You all know we like our tea here at about your dress, but I must make a confession: lately I have become something of a coffee addict. I’ve even gone so far as to buy a coffee machine so that I can make my skinny latte macchiato with extra foam in my own kitchen and not have to sound faintly ridiculous ordering in coffee shops.

Trouble is, most mornings I make myself a delicious coffee and then find myself gulping it down in a hurry while simultaneously putting on my shoes, finding my work pass and checking how late my trains are on my phone. I started thinking I’d be better off taking my drink with me so I could enjoy it leisurely while relaxing in a readily available train seat and reading some great work of literature while squeezing in to the last inch of space and reading the Metro over someone’s shoulder. A travel coffee mug is the obvious solution to my problems, but which one to buy…?

This Dandy Travel Mug is £12 from dotmaison, and it is adorable – simple, but the splashes of colour against the white really got my attention.

If like me the Daisy mug left you wanting more colour, you could make a custom cup from Keep Cup and put in as many (or indeed as few) colours as you want. The sizes range from an extra-small 4oz for £8 up to a large 16oz for £10.50. The Keep Cup was designed by an Australian (obvz!) barista who suffered an attack of conscience about the volume of disposable cups for which he was responsible – so these multi-coloured mugs are all green underneath!

My husband is more in to cameras than he is coffee, but he does enjoy the occasional cappuccino and I bet he’d drink a few more if he had this camera lens travel mug from iwoot (£10.49).

This is the Brugo travel mug, available for £14.99 direct from the supplier. This incredibly high tech coffee-to-mouth delivery system uses a patented temperature control chamber to keep your coffee hot – only cooling your drink one sip at a time so that it’s always at the perfect temperature. Snazzy!

Yes, okay, I know this mug implies it is for tea rather than coffee, but I just could not resist Lionel Richie and a cheesy pun. This ‘Is it tea you’re looking for’ travel mug is £13.24 from seller Mugoos on Etsy (plus postage from the US of A). If Mr ‘All Night Long’ doesn’t do it for you, Mugoos also does a his & hers Han Solo and Leia mug set which I’m still swooning at.

Anyone for a cuppa?

— Maggie