A recent trend here in Ireland has been to recycle old china cups and saucers and present them in mismatched sets. They are to be found in some pleasant coffee shops, and now retail stores are selling them in single lots of cup, saucer and plate combined. They are rather expensive, with this small part of a set now almost as dear as a complete set of half a dozen cups, saucers and plates would have cost some years ago. But they still look very pretty and colourful, and I think tea tastes nicer in a fine bone china cup than in a thick mug!