camping outdoors, camping gearThis summer we plan on going camping outdoors whenever we can, and today when I was looking at camping gear online, I found the perfect cups for drinking hot chocolate and our morning tea. All of us drink two cups of tea in the morning and nothing tastes better than hot tea first thing in the morning. We start the day out when we're camping outdoors by building a campfire to cook our breakfast, but we use our propane stove to get the water boiling to make a big pot of tea. Since tea has so little caffeine in it, we have allowed the kids to drink it for years. They like some of the herbal teas and it's a nice tradition to have, especially when we're camping outdoors and the mornings are chilly.

These cups are insulated so they will keep our tea hot for a longer period of time. Iced tea and hot tea are wonderful beverages, but none of us are crazy about tepid tea, so I thought these Texsport Insulated Stainless Steel Mug would be perfect for camping. They hold 14 ounces and are made from stainless steel. Throughout the year, I've been slowly replacing all our cookware with stainless steel because we like the fact that it doesn't react with food.

These cups are also good looking, something that we care about when we are camping outdoors. We rely on our camping gear so we buy top notch products that won't fail, and most of the time the quality products last a long time. Stainless steel lasts forever. My mom just gave me a stainless steel dutch oven that has been in the family for 60 years and it cooks just great, so I know the kids will be passing these cups for outdoor camping onto their kids long after my husband and I have given out camping outdoors for the rocking chair.

I found the cups at KE Active Lifestyle at http://kayserenterprises.ispeedway.com, a great site for finding unique things for camping outdoors. We buy most of our camping gear online, so when I found these cups, I ordered a set of six. There are just four of us, but I thought that if someone else from the campground wanted to join us around the evening campfire, we'd have plenty of cups to serve the hot chocolate. I have that matching gene big time, and these cups were a great value, good looking, and will last forever.