Ngā kapu pepahe mea rongonui i roto i ngā ipu kawhe. Ko te kapu pepa he kapu whakakorekore i hangaia ki te pepa, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whakakikoruatia, ka pania rānei ki te kirihou, ki te ware pi rānei hei ārai i te turuturu o te wai, te mimiti rānei i roto i te pepa. Tērā pea he pepa hangarua, ā, e whakamahia whānuitia ana puta noa i te ao.
Kua tuhia ngā kōrero mō ngā kapu pepa i Haina, te wāhi i hangaia ai te pepa i te rautau 2 BC. He rerekē ngā rahi me ngā tae o ēnei kapu, ā, he rerekē ngā hoahoa whakapaipai. I ngā rā tōmua o te rautau 20, kua piki haere te rongonui o te wai inu nā te putanga mai o te kaupapa whakangāwari i te inu waipiro i te US. I whakatairangatia hei huarahi hauora hei whakakapi i te pia, i te waipiro rānei, i wātea te wai i ngā puna wai o te kura, i ngā puna wai me ngā oko wai i runga i ngā tereina me ngā waka. Ko ngā kapu, ko ngā tōpana rānei i hangaia mai i te konganuku, i te rakau, i te uku rānei, i whakamahia hei inu i te wai. Hei whakautu i ngā āwangawanga e tipu haere ana mō ngā kapu ā-iwi e tūpono ana ki te hauora o te marea, i hangaia e tētahi rōia o Boston ko Lawrence Luellen tētahi kapu pepa e rua ngā wahi ka taea te whakamahi i te pepa i te tau 1907. I te tau 1917, kua ngaro te karāhe tūmatanui i ngā waka tereina, kua whakakapia ki ngā kapu pepa ahakoa i ngā rohe kāore anō kia aukatia ngā karāhe tūmatanui.
I ngā tau 1980, he nui te wāhi i whakamahia ai ngā momo kai hei hanga i ngā kapu ka taea te whakamahi. Ka piki haere te rongonui o ngā kawhe motuhake pērā i te cappuccino, te latte, me te cafe mocha puta noa i te ao. I ngā whenua ōhanga e tipu haere ana, kua nekehia ngā kaihoko mai i ngā taputapu kore-ka taea te whakamahi ki ngā kapu pepa hei penapena wā mā rātou nā te pikinga o ngā moni whiwhi, te pukumahi o ngā momo noho, me ngā hāora mahi roa. Haere ki tētahi tari, ki tētahi wharekai kai tere, ki tētahi huihuinga hākinakina nui, ki tētahi hakari puoro rānei, ā, ka kite pea koe i te whakamahinga o ngā kapu pepa.
