How to Make the World’s Smallest Cup of Coffee, from Just One Coffee Bean

The Finnish cof­fee com­pa­ny, Paulig, has been around for a good long while–since 1876, to pre­cise. But only in 2017 did they get around to doing this–enlisting Helsin­ki design­er Lucas Zan­ot­to “to make the small­est cup of cof­fee, out of 1 bean.” Zan­ot­to does­n’t need much more than a nail file, can­dle, and thim­ble-sized cup to pro­duce that tiny cup of joe. Con­cep­tu­al­ly, it’s a neat exer­cise in effi­cien­cy and con­ser­va­tion. But, prac­ti­cal­ly speak­ing, will it get you through the day?

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

A Rol­lick­ing French Ani­ma­tion on the Per­ils of Drink­ing a Lit­tle Too Much Cof­fee

Philoso­phers Drink­ing Cof­fee: The Exces­sive Habits of Kant, Voltaire & Kierkegaard

David Lynch Directs a Mini-Sea­son of Twin Peaks in the Form of Japan­ese Cof­fee Com­mer­cials

J.S. Bach’s Com­ic Opera, “The Cof­fee Can­ta­ta,” Sings the Prais­es of the Great Stim­u­lat­ing Drink (1735)

“The Virtues of Cof­fee” Explained in 1690 Ad: The Cure for Lethar­gy, Scurvy, Drop­sy, Gout & More