Teacup

Abstract

A teacup for drinking tea, such as black tea and green tea, by means of a tea bag. A teacup comprising a cut formed in an upper edge of the teacup, a tag of a tea bag being fastened to the cut by inserting a string of the tea bag into the cut. When a bag of a tea bag and hot water are put into the teacup, the tag of the tea bag is positioned outside the teacup and the string of the tea bag is inserted into the cut in an upper edge of the teacup. Then, even if the string of the tea bag is pulled toward the inside of the teacup when tea leaves within the bag of the tea bag are being soaked in the hot water, the tag of the tea bag is caught by the cut so as not to be dropped into the hot water within the teacup. Before the tea in the teacup is drunk, the tea bag can be easily taken out of the teacup by picking up the tag.

1 . A teacup comprising 
 a receptacle with a cut formed in an upper edge thereof, said cut being fastenable by a tag of a tea bag by inserting a string of the tea bag into said cut.    
   
   
       2 . A teacup comprising 
 a receptacle with a projection provided on an outside thereof, said projection being fastenable by a tag of a tea bag by inserting said projection into a cut formed in an edge of the tag.    
   
   
       3 . A teacup comprising 
 a receptacle with a groove formed in a handle thereof, said groove being fastenable by a tag of a tea bag by inserting a string of the tea bag into said groove.    
   
   
       4 . A teacup as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a cap removably attachable to said receptacle.