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APROPROS OF NOTHING...

I think bone china gets a raw deal compared to "fine" china. They're both porcelain, but bone china, the original type, is made from bone ash. "Fine" china is made from refined white clay (think Georgia kaolin). But my Uncle Don taught me there ain't no better way to drink coffee than from bone china. It transmits the heat more quickly than "fine" china, making the lip of the cup cooler, and the sip more savory. I only have a couple of pieces of bone china. The lass who picks up after my filthy children cleans my house is Czech, and goes to Prague annually to visit family, and brings The Bride back a cup of bone china every year, and I covet it for coffee. The only better way to use bone china than sitting on my lanai is to be up in the mountains with the Georgia Bloggers today, watching the sun set in the Appalachians, with a hearty mug o' joe. I'm brewing a cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain in their honor as we speak.