I don't always wash my coffee mug

[revnort]

Sometimes I just fill it with coffee again.

I am talking about good ol porcelain mugs, not a travel mug or anything.

I have one coworker who thinks this is a terrible idea. I have another coworker that literally never washes his coffee mug.

Thoughts?

• I always wash out my coffee mug, that's gross. Bacteria and grumble grumble!
  
• Sometimes I don't wash it, I like a healthy immune system!
  
• This is how you get ants!

 

[revnort]

Oh, I should also mention I drink black coffee. If you use milk and sugar in it and don't wash it, you nasty.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Once a week... soap residue can make coffee taste bitter.

 

[Entoptic]

Wash it! You can't see the bacteria that hits it. Imagine all those coughing that goes on in your office and now imagine that stuff hitting your mug and sitting overnight enjoying it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Honestly? There's really nothing in coffee for bacteria to grow on. If you take your coffee black, I don't see this as being much of a public health problem. Unorthodox and slightly bleh, maybe, but not out and out unsafe.

Of course, if you adulterate it, all bets off.

 

[redruM]

 

[Bay Arean]

My first thought too (a caption contest to finish his sentence).

I use hot water to heat up the mug. That's good enough for me (I drink it black, too). Every great once in a while I wipe it with a paper towel and discover it's grungy. So then I wash it.

 

[VicTim]

I work for myself so I have no work mug but, I do usually rinse out my coffee mug when I'm done. I do not however clean the coffee pot/maker except for special occasions.

 

[tuxumino]

I rinse it out daily but sometimes I don't five a guck and just pour coffee in a dirty mug, yes cream, sugar and bacteria residue.

 

[n10sive]

good lord. In the Navy the Chiefs coffee cups were like tar on the inside from all the build up. They say it made the coffee taste better/stronger. They also have their coffee cup sewn onto their hand at E-7. It's part of the ritual. Washing a coffee cup? Unheard of!

 

[railinrob]

My coffee mug has never been washed, it's well seasoned like a good BBQ grill

 

[revnort]

 

[redruM]

I use hot water to heat up the mug. That's good enough for me (I drink it black, too).

Yeah, it's not like I use soap and sponge... I just fill the mug with hot tap water and finger-bang the black residue ring.

 

[Silence]

I hand wash prior to use--I also use this opportunity to heat up the mug with hot water--but never with soap.

 

[Bay Arean]

Last year, I got a closeout coffe cup from Starbucks, at half-price. It's got a stopper on the bottom, you fill it with water. Heat it with hot water on the inside, let it sit. It always leaks a bit at first, but I hafta say it has increased my enjoyment of morning coffee by keeping it hot longer. That's the one I'm currently not washing....

 

[DucatiHoney]

I'm a lot less worried about you washing your coffee mug than I am you washing your hands. I'm always floored when I'm in a public restroom and I hear the toilet flush, but the sink doesn't run. Ick.

 

[Lester Green]

I'm a lot less worried about you washing your coffee mug than I am you washing your hands. I'm always floored when I'm in a public restroom and I hear the toilet flush, but the sink doesn't run. Ick.

hopefully after you've done all that washing you use a paper towel to open the bathroom door..otherwise you've just wasted your time.

 

[weasel]

Yeah, it's not like I use soap and sponge... I just fill the mug with hot tap water and finger-bang the black residue ring.

That but I use the "hot" water from the water cooler.

Never use a sponge for anything unless it's to whip off dishes before putting them in the dish washer...

MythBusters "Many objects that people touch every day are dirtier than a toilet seat.
CONFIRMED
Adam and Jamie chose a total of 8 objects to test for cleanliness: toilet seat, money, kitchen sponge, hotel room remote, computer keyboard, light switch, cell phone, and shopping cart. They swabbed each surface for 10 seconds and created Petri dishes from the swabs that incubated overnight. Their first method of measurement was to count the number of microorganism colonies on each dish. They found that the toilet seat sample actually had the fewest colonies, while the kitchen sponge sample had more than they could count:

kitchen sponge (most colonies)
money
light switch
computer keyboard
hotel remote
shopping cart
cell phone
toilet seat (fewest colonies)"

 

[weasel]

hopefully after you've done all that washing you use a paper towel to open the bathroom door..otherwise you've just wasted your time.

That too ^ I have a fear of bathroom doors :|

 

[DucatiHoney]

hopefully after you've done all that washing you use a paper towel to open the bathroom door..otherwise you've just wasted your time.

I'm not that worried about it--that's weird. I'm just doing my part to keep the funk to respectable levels.