Nā kīʻaha pepakaulana i loko o nā ipu kofe. ʻO ke kīʻaha pepa he kīʻaha hoʻopau i hana ʻia mai loko mai o ka pepa a i hoʻopaʻa pinepine ʻia a uhi ʻia me ka plastic a i ʻole ka wax i mea e pale ai i ka kahe ʻana a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana o ka wai i ka pepa. Hiki ke hana ʻia me ka pepa hana hou a hoʻohana nui ʻia a puni ka honua.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kīʻaha pepa i ka imperial Kina, kahi i hana ʻia ai ka pepa e ka 2nd century BC, Ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i nā ʻano nui a me nā kala, a ua hoʻonani ʻia me nā hoʻolālā hoʻonaninani. I nā lā mua o ke kenekulia 20, ua lilo ka wai inu i mea kaulana i ka ulu ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana i ka US. Hoʻolaha ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻano olakino maikaʻi ma mua o ka pia a i ʻole ka waiʻona, loaʻa ka wai ma nā pā kula, nā pūnāwai a me nā pahu wai ma nā kaʻaahi a me nā kaʻa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā kīʻaha kīʻaha a i ʻole nā ʻōpala i hana ʻia mai ka metala, ka lāʻau, a i ʻole ka seramika e inu i ka wai. I ka pane ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā hopohopo e pili ana i nā kīʻaha kaiāulu e pōʻino ai i ke olakino lehulehu, ua hana kahi loio Boston ʻo Lawrence Luellen i kahi kīʻaha ʻelua ʻāpana pepa mai ka makahiki 1907. Ma ka makahiki 1917, ua nalowale ke aniani lehulehu mai nā kaʻa kaʻaahi, ua pani ʻia e nā kīʻaha pepa. ma nā ʻāina kahi i pāpā ʻia ai nā makaaniani lehulehu.
I ka makahiki 1980, ua hana nui nā ʻano meaʻai i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kīʻaha hoʻopau. Ua kaulana nā kofe kūikawā e like me nā cappuccinos, lattes, a me ka cafe mochas ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. I nā ʻoihana e kū mai ana, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā, ka nohona paʻakikī a me nā hola hana lōʻihi ka mea i hoʻohuli ai nā mea kūʻai mai nā mea pono ʻole i nā kīʻaha pepa i mea e mālama ai i ka manawa. E hele i kekahi keʻena, hale ʻaina meaʻai wikiwiki, hanana haʻuki nui a i ʻole ʻaha mele, a ʻike ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o nā kīʻaha pepa.
