Coffee in the morning is an essential part of waking up. Or, one could just take a quick glance at any of these Vintage Coffee Kitchen Collectibles Figurines By Collections Etc. The set is comprised of coffee related accessories and all of these polyresin figures have crazy smiles on their faces. Not sure what they are so excited about though seeing as they are about to be ground, heated and brewed. Perhaps they have had too many cups of themselves to start off the day! In any event, the set is quite affordable at under $20 and would make for a fun gift for any coffee lover — assuming of course they can get past the expressions on these little guys in the morning.

Um… it’s a Squirrel Coffee Cup. The squirrel is not included. It’s currently $6.73. For a little porcelain cup. Like little-little. Just over an inch square. Nope, I don’t get it. But for those that do, here’s a squirrel* to go with it.

*Squirrel not shown to scale

It might not be the most practical of travel coffee mugs (being made of glass and all), but it certainly looks good. For those that appreciate the ability to see what lurks at the bottom of the coffee cup, check out the GROSCHE Glassen RED hand made double walled glass insulated travel coffee mug, 350 ml (12 fl oz). Actually, the see-through mug might not be such a bad idea considering how murky the first few days of the new year can feel! Cheers!

The invention of the coffee sleeve was a pretty clever bit of thinking outside the cup. The Rika, a mock croc leather coffee sleeve from Jimmy Choo, is well… a pretty clever bit of thinking outside the pocketbook. Way outside at $165 a pop.

(Via Born Rich)

First there was smokeless tobacco and now we have cupless coffee. Marketed as an alternative to chew for baseball players (and beyond), Grinds Coffee Pouches are exactly what they sound like. However instead of inserting them into a capsule coffeemaker they are inserted directly into the mouth. It looks like they have been around for awhile (at least one World Series ago judging from the World Champions SF Giants love on their website), but their relative obscurity doesn’t mean they won’t be a hit. Order up!

(Via Gizmodo)

This Scooby Doo Zoinks! It’s Morning Coffee Mug by ICUP certainly got the sentiment correct regarding mornings. Considering that it is Monday on top of it, better make it a double shot. Can’t even blame those meddling kids for the start of the week. Jinkies!