Makapu emapepadzinozivikanwa mumidziyo yekofi. Kapu yebepa kapu inoraswa inogadzirwa nebepa uye inowanzovharirwa kana kunamwa nepurasitiki kana wakisi kudzivirira mvura kuti isabude kana kunyura nepabepa. Inogona kugadzirwa nemapepa akashandiswa zvakare uye inoshandiswa zvakanyanya pasi rose.
Makapu emapepa akanyorwa muumambo hweChina, uko bepa rakagadzirwa nezana ramakore rechipiri BC, Iwo akavakwa muhukuru hwakasiyana uye mavara, uye akashongedzwa nemagadzirirwo ekushongedza. Mumazuva ekutanga ezana ramakore rechi20, mvura yekunwa yakange yave yakakurumbira nekuda kwekubuda kwesangano rekuzvidzora muUS. Yakasimudzirwa seimwe nzira ine hutano kune doro kana doro, mvura yaiwanikwa papombi dzechikoro, matsime nemadhiramu emvura muzvitima nengoro. Makapu eruzhinji kana kuti dippers akagadzirwa nesimbi, huni, kana ceramic aishandiswa kunwa mvura yacho. Mukupindura kushushikana kuri kuramba kuchikura pamusoro pemikombe yemunharaunda iri kuisa njodzi kuutano hweveruzhinji, gweta rekuBoston rainzi Lawrence Luellen rakagadzira kapu yezvimedu zviviri inoraswa kubva pabepa muna 1907. Pakazosvika 1917, girazi revoruzhinji rakanga ranyangarika kubva muzvingoro, zvatsiviwa nemakapu emapepa kunyange. munzvimbo umo magirazi avose akanga asati arambidzwa.
Mumakore ekuma1980, mafambiro echikafu akaita basa guru mukugadzirwa kwemakapu anoraswa. Makofi akasarudzika akadai secappuccinos, lattes, uye cafe mochas akakura mukuzivikanwa pasi rese. Mune hupfumi huri kusimukira, kukwira kwemari inotambirwa, mararamire ane chipatapata uye nguva refu yekushanda zvakakonzera kuti vatengi vabve pamidziyo isingaraswe kuenda kumakapu emapepa kuitira kuchengetedza nenguva. Enda kune chero hofisi, chikafu chinokurumidza chikafu, chiitiko chikuru chemitambo kana mutambo wemimhanzi, uye unosungirwa kuona makapu emapepa achishandiswa.