Mugs, t-shirts, and source files now available
Answering requests, I have setup a Cafe Press store which offers the nine coffee cup illustration printed on all sorts of things. I have never purchased anything from Cafe Press, so fingers crossed the quality is decent. I bought myself a mug.
If you’re simply looking to print up a copy to fold up in your wallet, I’ve created a PDF file which contains all nine images.
Source File
If you’d like to extend or localize the illustrations you can grab the Adobe Illustrator source file. You can also open up this file in Adobe Photoshop, without the vector data, as a bitmap..
License Information
I’m offering the illustrations under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. What this allows for is the use and modification of the work for noncommercial purposes. I chose a non-commercial license because I do not want people to sell the image. If you want to use the image for educational purposes in a commercial space such as a website or cafe, you have my permission to do so. As for attribution, I ask that you leave my name and website address in the fine print.
Matty B. Sep 5th, 2007
I’ve bought a couple of shirts from there myself and the quality is decent. Glad to see things are going well for you. I’m going to keep it old school with this one: IMM forever.
Cory Sep 6th, 2007
You may want to create outlines on the text, or use a more universal font.
Lokesh Sep 6th, 2007
Cory,
Thanks for catching that. I created outlines for all text and updated the PDF.
Luke Sep 14th, 2007
cool, thanks for putting up the pdf and ai files, must go get myself a t-shirt and mug too.
Sean Sep 18th, 2007
Hi,
Excellent idea. Looks great. Best of luck…you could be on to a winning idea here.
Elan Hasson Sep 19th, 2007
The graphics are very sharp!
I have a few items for sale on CafePress.com. The quality is exceptional, and the t-shirt printing lasts a *very* long time.
Thanks for the espresso guide :)
mu Sep 23rd, 2007
Love love love it. Latte for me, please.
Michael Sep 26th, 2007
Great guide, great illustrations. But what about small ‘espresso’-cups, but with the drawing of each type on it. So you would have a ‘latte machiatto’ cup telling you how to make it, etc.
Maybe it’s impossible through CafePress, but I would buy it :).
girladvenger Oct 13th, 2007
Thanks you, I love to learn new things. This graphic is excellent, a great teaching tool.
Benji Nov 13th, 2007
Dude i love the idea, i LOVE coffee lets make a minisite or something… cause there caramel macciato and all those great variations… :) I now can educate my coworkers on what im having :)
Alex Bischoff Nov 14th, 2007
By chance, does anyone have a suggestion/recommendation for an online print shop that could make a poster out of this? I don’t mean to imply that I’m looking for a huge movie-poster sized poster, but if I could get this printed at 18 x 24 (or something like that), I’d be tempted to hang a copy of this in my kitchen :).
Mike Nov 14th, 2007
@Alex Bischoff, I’ve used this site to print reseach posters for work, amazing quality, fast delivery and pretty inexpensive
http://makesigns.com/scientific_posters.htm
Cheers
Feng Shui Guy Nov 15th, 2007
Do you have a front view of the mug. Wow 14 bucks for a mug is pretty cher, I don’t suppose the price could be reduced?
Anutosh Nov 20th, 2007
Hey man
great work, great design
i m gonna modify the pic a bit (thanks for the files…vector would have been better) n use it for my blog.
really helpful, n thanks
Julian Schrader Dec 1st, 2007
Thank you for the great poster! I just printed a copy for my wall ;-)
the peregrine Jan 9th, 2008
Very cool, Lokesh. Classy and kind of you to release this through Creative Commons.
To Feng Shui Guy and anyone else balking at the cost of the mugs, I can attest that the CafePress mugs are very nicely made and stand up to much abuse. Very high quality, and I have a two-year-old cup that’s been through the dishwasher many times but looks just like new.
Phoat Jan 20th, 2008
I have a small internet cafe in Greece…
This will go a long way to explain the differences among the various drinks.
I might also make a huge poster and paste it on one of the walls next to bar.
Thanks for this!!!!
Stephie J Jan 21st, 2008
This is fantastic! I am creating a handbook for a new coffee shop and this is exactly what I was looking for as a guide for my baristas. I will leave the fine print and credit you in the sources. Thank you!
Michele Feb 2nd, 2008
Just a note on the CafePress posters… I ordered one and it was 16×15, not 16×20, and the printing was bleeding off the edge, so it couldn’t be framed. They sent a replacement and it was the same. Now they’re sending a third and I’m sure it will be identical, so I’ll probably then send all three back so they can understand the problem.
Anyway, just wanted people to know in case they were thinking about ordering the CafePress poster.
Love the diagram! I will check into the other poster place mentioned by another commenter.
Trafico Feb 12th, 2008
i love the fonetics of macchiato >> mock-e-ah-toe LOL!
JillyJoe Mar 17th, 2008
Great graphics, thank you for making it available to print. I decided to try Fair Trade coffee. It was on the supermarket shelf along with all the regular brands and about the same price as the one I usually buy. It only seems fair that the farmers get a fair price for their crop and their labour.
Fred Campbell Apr 5th, 2008
Like it, but I am English, what’s half and half?
Anonymous Apr 12th, 2008
How about a small mug? Is the graphics too big for the small mug?
Aditya Bhatt Apr 26th, 2008
i like the idea, i LOVE coffee…
I can tell my coworkers on what i’m having and how :)
Thanks..
Passerby May 28th, 2008
very cool!! Thanks for sharing it- love the mug too- definately have to get me one of those. Hope you’ll be back sometime soon. Great site!
Fabio Jul 14th, 2008
nice job, just a word about double consonants in Italian: when you see two ‘n’s: pronounce them as if there were four! I mean it. Could be the difference between A Good Year (film by Ridlley Scott) or a good arse..
So:
Panna = Pann_nna with a grin at the end NOT pahnah with a scowl ;)
Caffè = Caff_ffeh (accent is ‘grave’ in Italian, but smile as above)
Cappuccino = Capp_ppoo cheeenoh
and pleeeese no more Lahtays, its: LATT_TTE’ (keep grinning there!)
;)
Keith Sep 15th, 2008
I don’t suppose you could provide this as an SVG export from Illustrator, could you? I use Inkscape, and something about the .ai file is preventing it from importing properly . . . Thanks a bundle for the great graphics!
nune Apr 29th, 2009
nice diagram!!!
CLD Jul 2nd, 2009
Lovely image! Hope the CafePress thing worked out for you. Quality from them seems ok to me. Got the tip on your chart from LifeHacker.
Cheers.
Ana Nov 25th, 2009
Good job, Lokesh! Thanks for this. God bless!
Référencement Maroc Dec 24th, 2009
thank you so much, nice diagram!!