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were used for coffee and tea. In Europe, Meissen porcelain cups appeared around 1710, with large exports of "Greek cups" to Greece in the 1730s. These cups were tall due to the habit of drinking the liquid layer at the top, with the preparation sediment left at the bottom. As the drip coffee, invented in France in the 18th century, gained popularity, the need for tall cups disappeared, so Sèvres porcelain pioneered

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