what is the best espresso cup?
so many factors.
What holds the fragrance in the best? What makes it seem more floral?
There’s a great article in perfect daily grind about studies they’ve done on perception and nose to cup angle. Also customer perceptions of more florals when the rim of the cup is more narrow.
Kruve has created two glasses (for filter coffee) that apparently make a the same coffee taste completely different in each glass.
Tim Wendelbow has his 3 shapes of cups.
Jooyeon Jeon, 2019 WBC Champion representing South Korea used cups that appear slightly more narrow at the top.
So many options.
For most espressos pulled in cafes I’d say it doesn’t usually matter because its pretty rare that the espresso is pulled with care and to the parameters that even allow the espresso to taste the best. Of course for those well pulled shots it will be best served in the best cups.
I’ve been playing with a few and oddly have found that the regular old espresso cup shape works amazingly well at least for single shots.
I’m trying some more strange things soon. I’ll get back with my favorites.
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