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Finishing touch: stylish coffee cups and spoons

Add the finishing touches to home coffee making with some stylish coffee cups and spoons.

Coffee cups and coffee spoons

First, you'll need to match the correct type of coffee cup to the type of coffee you're drinking.

Espresso cups

An espresso cup needs to be small enough to hold a shot of espresso, with room for the velvety layer of crema.

Cappuccino cups

Classically served in a rounded white porcelain cup with saucer.

Latte glasses

Best served in a clear conical glass with handle to show off your milk and froth layering.

Coffee spoons and saucers

Match your cups up with saucers, and use the right size coffee spoons for your drink: a longer spoon for getting to the bottom of a latte glass and a shorter spoon for enjoying the top froth on a cappuccino.

Shopping for coffee cups

You can buy coffee cups cheaply and widely online, on the high street and at your nearest supermarket. Popular brands include Denby and Villeroy & Boch, but there's a large range of designer finishes and matching sets to choose from.

Here are a few shopping tips to help you find a good deal:

• Browsing a department store, which usually stock a wide range of coffee cups, saucers and tableware, is often a good starting point to find a style you like. Look out for discount days to bag a bargain.
• Use an online shopping directory such as MyDeco, which aggregates coffee cup styles, to compare products and prices.
• Larger supermarket stores are increasingly branching out into homewares – with coffee cups and mugs often at low prices.
• Good times of the year to buy coffee cups and china include during the January sales or in September, as shops seek to appeal to students going to university – you can find more timely tips in our guide to getting discounts on products.
• Broken a coffee cup from a discontinued china set? All is not lost – search for a replacement on Chinasearch, Chinamatchers, Matching China or Tablewhere?.
• Our unique high street shops survey reveals the best and worst homewares shops.

Search for a Best Buy coffee maker to suit your taste - filter our coffee maker reviews by the type of coffee you prefer, and take a look at our espresso coffee makers video buying guide.

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