I've always found sugar dispensers to be quite useless because it's far too hard to control the amount of sugar that comes out. It doesn't help that I find most of them to be rather boring, even ugly, in their design.

But Troika's Sweet Spirit sugar dispenser is one that I could quite happily use, I think. The dispenser is made of glass and aluminium; depressing the knob at the top releases sugar from the bottom of the globe. It looks like the sugar comes out in a sprinkle, which is nice if you're adding sugar to desserts. Refilling it could be a bit tricky because if the small opening (if you've ever refilled a one-handed pepper mill, you'd know what I mean), but Troika has thoughtfully provided a paper funnel for that purpose.

Contact your local Troika distributor for a stockist near you, or get it online at EFX.