inverted bowl on the bottom so that when you remove them from the dishwasher there's a pool of water there? Why aren't they flat? I'm hoping there is a good reason for this annoyance.
2006-10-12 04:51:51 · 15 answers · asked by lobotomyzd 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Plainly, because the saucer has a little hill in the middle. They're supposed to "lock into one another" to prevent spilling and make it easier to carry the cup(s) & saucer(s) when filled with coffee. And that is a good enough reason. Try to imagine yourself holding a saucer and a cup filled with steaming hot coffee that you have no control over once you try to place it down.
It is annoying when you take them out of the dishwasher but there's nothing you can do about it except for using mugs instead of coffee cups or just covering the inverted part with something (someone already suggested this) or, ultimately - wash them by hand. ;)
BUT -
Try placing the cups on their sides (leaning onto their handles or onto something else) in the washing machine, that way they’ll get washed properly but won’t fill up with water.
2006-10-12 05:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by baby's got a golden gun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has to do with preventing burning the surface that it sits on, but you made my day by bringing something up that irritates a lot of us. After a cycle, I have this ritual now of pulling open the top dishwasher rack where my glasses and cups are, and blotting the cup bottoms with a paper towe before I remove theml!!! We need to lobby against this atrocity!!! On the other hand, if this is the worst thing that happens to you (and me) in our lives, I say I'm grateful!!!
2006-10-12 12:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by fried_twinkie1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple reason why they still have this stupid design:people are so stupid as to buy them,so they keep making them.Suppose 14 million people read my answer and told their family and friends?:in no time we would have a "lost" problem,so don't throw them out:in a few years they will become hot collector items.
2006-10-12 12:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a pain but do what I do...
I lay a dish towel across all the cups and let the towel soak it up.
Thats if you put your coffee cups on the top rack...
2006-10-12 11:54:01 · answer #4 · answered by smitty031 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really have no idea, but what I do is tilt the cup sideways, therefore, no pool of water ~ ~ and a clean cup.
NO PROBLEM!!
2006-10-12 12:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it is so that you don't burn whatever surface you set the cup down on. I share in your annoyance.
2006-10-12 11:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by hhrugger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must be the design of your particular mug. There are a few with flat bottoms to them.
2006-10-12 11:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the mug was flat and you spilled liquid, the mug would hydroplane. You don't want a hydroplaning mug full of hot liquid.
2006-10-12 11:55:38 · answer #8 · answered by Kit 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think it has to do with the way the cup sets on a table.
2006-10-12 12:00:18 · answer #9 · answered by dzr0001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most cups are like that, it keeps it from sliding.
2006-10-12 12:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by Coco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋