Cappuccino Cup
notes: label: Description
content: One of the most common variants of espresso, all named in Italian usage, is a cappuccino, a single shot with a “coat” or hood” like those of Capuchin monks or with a color like the robes of those monks (depending on which version of the story you prefer), with a steamed milk cover. No foam. Customarily, the cup is more like an American coffee cup, though smaller, and the blue rim on this one serves as the target level for the addition of the steamed milk. Other variants now common, even in the American espresso service, are lattes (café au lait in French, café con leche in Spanish) where a single shot is covered in 6-8 ounces of steamed milk, then with foam. There are, however, as many variations as possible, made with differing amounts and varieties of coffee, and the additions of milk, foam, flavored syrups, liqueurs.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0124.02
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0124.02
label: accession number
content: 2012.0124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffee cups
label: Object Name
content: coffee cups with saucers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 4 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.255 cm