Makapu epepadzinofarirwa mumidziyo yekofi. Kapu yepepa ikapu inoraswa yakagadzirwa nepepa uye inowanzo putirwa nepurasitiki kana wakisi kudzivirira mvura kuti isabude kana kunyura mupepa. Inogona kunge yakagadzirwa nepepa rakadzokororwa uye inoshandiswa zvakanyanya pasi rese.
Makapu emapepa akanyorwa muhumambo hweChina, uko mapepa akagadzirwa muzana remakore rechipiri BC. Akagadzirwa nehukuru hwakasiyana uye mavara, uye akashongedzwa nemagadzirirwo ekushongedza. Mumazuva ekutanga ezana remakore rechi20, mvura yekunwa yakanga yave yakakurumbira nekuda kwekubuda kwesangano rekuzvidzora muUS. Mvura, ichikurudzirwa senzira ine hutano panzvimbo pedoro kana doro, yaiwanikwa pamapombi echikoro, matsime uye mumabhara emvura muzvitima nengoro. Makapu emunharaunda kana madhipu akagadzirwa nesimbi, huni, kana ceramic aishandiswa kunwa mvura iyi. Mukupindura kunetseka kuri kukura pamusoro pemakapu emunharaunda ane njodzi kuhutano hwevanhu, gweta reBoston rainzi Lawrence Luellen rakagadzira kapu ine zvidimbu zviviri kubva papepa muna 1907. Pakazosvika 1917, magirazi eruzhinji akanga anyangarika mungoro dzechitima, akatsiviwa nemakapu emapepa kunyangwe munzvimbo idzo magirazi eruzhinji akanga asati arambidzwa.
Mumakore ekuma1980, mafambiro ezvekudya akaita basa guru mukugadzirwa kwemakapu anoraswa. Makofi emhando yepamusoro akadai secappuccinos, lattes, uye cafe mochas akawedzera kufarirwa pasi rose. Munyika dziri kusimukira, kuwedzera kwemari inowanikwa, mararamiro ekushanda nesimba uye maawa akawanda ekushanda zvakaita kuti vatengi vasiye midziyo isingaraswe vachienda kumakapu epepa kuitira kuchengetedza nguva. Enda kune chero hofisi, resitorendi yekudya kwekukurumidza, chiitiko chikuru chemitambo kana mutambo wemimhanzi, uye uchaona makapu epepa achishandiswa.
