Maybe it’s for a drink that has a lot of sediment or something, there are beers that do that. That’s my headcanon
I think it’s a nautical design. The wide base keeps it steady on ships. Hence why it’s used in Star Trek.
That style of mug became popular in the 80s, when corporate commuting and cubicle culture exploded, and cars didn’t all come standard with cupholders yet. A mug like this could sit on the dash or console with stability, and it was also good for a crowded desk because you couldn’t knock it over and spill it.
Which makes it extra funny because they’re on a space station not a ship like the other treks. I choose to believe it was foreshadowing that they were going to move the space station to the wormhole and there would be sloshing and turbulence when that happened. It’s just solid planning.
They’re all just throwing back mugs of beer in the mornings while running the space station.
Maybe the last bit is disgusting, much like certain earth beverages, and the cup is to protect you from the dregs?
And you don’t even have to worry about cleaning that part. Just stick it back in the replicator.
They’ve thought of everything in the future
Damn what the actual fuck that is a good idea why don’t they serve Turkish and Israeli coffee out of these racktaccino mugs?
Mind blown. Brilliant.
Hooleeeshit
Yeah, might have s strong concentrate or sludge in the bottom like kahvessi.
I had a crush on her as a kid
She’s still smoking hot
My theory is that the cup is regular on the inside and the bottom is weighted to provide stability. It’s raktajino. It’s Klingon. So if a spontaneous heroic fight erupts around you, you want to
- Use the cup as a weapon
- Swipe the cup out of the way for the battle without it toppling over so you can then use it to toast on your glorious victory in the battle of the breakfast.
Fun fact: these were actually real cups you could buy (they picked them because of how weird they were), so there are likely unsuspecting people out there using them still today. They don’t know that they’re prepared for a battle at any moment.
IIRC people had laughs in Picard S2 seeing lamps from Ikea on that synths refuge planet
“Like so many others, synths have become slaves to the IKEA nesting instinct.”
@The_Picard_Maneuver @Norgur they’re driving mugs!!! Similar: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1411627248/vintage-80s-auto-car-coffee-travel-no
Apparently they’re made by a company called “Feltman Langer.” (Source: http://www.trekprops.de/raktajino-mug-replimat)
There are a bunch of them on Ebay for fairly reasonable prices, but generally with nautical designs on them instead of the solid blue used in the show.
If only I could find one that is the right shade of blue now!
@The_Picard_Maneuver I already tried looking, lol, and while there are some lovely ceramic travel cups out there, I think you’d have to go to a ceramics studio and make your own!
Man, I have to learn a skill for this?
It might be worth it.
@The_Picard_Maneuver ceramics is sooooo fun!! Do it!
I bought one and have it at my office. It’s a fine mug.
Yeah they’re basic, over-the-counter no-spill mugs, generally for use on boats.
I’m currently googling where to buy one that looks close to theirs. Lol
I said “no spill,” but I think “no tip” will actually yield better results.
Search for Feltman Langer mug, should get you there.
I think a good head cannon for this is that a mug is such a basic thing that you don’t really need to keep re-inventing a new design from scratch. So when a new replicator system/technology comes out, you just port stuff over from the old one. Like maybe it’s one of those patterns in the replicator database that just goes back eons to united earth or something.
I think my “battle of the breakfast”-theory is the better explanation. Less “kept for backwards compatibility purposes”, more “Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam!”
Yep. I laughed when one of those showed up like it was the cup of the future when I literally used one every day during my morning commute in the 20th century.
I thought the same when I saw that episode with the humans in it.
Good point, the Peeky Blinders would line the bottom with a razor wheel.
You laugh, but you’ll wish you had one of these when you lose your inertial stabilizers! You’ll go flying through the bridge viewscreen, but that mug will sit there watching it happen.
You don’t. It’s probably got grounds or something settled into the bottom and the cup is shaped like that on purpose to prevent you from drinking them.
The cup is bottom-heavy and usually has a high friction substance on the bottom so that it’s less likely to spill when you take an unexpected wave on Earth, or an unexpected photon torpedo on DS9.
E2a: You can google Feltman Langer or no-spill mug.
On DS9 you always expect photon torpedos.
Yeah I always thought it was kinda funny that this became “the raktajino cup” when I always took the cup’s shape to be a symbol of how DS9 was this ramshackle station “on the frontier”. I mean it makes sense that Klingons would want a mug that can resist spillage but when DS9 first aired I never thought it was anything beyond just a robust mug.
put your whole mouth around the top and invert it. just like drinking a water bottle.
This is how I drink all beverages from all cups.
I’m great fun at a tiki bar.
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I’d have thought that the cylinder part was hallow. But the bottom part was solid. Thus. Seperate your hot beverage from your surface - be it table, hand, lap. No need to hold on to it if it’s not hot on the bottom.
My friend has one of these mugs! We call it the troll mug because the last sip is always bigger than you think and ends up all over you
