Odd ball me. When I read thread title my immediate thought was one with coffee in please

19 days later

I’ve had these the longest and really like them - 180gm is perfect size for my flat white..

Recently purchased these which I use for a range of different purposes:

They are all good quality and from Waitrose. Find they are a good size and feel so use them a lot.. I do want to purchase some glass mugs soon as well though.

Acme tulip cups for the nostalgia around going to East London coffee shops in the early 2010s and practically all of them using Acme cups.

I’d wanted some for ages and at the time seemed like they were only available commercially, and then completely by chance seeing a load on clearance in Liberty so I bought about eight sets!

Inspired by this thread I’ve been trying to find some new favourite cups but there doesn’t seem to be many available anywhere. Loveramics seems to be sold out pretty much everywhere.

Does anyone have any favourite websites/ suppliers I should check out please? Mainly looking for 150 and 180ml cups (for cortados and flat whites)

    Acme cups

    These are the ACME ones I have. They’re slightly thicker walled than the Loveramics ones, but otherwise very similar in design.

    As mentioned above I got them in Liberty in London many years ago but it looks like they’re available online now.

      Ernie1 As mentioned above I got them in Liberty in London many years ago but it looks like they’re available online now.

      They look great!

      Hmm, looks like they don’t ship to the UK from their EU shop. Unless I’m missing something obvious (very possible!)

        Yeah they’ve never been the easiest things to get hold over here for some reason.

        I just did a quick Google and it looks like there’s a few commercial hospitality stockists selling them, but they’re only available in packs of 6.

        Not bad if you actually want 6!

        Baldrick

        Yeah - these seem to be the best place I found as well. Was trying to get ones that all matched but might need to give up on that and get what I can! Good to know the site can be trusted though! Thanks

            Mark-drinks-coffee if you scroll up a few posts you’ll see that my flat white cups and saucers are mismatched. I would never have bought them like that by my other half wanted to get them for my birthday and I have to say I’m really pleased with the effect.

                Baldrick

                Just pulled the trigger on two 150ml and two 180ml cups from best coffee (non matching). Man this forum should carry a health (wealth) warning.

                  While I’m at it, can anyone recommend any good Gibraltar/ cortado glasses? I guess about 120/150ml?

                  Baldrick had a coffee pod subscription from these guys in the short time I had a Nespresso machine. Ordered 60 speciality coffees and 2 of the 4 boxes were past the best before date. Know it shouldn’t make a big difference to the taste of the coffee because of the sealed atmosphere but left a bad taste in my mouth (pun not intended) that they sent out something past best before without any warning that they would.

                  Granted they did replace but I didn’t renew my subscription.

                    16 days later

                    My new favourite tin cup!

                    Tells me what its for - just in case I forget - which I’ve clearly done here…..

                    Favourites. Back left is handmade from Bolesławiec, Poland, famous for its distinctive ceramics. Front two are current favourites, classic and plain, Italian. The white espresso cup has a reassuring chunkiness to it, I love it.

                    I ordered some Acme cups a couple of years back and they are fantastic. Just the right size for a double espresso with a bit of extra water added- I think they’re 120 ml.

                    I have various cups and mugs that I like for my coffee.

                    Acme espresso demitasse (80ml) in grey with saucer. Same but in cappuccino size (200ml) and latte (300ml cos she likes it milky!)

                    My Aeropress gets decanted into one of 2 mugs: the Aergrind mug that you got if you backed the Aergrind on Kickstarter, or my “The Bacon’s” (Biffa, Mutha and Fatha out of Viz comic).

                    I have the traditional glasses for café asiático from the Hotmetalette’s brother. I’ve also got some of those double wall glass jobs for espresso and for milk based drinks, but prefer the Acme.

                    Never used as its antique but my mum gave me an espresso cup from Crown Staffordshire in Willow Pattern. I will use it some day but too fragile and irreplaceable probably for daily use I suspect. That’s what the Acmes are good for. I got mine from Caravan in KX, dunno if they still sell them in there though.