Porcelain Coffee Tasting Cup
Midnight Onyx – Coffee Sensory Cup, Competition
CCCLAY's Midnight Onyx Competition Cup is a 240 ml porcelain coffee sensory cup with a blue-and-black kiln-reactive glaze inspired by galaxies, designed for focused coffee tasting.
Best Uses
- Focused tasting: Explore the aroma, acidity and flavour of a brewed coffee.
- Recipe practice: Use a consistent cup when comparing your own brewing recipes.
- Coffee presentation: A cup from CCCLAY’s Competition range for serving and discussing coffee.
Key Specifications
- Product: Midnight Onyx – Coffee Sensory Cup, Competition.
- Cup shape: Competition.
- Capacity: 240 ml.
- Material: Porcelain; made in China.
- Design: Pronounced curvature with an extended rim.
- Technique: Blue-and-black kiln-reactive glaze.
- Kaolin sources: Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China.
- Porcelain-body firing: 1,220°C or higher.
Design & Craft
- Technique: Blue and black tones develop through the glaze's reactions during high-temperature firing.
- Craft challenge: Firing is controlled for the intended blue-black color development while preserving the individual kiln-formed variation of each piece.
- Design inspiration: Galaxies and the depth of the universe.
- Finish: High-fired glaze. Small variations in the handmade finish make each piece individual.
Materials
Porcelain made from an exclusive kaolin blend sourced from Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China. The blend is formulated for the functional requirements of each cup design. The porcelain body is fired at 1,220°C or higher. Blue-and-black kiln-reactive glaze.
Product Care
- Dishwasher safe.
- Clean with a soft sponge and dry with a soft cloth.
- Avoid steel wool and abrasive cleaning tools.
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Orders are shipped within 5 business days of payment confirmation. Please note that weekends and national holidays are not included in this processing time.
Porcelain Designed for Professional Beverage Tasting
CCCLAY designs and makes porcelain tasting cups for coffee, tea, craft beer, wine and spirits, using proprietary kaolin blends and specially developed glazes.
Kaolin origin: Premium kaolin sourced from Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong, China.
Proprietary porcelain blends: Kaolin from these three provinces is blended to meet the functional requirements of each cup design.
High-temperature firing: The porcelain is fired at 1,220°C or higher.
Beverage-specific glazes: CCCLAY develops custom glazes for different beverages, with the aim of enhancing aroma and flavor perception and delivering a smooth, refined drinking experience.
For CCCLAY, competition-level tasting is a commitment to care, precision and attention to every drink.
Rooted in Traditional Chinese Color-Glaze Craftsmanship
CCCLAY innovates the heritage with a modern touch — developing gradient effects with richer colors and smoother, more natural transitions, breathing modern life into an ancient technique.
Uniquely Handmade
Because these cups are handmade, each one possesses its own unique beauty and character. The slight variations, including minor bumps or pores, are a natural result of the porcelain material and our careful crafting process.
These distinctive features make your cup unique and truly special.
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