Comments on: Video 9 – Cups http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-9-cups James Hoffmann's blog. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin Loh http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-97391 Colin Loh Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:54:09 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-97391 My favourite cups to drink espresso are the following: [caption id="attachment_393" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Espresso Vivace cup"] [/caption] I like that the line below "20th Anniversary" is the 2 oz mark. [caption id="attachment_394" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Kahla cup"][/caption] This Kahla (German) cup is a gift from my customer. As you can see, it's quite a comfortable grip for right-handed espresso drinkers. [caption id="attachment_395" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Traditional Coffee Cup"][/caption] I use this cup on days when I prefer drinking americano. This is a traditional coffee cup found in South East Asia in neighbourhood coffee shops serving Hainanese coffee. I can't help but think about the difference coffee used to taste like then and now. My favourite cups to drink espresso are the following:

[caption id="attachment_393" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Espresso Vivace cup"]
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I like that the line below “20th Anniversary” is the 2 oz mark.

[caption id="attachment_394" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Kahla cup"][/caption]

This Kahla (German) cup is a gift from my customer. As you can see, it’s quite a comfortable grip for right-handed espresso drinkers.

[caption id="attachment_395" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Traditional Coffee Cup"][/caption]

I use this cup on days when I prefer drinking americano. This is a traditional coffee cup found in South East Asia in neighbourhood coffee shops serving Hainanese coffee. I can’t help but think about the difference coffee used to taste like then and now.

]]> By: Troy http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-97241 Troy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:13:47 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-97241 A personal favorite of mine for brewed coffee is the bodum double walled glass cups. They're the perfect sitting around drinking coffee cup, in my opinion. The double blown glass keeps the coffee warm for a good time plus I love the shape of the cup and the way it fits in my hand. A personal favorite of mine for brewed coffee is the bodum double walled glass cups. They’re the perfect sitting around drinking coffee cup, in my opinion. The double blown glass keeps the coffee warm for a good time plus I love the shape of the cup and the way it fits in my hand.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-97168 Cheryl Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:37:36 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-97168 Nothing like a huge robust cup to get you going in the morning.. I need a wakeup with "AL" Cup while watching the Weather channel. Nothing like a huge robust cup to get you going in the morning.. I need a wakeup with “AL” Cup while watching the Weather channel.

]]> By: Mike http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-97001 Mike Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:56:25 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-97001 James, At last year's Nordic Roasting Competition, one of the activities was drinking brewed coffee from different wine glasses. Aside from the obvious impracticalities, pretentiousness etc. It was quite interesting how the experience changed depending on the shape of the glass. The coffee cooled differently, had more, less or different aromatic elements and seemed quite radically different depending on the shape/size/thickness of the vessel. My personal favourite coffee mug is a pot bellied 'Craftsman' mug by Denby. Very thick walled stoneware, with a shape which seems to keep the aromas in the cup for ages. http://www.denby.com.au/images_products/mugs/HR/19_Denby_Greenwich_Craftsman.jpg Mike James,

At last year’s Nordic Roasting Competition, one of the activities was drinking brewed coffee from different wine glasses. Aside from the obvious impracticalities, pretentiousness etc. It was quite interesting how the experience changed depending on the shape of the glass.
The coffee cooled differently, had more, less or different aromatic elements and seemed quite radically different depending on the shape/size/thickness of the vessel.

My personal favourite coffee mug is a pot bellied ‘Craftsman’ mug by Denby. Very thick walled stoneware, with a shape which seems to keep the aromas in the cup for ages.

http://www.denby.com.au/images_products/mugs/HR/19_Denby_Greenwich_Craftsman.jpg

Mike

]]> By: Hunt Slade http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96984 Hunt Slade Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:44:32 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96984 We have a local potter that actually developed the U.S.'s first university-level pottery curriculum. We sell his mugs in the shop and he is always up for a design challenge. I think we'll try some different things and check in later with our successes and failures. We have a local potter that actually developed the U.S.’s first university-level pottery curriculum. We sell his mugs in the shop and he is always up for a design challenge. I think we’ll try some different things and check in later with our successes and failures.

]]> By: triptogenetica http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96956 triptogenetica Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:34:30 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96956 Sentimentality can sometimes trump practicality, at least for me. Before I was into coffee, back when I would brew leaf tea (green, jasmine, whatever i could get that wasn't in a teabag) and enjoy it over an hour or so, I had a favourite cup. It was a small tea bowl, really - no handle. Nice thick stoneware, very pleasant in a cupped hand - shiny glazed on the inside, and matte on the outside. I drank a lot of good tea from that cup. And then, it cracked (stoneware, from amsterdam, plus a slip of the hand). And I realized its flaws - too wide at the brim, so tea cooled too easily (though this helped when it was hot), and not the easiest surface to sip from. And yet - i still like that cup... Sentimentality can sometimes trump practicality, at least for me.

Before I was into coffee, back when I would brew leaf tea (green, jasmine, whatever i could get that wasn’t in a teabag) and enjoy it over an hour or so, I had a favourite cup. It was a small tea bowl, really – no handle. Nice thick stoneware, very pleasant in a cupped hand – shiny glazed on the inside, and matte on the outside. I drank a lot of good tea from that cup.

And then, it cracked (stoneware, from amsterdam, plus a slip of the hand). And I realized its flaws – too wide at the brim, so tea cooled too easily (though this helped when it was hot), and not the easiest surface to sip from. And yet – i still like that cup…

]]> By: Shadybob http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96955 Shadybob Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:12:07 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96955 http://twitpic.com/b3a6f Hand-Thrown from the finest Suffolk terra-cotta, renowned throughout the world for it's heat retaining properties, this one-off is perfect for those early morning Aeropresses. http://twitpic.com/b3a6f
Hand-Thrown from the finest Suffolk terra-cotta, renowned throughout the world for it’s heat retaining properties, this one-off is perfect for those early morning Aeropresses.

]]> By: shm http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96937 shm Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:16:26 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96937 I'd also like to know where I can get some of those Juan Valdez cups? I have Danesi cups generally, but I also have a white Japanese diner style mug I use for breakfast. It's beautiful. I need to take a picture of it now or a video. I’d also like to know where I can get some of those Juan Valdez cups?

I have Danesi cups generally, but I also have a white Japanese diner style mug I use for breakfast. It’s beautiful. I need to take a picture of it now or a video.

]]> By: shm http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96935 shm Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:25:22 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96935 Is that a LocoRoco T shirt? Is that a LocoRoco T shirt?

]]> By: Chris Owens http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/16/video-9-cups/#comment-96930 Chris Owens Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:12:56 +0000 http://www.jimseven.com/?p=1030#comment-96930 Can I just say.... I FREAKING HATE HOT ESPRESSO CUPS!!!!! It ruins the drink for me instantly. Can I just say…. I FREAKING HATE HOT ESPRESSO CUPS!!!!! It ruins the drink for me instantly.

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