Custom 11oz Magic Mug — Photo Appears with Hot Water
Cup Style
11oz Magic MugFree U.S. shipping · Printed in California · Ships in 2 business days
Buy one, get the 2nd cup 50% off — applied automatically.
The color-changing photo mug.
It looks like a plain black mug — until you pour in hot water. Add hot coffee, tea or cocoa and the heat-sensitive coating turns clear, revealing your photo like magic.
- Upload your photo and we print it on both sides in our California studio
- Starts black, your photo appears with hot liquid in seconds
- 11oz ceramic mug, glossy black finish
- Printed in California · Ships in 2 business days · Free U.S. shipping
- Hand wash recommended to protect the magic coating · Not microwave safe
Also called a color change mug or heat changing mug
People call it different things — a magic mug, a color change mug, a heat changing mug — but it is the same fun idea: pour in something hot and your photo appears; let it cool and the mug turns black again, ready for the next surprise.
How does the color change work?
The mug wears a heat-sensitive black coating. While the mug is cold, the coating stays solid black and hides the photo printed underneath. Add hot coffee, tea or cocoa and the coating turns clear in seconds, so your photo shows up like magic. As the mug cools down, the black coating comes back and the photo disappears again.
Shopping for the holidays? You will also find this mug in our Custom Christmas Mugs collection.
Enhancing…
Getting started
Add your photos, arrange your design, then check it and order — three quick steps.
On the canvas
Drag to move a photo or a line of text. Drag a corner square to resize it, and the round knob on top to rotate it. Pinch with two fingers to zoom. Things snap to the LEFT SIDE, FRONT CENTRE and RIGHT SIDE guide lines and to the edges of the canvas, so lining up is easy.
The four tabs
Layout — ready-made arrangements, Shuffle, Lock (drag one photo onto another to swap places), Free arrange and the Rotate slider. On mugs, Two Sides puts one photo on each side.
Color — the background color that prints in the gaps between your photos, Match lid color, and Black & White for the selected photo.
Text — add lines of text, pick a font, add an outline, or curve the words.
Layers — tap a row to select that photo or text, drag ≡ to change the stacking order, Delete takes it off.
Top of the editor
The colored dots change the lid and handle color. Front / 3 Sides switches your viewing angle, and tapping the cup preview shows it full-screen — handy on the last step to check everything before you order.
Good to know
Your designs are saved on this device, so you can reopen one any time to keep editing, or order it as it is.