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DS9 raktajino mug. These are the mugs dispensed from the replicator, and you will occasionally see them in Quark’s. This makes me think that Quark’s has the Star Trek equivalent of a coca-cola freestyle machine in the corner.
Purple is used in all 7 seasons and Green is used in season 5 (6?) and on. Highwave is the company that made the originals for the show in a then-unreleased color now available on their website called “Deep Space Purple”. It comes with a lid (fascinating attachment structure, this is what the indents at the top are for) and between that, the shape, and its grippy base, it’s considered the first cup specifically designed as a commuter’s travel mug.
In DS9, these mugs (with matching blue plates and teacups) come from the Replimat. Replimat is a portmanteau of “replicator” and “automat”. Automats were common in the late 19th and early 20th century. It’s a seating area with a wall full of cubbies that holds lunch plates behind little glass windows with handles on them. You pick the plate you want, put a coin in the slot by the window, and take your food to the seating area. It was cheap to run, because you didn’t need cashiers or wait staff and the automatic window machine was a relatively simple piece of equipment. They went out of business when you couldn’t get a meal for the value of a single coin anymore, because the cost of upgrading the machinery was too high.
This replica is from a PC mod company that does some stellar replica work. I don’t know why they’re doing mugs but that’s none of my business. They are hand-thrown, so there are minor variations but I have 3 and they’re all near identical. (Two are for morning coffee with my wife, one is to hold my rotary cutters at my cutting table because I think Garak would have the same on his)
Is there a link to kanar bottle too by any chance?
Absolutely, but first, the full experience:
Star Trek Wines carries them, and it’s a delicious red when you give it breathing time. You can also get this dope-ass display box with it, complete with lore. I wait to purchase until their mailing list gets a 50% off coupon. It’s a beautiful bottle, and I’m thrilled it’s tied to my favorite alien species.
my first portrait study of my operator/Wally a year ago which I ended up taking too far, my headcanons, and the way I fashion her have changed a lot since then tbh but I still like how it came out
