Copper Coffee Cups & Sets
Copper coffee cups and sets
Our Turkish coffee sets bring together cups, lidded copper zarf holders, a sugar bowl and a tray; some include a cezve as well. The cup interior is tin-lined, the outside hand-hammered or chisel-worked copper. The copper holder keeps the coffee hot while the porcelain insert leaves the taste untouched.
The zarf is an old answer to a real problem. A cup small enough for Turkish coffee has no room for a handle that keeps the fingers off the hot side, so the cup was dropped into a metal holder with its own handle and foot. Ours are made the same way, and on most models the porcelain lifts out for washing.
The metal also buys you time. A serving of Turkish coffee is 70 ml, which cools fast in bare porcelain, and people take ten minutes over it. Copper around the cup slows that down enough that the last sip is still worth drinking.
How many people?
Two-person sets are chosen as gifts and for couples; six-person sets for entertaining. Sets with a tray arrive ready to serve. A Turkish coffee cup holds 70 to 90 ml, about 2.5 to 3 fl oz, close to an espresso cup. For hotels and cafés we can produce twelve-piece arrangements in a single pattern.
- Two-person set: cups, holders, lids, a sugar bowl and a small tray
- Six-person set: the same again with a 35 to 40 cm tray
- With cezve: add a 4 or 6 cup pot matched to the pattern
- Contract orders: twelve pieces and up in one pattern, lead time by quantity
Serving
Coffee goes into a warmed cup, foam first, and the lid goes on if the cup has to travel from kitchen to table. The glass of water beside it is not decoration; it clears the palate before the first sip and settles the grounds you inevitably swallow at the end. Turkish delight or a piece of chocolate belongs on the tray, never balanced on the cup.
Use and care
Keep cups out of the dishwasher; porcelain inserts can be removed and washed separately while the copper is cleaned by hand in warm water. Rinse straight after service so coffee does not stain. Wipe water out of the chiselled recesses on the holders with a soft cloth, or dark marks will settle in those grooves.
