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.

    3 months later

    Posted this as a separate thread but that doesn’t seem to be visible for an odd reason, and just found this one over here so cross posting!

    Anyone else having a hard time finding decent cups to use for coffee outside of the Acme/Loveramics/NotNeutral standards? I particularly like a Scandi/Japanese vibe, such as the tumblers by Kinto (https://kinto-europe.com/products/21889 which I discovered at London’s Watchhouse Coffee), except for the fact that they don’t come with saucers. Also a massive fan of Fellow’s (https://coffeehit.co.uk/products/fellow-monty-milk-art-cups) aesthetic/concept but they are fairly expensive in the UK and never in stock in the right size.

    When all you want to make is a flat white/capp, the problem with handthrown ceramics is that 1. it is hard to find cups of the proper size (they vary often), 2. they don’t often come with saucers, and in particular, 3. it is hard to find cups with bowl-shaped interiors rather than flat sides and flat bases.

    Anyone have affordable recommendations for ceramic cups/tumblers, either from Etsy or larger retailers?

    I didn’t have the best experience with hand-thrown flat-bottomed style coffee cups after one we’d bought (that looked really nice!) started leaking coffee in droplets around the seal at the bottom. I guess the issue with daily-use product is that if made by small businesses and startups it doesn’t get tested to the same level so there’s no guarantees it won’t start leaking after say 50 cups of coffee.

    Arket and H&M Home (who I think are the same company) occasionally have some nice coffee cups in the style you’ve described. Only downside is that if you buy some that you end up liking then it’s likely the ranges will have changed and they’ll no longer be available.

      Ernie1 Thanks for the recommendation - only problem with these (and I have tried something similar from Etsy which was intended as a tea cup) is that they skew towards ‘tall’ rather than wide.. finding cups suitable for latte art (which weren’t designed as such) is nigh impossible! Have recently taken a liking to the Loveramics x Dale Harris cup, but again these don’t come with saucers!

        Seems there’s a gap in the market there for anyone who’s done a pottery course and wanting a business idea!

        So many potters, so few saucers!

        Also just remembered, last time I was down at Origin’s (amazing) roastery cafe in Cornwall, they had some nice cups for sale. They were also serving their coffees in them.

        https://www.origincoffee.co.uk/collections/ceramic-cups

        Incidentally I knew the guy who makes them from when he was a barista at Friends of Ours in Hoxton, I had no idea he was now making ceramics but makes sense he’s making coffee related products!

        (Still no saucers though…)

        12 days later

        Dusk I don’t know about you but every now and then my latte art gets a bit too enthusiastic and I don’t want to have to clean the cup while it’s got coffee to (past) the brim!

          I got one of these Huskee cups recently. I like it. Nice and tactile, and a nice size. I don’t use the lid at all because I tend to drink either a flat white even faster than an espresso. I don’t think it’ll stop me looking for a ‘perfect’ cup though!

            I have a few of those and I live on a completely flat island! I got them when my wife decided to get involved in my search for a takeaway cup after I clumsily smashed my glass one to pieces at a relative’s house… Ended up getting a set of 4 as we decided they look nice enough to serve to guests 😂 the whole episode even got her voluntarily discussing tasting notes with me