Teacups or Mugs... a sign of the times

This morning I opened a package of a new instant cider that I had bought last week. It's made by Mott's... comes in 3 flavors... Caramel, Hot Apple Pie, and Red Delicious - they come separately like the Land O' Lakes hot chocolate packagets... 1 cup servings.

Well... the first package.. Red Delicious was a bomb... I think the reason was that I made the mistake of using my every day coffee mug. Has anyone looked at the directions on the back of these things? Let me quote: "DIRECTIONS: Empty contents of this envelope into a cup. [good so far]. Add 6-8 fluid ounces of hot water and stir to dissolve." HUH? What do we fill the rest of the cup up with? I think the problem here is... the people writing the directions DON'T USE any instant drink products! HELLO.... we don't USE teacups these days. We use MUGS. And even if some of us use teacups for Tea or Coffee... CIDER belongs in a MUG. When have you EVER seen a 6-8 oz MUG???

I don't think these people have thought of ONE MORE thing...some of us, who don't read directions... figuring we KNOW how to heat water and add a powder... will NEVER try a certain product again (Red Delicious) if it tasted watery the first time... it just ruined the taste... So.. if any manufacturers are out there, consider making these packets bigger to accomodate the mug sizes of today.