Why do coffee cup handles not break off more often?

The less you use a microwave to re-heat coffee in the mug, the less likely the handle is to break off. Handles can break off if the mug is cheap or not made well, though. But good mugs should last a long time without breaking.

I love the really heavy, hand made, kiln fired mugs. I always have. They are works of art, and I am pretty much convinced that my coffee tastes better drinking from them, rather than a store-bought cup. I don't think there is a special way to attach the handle. If they are made in mass production, I suppose there could be the occasional issue with the equipment they use? I don't really know. I had one mug I really liked. I used it all the time. One morning I poured my coffee in to my precious favorite mug, lifted it by the handle, and the handle snapped off! Boiling hot coffee everywhere, but the worst was my mug..I had never had that happen before then, and it's never happened since. I still love the heavy handmade mugs.

Maybe yours isn’t a cheapie.

depending on what material it is made of if it is not easy to burn.

I have no idea why

Maybe you're just lucky - and maybe, just maybe, next time you may not be so lucky.

I think it's in the way they are designed. coffee cups are built to take heat because most people put coffee in them.

It happened once to me, the coffee cup had traveled in my luggage from California to home. I am sure it was damaged and the hot coffee caused it to detach. I did not spill coffee, as I place the cup on the table first and then I pour the coffee.

I had a favorite coffee cup it said Life's a bi*****ch and then you die and after the handle broke off I kept using it, Sadly it was left behind in Latvia,

The only coffee cup handle that broke was a cup that one of the grandkids made. I didn't want to get rid of it, so it now holds pens.

Never in my life - which is longer than yours - have I broken off the handle of a cup. I would have to smash the cup to accomplish this.

I always get coffee cup handle insurance

Why should it be the coffee cup?

I guess they make them purposely that way, so they don't fall off

I often think of my plastic cup from Dunkin' Donuts. What happens if the handle comes loose? The only catastrophe I've had recently was when I fell asleep and coffee spilled all over me, my chair and the carpet! Have a good day.