Ibikombezikunzwe mubikoresho bya kawa. Igikombe cyimpapuro nigikombe cyakuweho gikozwe mu mpapuro kandi akenshi gitondekanye cyangwa gishyizwe hamwe na plastiki cyangwa ibishashara kugirango wirinde amazi gutemba cyangwa kunyunyuza impapuro. Irashobora kuba ikozwe mu mpapuro zongeye gukoreshwa kandi ikoreshwa cyane kwisi.
Ibikombe byimpapuro byanditswe mubushinwa bwubwami, aho impapuro zavumbuwe mukinyejana cya 2 mbere ya Yesu, Byubatswe mubunini n'amabara atandukanye, kandi byari bishushanyijeho ibishushanyo mbonera. Mu minsi ya mbere yikinyejana cya 20, amazi yo kunywa yari amaze kumenyekana cyane kubera ko muri Amerika hagaragaye umuvuduko ukabije. Gutezimbere nkuburyo bwiza bwinzoga cyangwa inzoga, amazi yaboneka kumasoko yishuri, amasoko hamwe na barrale yamazi kuri gari ya moshi no mumagare. Ibikombe rusange cyangwa ibishishwa bikozwe mubyuma, ibiti, cyangwa ceramic byakoreshwaga mu kunywa amazi. Mu rwego rwo gukemura ibibazo by’ibikombe by’umuganda byangiza ubuzima bw’abaturage, umunyamategeko wa Boston witwa Lawrence Luellen yakoze igikombe cy’ibice bibiri gishobora gutabwa mu mpapuro mu 1907. Kugeza mu 1917, ikirahuri rusange cyari cyarazimiye muri gari ya moshi, gisimbuzwa ibikombe by’impapuro ndetse mu nkiko aho ibirahuri rusange byari bitarabujijwe.
Mu myaka ya za 1980, imigendekere y'ibiryo yagize uruhare runini mugushushanya ibikombe bikoreshwa. Ikawa yihariye nka cappuccinos, lattes, na cafe mochas yamamaye kwisi yose. Mu bukungu bugenda buzamuka, kuzamuka k'urwego rwinjiza, imibereho ihuze cyane n'amasaha menshi y'akazi byatumye abakiriya bava mu bikoresho bidakoreshwa bakajya mu bikombe by'impapuro kugira ngo babike igihe. Jya mu biro ibyo aribyo byose, resitora yihuta, ibirori binini bya siporo cyangwa ibirori bya muzika, kandi ugomba kubona ibikombe byimpapuro bikoreshwa.
