Solo Sip Sensory by Mazelab

Arriving Friday 8.28 7pm CT

For the moment you stop brewing and start tasting.

A cup used for tasting does a different job than a cup used for serving. The shape of the rim, the way the form holds aroma, the way the liquid arrives at your palate: those details decide how much of the coffee you actually catch. The Solo Sip Sensory by Mazelab is a ceramic cup made for that job. It is the Solo Sip with the spout removed, an uninterrupted form built for focused tasting rather than pouring and sharing.

The Story Behind It

Mazelab is a roastery and coffee shop in Prague, founded by Jackie and Thu. The Solo brewing system came out of that shop, designed by Jackie Tran, the 2024 Czech Republic Brewers Cup Champion, and built around geometry: a dripper with a 40 degree internal angle and a sloped base, a wave filter, a server, and a tasting cup, each shaped to work with the others. George Jinyang Peng used the Solo Dripper to win the 2025 World Brewers Cup in Jakarta.

The Spoutless Version

The original Solo Sip is a server and tasting cup in one, with a small spout for pouring into other cups. The Sensory keeps everything except that spout. The shape is identical, including the slanted mouth that follows the dripper’s geometry, which Mazelab designed to guide aroma and flow directly to the palate.

Removing the spout leaves the rim continuous the whole way around, and that is the whole change. Mazelab describes the inner form as supporting clarity, sweetness, and structure in the cup. This is the version the team has been using in competition, and it is now in their shops as well.

The Form

A single piece of ceramic with no handle and no spout. The mouth is cut on a slant that follows the geometry of the Solo Dripper, so the rim sits higher on one side than the other. The exterior is finished in a soft brushed matte that feels calm and natural in the hand, and it comes in one color, beige.

What’s in the Box

•      Solo Sip Sensory ceramic tasting cup  x 1

Specifications

•      Material: Ceramic, listed by Mazelab as “handmade grade.”

•      Finish: Soft brushed matte exterior, the same ceramic and finish used across the current Mazelab cup line.

•      Form: Spoutless, with a slanted mouth matching the Solo Dripper. Holds 400ml when full.