Are there any double walled cups out there that are actually durable? Or maybe super thick glass cups that have a similar effect. I love the look of espresso in a double walled glass but with cats I’m worried they could break.
I have cups from Kinto, the Kronos espresso cup. I like them a lot.
I’ve dropped them a couple of times (not “cat off the top rope” level, but also not just knocking them over) and they’ve survived.
Those are pretty cool looking. I think I’ve seen them before but didn’t know what they were called. Thanks for giving me their name!
I got some from Hearth. Don’t know much abt the firm, I got them from a Canadian retailer and they’re really well made.
Which Canadian retailer? I’m Canadian too so I may be able to buy from them instead of ordering on that website. I like their espresso cups.
Got them from Coffee Addicts: https://coffeeaddicts.ca/collections/hearth-glass/products/hearth-double-wall-4oz-120ml-glass-set-of-2
It looks like a lot of the options they have are out of stock. Maybe they are phasing them out.
Seems like Cafune also have them.
Thanks for the links. I’ll give them a look.
This is what they look up close:
The amber ones are significantly thicker and heavier.
That’s a very nice looking glass. It’s funny a different colour is a different weight though. Do you have the amber one too? I’m curious how significant the difference is.
It’s like 20% thicker and 50% heavier. It’s weird. I bought the smokey and amber for gifts. Was shocked at the difference in the amber.
Oh wow, yeah that is weird. Good to know though. Looks like the amber colour is currently out of stock at Cafuné but I’ll keep an eye out for it. I might grab all three colours, I like to have a few glasses anyway and I like all three of them.
I noticed Cafuné also sells the Kruve Propel glasses. Those were the ones I originally had an eye on but thought they were too expensive. But I might consider them as well anyway, I absolutely love their design.
I’m a huge fan of Fellow’s Pirch espresso cups. They’re not double-walled, but they’re thick af, super solid and feel so nice to hold because of how weighty they are. They also come in some pretty colors. I’ll follow up with a picture of mine when I make my morning espresso here in a few minutes
I just looked those up, they’re nice looking. I’ll definitely consider picking those up.
This is the Cortado size in the smoke gray color, the espresso cup would probably be a bit smaller.
Should also mention that I have a cat, and this cup has been knocked off the counter and all it did was put a dent in my wood floors lol
That machine in the background looks familiar…
That’s really good to know. My kitchen is tile so it might have a harder time in there but my dining area and living room is vinyl so hopefully it won’t break there. I really like the smoke colour too.
That cup looks a lot bigger than what your scale is suggesting, I’m surprised it’s nearly full with 37.2g. Maybe just a perspective thing? That’s my standard shot size, roughly, so maybe the espresso size would be too small. Thanks for adding the scale for reference, that helps me quite a bit in deciding actually.
It’s probably a perspective thing. I happen to have a super tiny scale. Here it is in my hand for scale.Ah, maybe. Yeah that looks smaller now in your hand.
Your GCP looks nice, what upgrades have you done to it? I see a Gaggimate, wood steam controller and wood handled portafilter, how do you like those? I want to slowly upgrade mine too, any suggestions? Anything somewhat expensive will probably wait for a while but I’d like to keep those ideas on the back burner anyway.
Thanks! I love my GCP, and have quite a few mods, but I think I’d still be happy even if it was stock.
That being said, aside from the aesthetic wood steam knob and wood handled bottomless portafilter, I also upgraded to the brass boiler, and an articulated cool touch steam wand. The biggest difference of course is the GaggiMate.
Honestly though I’d say if you’re happy with the shots you pull, I wouldn’t change a thing. I had my GCP bone stock for years and loved it just as much as I do now. I just love to tinker with things. Enjoy it and upgrade bit by bit if you feel like you want a little bit more out of a certain aspect of the experience.
The wood steam knob and a bottomless portafilter will probably be the best bang for your buck if you want a good starting point.
I’d mostly want to upgrade for the fun of it, even though I’m already happy with my shots. I’ll take a look at those upgrades you mentioned. How do you like the brass boiler? I’ve heard some people say it’s a huge upgrade, and others say it’s a waste of money and doesn’t change much. Just curious what your experiences are.
+1 Fellow makes some nice stuff.
I tend to check out thrift stores, their stock is more interesting and cheaper than I can find new.
That’s where I got the one in the picture, but I find it hard to find double walled, at least at my local thrift stores. I do continue to look, though.
I bought some JoyJolts of off Amazon and they’ve held up superwell for two years.
Those look pretty nice. I’ll definitely keep them in mind, thank you.
I started out making espresso into double-walled borosilicate cups and switching to porcelain was such a game-changer (it took me at least 3 years to figure this out). The double-walled cups do an amazing job at insulating the espresso, but if I’m pulling a shot I want to just drink it. Most shots are usually too hot for my taste right out of the machine, and I’d either burn myself, sit there blowing on the damn thing for too long, or the taste would be sub-optimal due to the temp being too high. You can come across Lavazza porcelain cups pretty easily and these are perfect for single shots; I use some slightly wider porcelain ones someone got me from some local shop called Starbocks (or something similar to that I think) for double shots. Any reason you are set on glass besides looks? You’d be hard-pressed to find many cafes in Italy serving espresso in anything other than porcelain. I think they’ve nailed it.
Well, a couple reasons. Firstly, I don’t usually drink my espresso right away, usually I’m doing both coffee and breakfast at the same time in order to get out the door in time for daycare and work, so sometimes it’s 5+ mins before I can drink it and in my single walled glass it gets cold. Another reason is I like to see what I’m pulling while I’m pulling it. It’s good to see the side profile while it’s being pulled so I can see how much crema, and the colour of the liquid itself. I like to see as much as I can, personally. As a third, but much less important reason, it does just look the coolest. And I like to take pictures of my espresso pulls, both to post here and to send to my wife. She then does the same and we compare to see who pulled the nicer looking shot. It’s a fun little game.
Bodum’s espresso-sized cups are pretty durable simply because of þeir size. I mean, þey are glass, and probably are going to complain about being dropped onto tile, but I’ve had þem survive drops from a counter onto wood.
