The size of the coffee cup

1. The smallest type is called espresso cup. The size of this coffee cup is 50ml-80ml, which is suitable for tasting pure high-quality coffee or strong single-item coffee;

2. Medium cup is also called Cappuccino cup, which is the most commonly used one. The size of this coffee cup is 120ml-140ml, leaving room for people to mix by themselves, such as adding milk and sugar;

3, the largest coffee cup, also known as Latte cup, this coffee cup size is more than 300ml, generally used to add a lot of milk or milk foam.

It is easy to understand the meaning of short(short) cup, tall(tall) cup and grand(large) cup in coffee chain stores, but the names of venti, trenta and alto for extra large cups are not very clear. These words come from Italian. These coffee cup size mostly refer to oz(ounce) specifications. Venti means "20" in Italian, trenta means "30" and alto means "big."

When people buy coffee cups, they often cannot correctly distinguish coffee cups from red tea cups. Usually red tea cup in order to make the aroma of black tea can spread out, and convenient to appreciate the color of black tea, so the cup bottom is lighter, the cup mouth is wider, the light transmission is also higher, and the coffee cup is narrower, the material is thicker, and the light transmission is low. Coffee cups are generally based on ceramic cups and porcelain cups. Ceramic cups are suitable for deep roasting and rich coffee, while porcelain cups are suitable for lighter coffee.

Many coffee fans like to collect all kinds of coffee cups, for this reason, powerful coffee brands will continue to launch specially designed cups for fans to collect. For example, illy cooperates with different designers to launch specially designed cups every year. Hong Kong star Chen Hao is a fan of illy coffee cups and will buy them as soon as he sees them; Jackie Chan is also a fan of world-class famous porcelain coffee cups. It is said that his collection has reached more than 600 sets.