Minimalist Stackable Handleless Ceramic Coffee Tumbler (250ml / 8.5oz) | Low MOQ 500 pcs · Direct Manufacturer

Description

A Handleless Cup Engineered Around the Hand

Most ceramic coffee cups are designed around a handle. This one is designed around the palm. The Minimalist Stackable Handleless Ceramic Coffee Tumbler is a 250ml (8.5oz) high-fire porcelain cup built for the modern café counter: a clean Scandinavian-Japanese silhouette, a stepped grip that keeps fingertips off the hot wall, and a stackable profile that saves shelf space behind the bar and in the retail box.

Made in Dehua, Fujian — the porcelain capital of China — by a direct manufacturer with low MOQ from 500 pcs and full OEM customisation of glaze, logo and packaging.

Product Highlights

1. Minimalist Nordic-Japanese Handleless Form

A pure, uninterrupted wall with a softened shoulder and a slightly tapered base. The handleless silhouette reads as quiet, gallery-grade minimalism — ideal for specialty coffee brands, design-led hospitality groups, and gift & lifestyle labels that want tableware which photographs beautifully and stacks without visual clutter.

2. Stackable Stepped Ledge (Double-Tier Structure)

A machined stepped ledge is pressed into the outer wall near the base and again at the shoulder. Each cup seats precisely onto the rim of the one below, so a column of tumblers stays vertical, stable and chip-free — no wobble, no grinding, no need for individual shelf cubbies. For B2B buyers this translates directly into 30–40% lower carton volume and cheaper freight per unit compared with handled mugs of the same capacity.

3. Natural Anti-Scald Grip Zone

The step is not only structural — it is a tactile index. It tells the fingers exactly where to sit, creating a natural insulated grip band slightly above the hot liquid line. No silicone sleeve, no double wall, no extra cost: the geometry does the work. Widely adopted by piccolo and flat white service where baristas hold the cup by the body rather than the handle.

4. Rolled Rim for a Comfortable Drinking Edge

The rim is rolled and fire-polished, not cut flat. The result is a smooth, radiused lip that feels soft against the mouth, resists chipping in commercial washing cycles, and gives the coffee a clean, unimpeded pour over the tongue. Interior walls are fully glazed and continuous — no shoulder trap for coffee oils or milk residue.

Material & Firing: 1310°C High-Fire Vitrified Porcelain

Body: refined Dehua kaolin porcelain, fired at 1310°C (2390°F) in a reduction-controlled tunnel/kiln cycle.

• Fully vitrified, near-zero water absorption (<0.5%) — the body closes completely, so the cup will not stain, bloom, or absorb coffee oils and detergent over years of service.
• High mechanical strength & thermal shock resistance — engineered for the temperature swing between a 92°C brew and a cold rinse sink.
• Commercial dishwasher safe — glaze and decoration survive industrial wash cycles without hazing or detergent attack.
• Microwave safe — no metallic decoration on the standard body; lead-free and cadmium-free glazes compliant with FDA / LFGB food-contact requirements.
• Acid resistant — high-fire porcelain resists the mild acidity of coffee (pH ~4.8–5.2) far better than mid-fire stoneware; see our engineering guide below.

Technical Specifications

OEM & Customisation Capabilities

• Custom Pantone glaze colour — glossy, satin or matte; reactive and speckled glazes available for a handcrafted look. Colour matching to your brand Pantone within a ΔE tolerance agreed at sampling.
• Logo decoration — silk-screen printing, high-temperature decal (in-glaze / on-glaze fired at 800–1250°C for dishwasher durability), and laser-etched bare-clay marks. Full-wrap, single-position or bottom-stamp options.
• Custom window-box packaging — die-cut kraft or rigid gift boxes with PET window, printed sleeve, foam or moulded-pulp insert; retail-ready for Amazon FBA, EU gift retail and café merchandise.
• Tooling — this rotationally symmetric body uses existing roller-forming tooling, so no new mould charge is required for colour or logo changes. New silhouettes are quoted separately with a batch-volume rebate mechanism.
• Compliance support — FDA, LFGB, EU 1935/2004, Prop 65 test reports and social-compliance audit documents available on request.

Engineering & Craft Guides

Want to understand how a cup like this is actually made, and what it costs to customise? Our technical team has published three deep-dive guides that answer the questions buyers ask most:

• How to Prepare 3D CAD Files for Ceramic Manufacturing: Slip Casting vs. Roller Forming DFM Guide
  This tumbler is a textbook rotationally symmetric body — which means it can be produced by roller forming (jiggering) for high-volume, low-unit-cost runs, or by slip casting when you need undercuts, thicker sections or very small trial batches. The guide explains draft angles, wall-thickness rules, shrinkage compensation (typically 12–17% for high-fire porcelain) and how to hand over a clean STEP/IGES file so the factory can quote in one pass.
• High-Fire Porcelain (1310°C) vs. Mid-Fire Stoneware: What’s Best for Custom Café Mugs?
  Coffee is mildly acidic, and repeated brewing cycles attack a porous body. This cup is fired at 1310°C so the matrix vitrifies and closes; the comparison article breaks down water absorption, acid resistance to coffee oils, chip resistance, weight-in-hand and cost per unit — so you can choose the right body for your café programme instead of guessing.
• Ceramic OEM Mold Costs Explained: Tooling Fees & Custom Mug Development
  A transparent breakdown of what a new mould actually costs, why tooling fees are charged, and how batch-volume rebate (amortisation) mechanisms return the tooling investment once agreed quantities are reached. Read this before you request a custom silhouette quote.

Request a Quote / Free Sample

Send us your artwork, target Pantone, quantity and packaging requirement — we will reply within one business day with a landed-cost quotation, a digital mock-up and a stock-sample dispatch option.

→ Submit your RFQ here  |  Low MOQ 500 pcs · Direct manufacturer · Dehua, China · OEM / ODM welcome.