and out and last years but are relatively expensive at around €20-25 each. (Pity they
have the Starbucks logo on them!).

yikes, not a logo i want on my coffee :rolleyes:

spurious

FinoBlad wrote: »

yikes, not a logo i want on my coffee :rolleyes:

It would stop people nicking it though.

FinoBlad

spurious wrote: »

It would stop people nicking it though.

LOL true. But I really dont rate them very highly so I would cringe every sip.

IsThatSo?

+1 on the Starbucks stainless steel interior travel cups, they are excellent for your own use (as outlined above) and don't give a taste to the drink at all. Yep they are on the pricey side, but I have found them worth it.

Eclectichoney gave me a link a long time ago for good travel mugs, though I never got around to ordering them. Maybe she (he?) will see this and post it again as others may be interested

I would like to have a friend like you texting me asking me if I wanted coffee:D Hope you find exactly what you want.

FinoBlad

thanks IsThatSo? i'll definitely take a look at them for myself but i'll still pick up some paper cups.

Gran Hermano

Just to add, I bought my first of the stainless steel mugs in 2000 and it lasted daily use/abuse for a good 8 years. Well worth the price.

eclectichoney

FinoBlad wrote: »

thanks IsThatSo? i'll definitely take a look at them for myself but i'll still pick up some paper cups.

I use a Life Venture one - keeps it hot for about 3-4 hours I find. Doesn't have a spout though, so you just drink like from a tumbler. I am sure there are much better ones. My main requirement was for chucking in my college rucksack without spillages, and keeping hot for a good few hours. Wiggle do them (free delivery to ireland)
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lifeventure_Thermal_Mug/5360023567/

In Centra in Glasthule today I noticed they sell the paper cups for 30c each!

dmc17

TheCater wrote: »

TheCater wrote: »

Shill.

I'm sure the OP found some cups since they posted 5 years ago

Gran Hermano

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