The world of "coffee cup lid" is packed with so much diversity and creativity

byAndrew Huff

The common point between designer Louise Harpman and architect Scott Specht is "coffee truck", but the two do not just like to drink coffee, they are a collector of a coffee cup lid Being unique is unique. Finally"Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, PunctureTwo people who had published books about the coffee cup lid talking about the history and appeal of the coffee cup lid.

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In the mid-20th century when fast food became popular and the mechanism of drive-in was created, people who could withdraw hot drinks caught up with one problem. You can not drink drinks when you cover the cup so that hot drinks will not spill. A troubled coffee enthusiasts inevitably cut part of the lid of polystyrene and "a cover with a drinking mouth" was invented.

From then on, the designers have created "a licking lid" with a variety of designs.

According to Harpman, in the early 1980s Mr. Harpman was in college as the lid of the type which can drink as it is commonly seen in North America. Harpman, who noticed that the type of lid is different by the coffee shop, said that when he found a new type lid at the shop, he took it home regardless of whether he ordered coffee or not. The charm of the coffee lid is said to be in a close connection between function and design.

Meanwhile, Mr. Specht initially did not think of me as a "collector". When I found a lid that I thought as "beautiful" it was about to bring home, but as I was watching various attempts through the lid of coffee, "why are there so many kinds?" It seems that I became concerned and now it came to fill in the box filled with coffee lid under the bed.

Mr. Specht is fascinated by the fact that "one product and object evolves in a short time and diversity is born", and said that the coffee cup lid is just one example. In addition to the lid of the coffee cup, the "toothbrush" which has a variety of shapes and angles of the hand, the size of the brush part and the materials used has a similar history.

According to two people, the category of coffee cup lid is divided into "order of development". The first category is a lid that coffee drinkers drilled with DIY and the two are making this a "peel" type. There is no hole in this lid of the peel type, but there is also a part marking the part indicating "You should open a hole here."


This is also one of the peel type.


The design of the lid has been greatly improved since the 1980's, and various types that have become less visible now appear, such as "pinch (pinch) type" and "puncher (drilling)" type did. Currently it is said that the following "packer (frown face)" type based on ergonomics is many in the United States.


Another packer type lid is like this.


Macdonald · Coffee caseThere seems to be some makers that engrave the letter "Let's drink little by little" because it is hot in the lid.


In recent years, beverages with whipped cream and foam milk have become popular, so there are more types of space under the lid. Moreover, it is possible to think that new materials such as biodegradable plastics and plastics which change color due to the influence of the heat of drinks will be used as a cup lid. Since the lid of the design like the face is increasing, it is thought that attempts are made to add a taste to the experience of "drinking drinks".

Reusable "KeepCupThe lid of this is like this.


A lid designed to concentrate the aroma of coffee is also devised by opening one hole in the middle.


Harpman asked, "Do you have a favorite lid?" He replied, "I can not choose! Each lid has its own personality." Meanwhile, Mr. Specht said that he likes what makes me feel insane, I cited Philip Cup as a favorite, "I bought a patent that has liquids not scattering when I opened the hole".