Espresso Cup
Espresso Cup
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- Description
- The small white porcelain cup, traditional for espresso in Italy and France, with 2 oz. double shot serving size as opposed to the 1 oz. single shot, the “short” shot (or ristretto), is perfect for the very beverage that emerges from the huge brass machines in coffee bars. It is now common for coffee bar chains (such as Peets or Starbucks or Caribou Coffee) to issue collectible cups for in-house service with their logos and shapes distinctive to them. Nowadays, even espresso might be served in a paper cup. But the little unembellished white porcelain cups are the classic, this one acquired around 1990 to serve coffee from a home espresso machine
- Object Name
- espresso cups and saucers
- Associated Place
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- porcelain (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm
- overall: 3/4 in x 4 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.0124.03
- catalog number
- 2012.0124.03
- accession number
- 2012.0124
- subject
- Food Culture
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Food
- FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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