Nā kīʻaha pepahe mea kaulana ia i loko o nā pahu kofe. ʻO ke kīʻaha pepa he kīʻaha hoʻolei i hana ʻia mai ka pepa a pinepine ʻia e uhi ʻia me ka palakiko a i ʻole ka wax e pale aku i ka wai mai ka liki ʻana a i ʻole ka komo ʻana ma o ka pepa. Hiki ke hana ʻia me ka pepa hana hou ʻia a hoʻohana nui ʻia a puni ka honua.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kīʻaha pepa ma Kina imperial, kahi i hana ʻia ai ka pepa i ke kenekulia 2 BC. Ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i nā nui like ʻole 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 ma muli o ka puka ʻana mai o ka neʻe ʻana o ka temperance ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ma ke ʻano he koho olakino no ka pia a i ʻole ka waiʻona, loaʻa ka wai ma nā faucets kula, nā pūnāwai a me nā pahu wai ma nā kaʻaahi a me nā kaʻa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā kīʻaha kaiāulu a i ʻole nā dippers i hana ʻia mai ka metala, ka lāʻau, a i ʻole ka seramika e inu i ka wai. I ka pane ʻana i nā hopohopo e ulu ana e pili ana i nā kīʻaha kaiāulu e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke olakino lehulehu, ua hana kekahi loio Boston i kapa ʻia ʻo Lawrence Luellen i kīʻaha ʻelua ʻāpana mai ka pepa i ka makahiki 1907. I ka makahiki 1917, ua nalowale ke aniani lehulehu mai nā kaʻa kaʻaahi, ua pani ʻia e nā kīʻaha pepa a hiki i nā mana kahi i pāpā ʻia ai nā aniani lehulehu.
I nā makahiki 1980, ua hoʻokani nui nā ʻano meaʻai i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kīʻaha hoʻolei ʻia. Ua ulu ka kaulana o nā kofe kūikawā e like me ka cappuccinos, lattes, a me ka cafe mochas ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. I nā ʻoihana waiwai e kū mai ana, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā, ke ʻano o ka nohona wikiwiki a me nā hola hana lōʻihi ua hoʻololi i nā mea kūʻai aku mai nā mea hana hiki ʻole ke hoʻolei ʻia i nā kīʻaha pepa i mea e mālama ai i ka manawa. E hele i kekahi keʻena, hale ʻaina wikiwiki, hanana haʻuki nui a i ʻole ka ʻaha mele, a e ʻike ʻoe i nā kīʻaha pepa e hoʻohana ʻia ana.
