Espresso Cups Buying Guide


Buying your next espresso coffee cups can be quite an adventure with all of the choices in the market today. If you take a few minutes to figure out what want in your ideal espresso cups and how much you are willing to spend, you should be able to guide yourself to a wise purchase.

Espresso Cups

Espresso Cup

The first thing to do is to determine your priorities for your espresso cup purchase. What is most important to you? The most common factors to consider are:

    • Porcelain sets of 6 run $20 to $50 (and a lot more)
    • Stainless steel run about $15 for a cup and saucer
    • Glass $7 for singles, $12 to $20 for sets of 2
    • Porcelain
    • Glass
    • Stainless steel
    • Single cup
    • Cup and Saucer pair
    • Set of cups & saucers (from 2 to 6)
    • These run the gamut. Choose you style, choose your artist
    • It is beyond the scope of this article to guide you on the collectability of espresso cups. Start with ebay to get a feel for the market and work your way in slowly if you are doing this as an investment.

    • Price range

    Type of material

    Quantity of matching cups in a set

    Art Pattern

    Collectability

Once you know what you are looking for and what your priorities are it is time to do a little research. You want to find a store that you trust and a price that you think is right. It is often hard to get a good sense of an art pattern or of the overall quality of a cup without seeing and holding it in person. The ergonomics of a cup can be a big turn on or turn off factor for you so trying before you buy is always a good idea.

Some of the more common brands of espresso cups include:

  • Bailetti
  • Bodum
  • Francis! Francis!
  • Illy Schwung
  • Saeco
  • Segafredo
  • Teaposy
  • Tognana
  • WMF
  • And many more

If you are giving espresso cups as a gift then you might way to pay attention to the boxes that the sets come in. The designer art sets often come with very elegant packaging.

Here is to finding your perfect espresso cup and many wonderful small moments of escape with it!

Common spelling variation: Expresso Cups


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