copita

/ kəˈpiːtə, koˈpita /

noun

1. a tulip-shaped sherry glass

2. a glass of sherry

Word History and Origins

Origin of copita¹

diminutive of copa cup

Example Sentences

Add on a handmade copita for sipping the agave-based spirit.

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Today, he is more focused on smaller goods that can be shipped easily, such as copita glasses used for mezcal or salt, tumblers, ashtrays and wine glasses, which he produces simultaneously by throwing off the hump.

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Today, he is more focused on smaller goods that can be shipped easily such as copita glasses used for mezcal or salt, tumblers, ashtrays and wine glasses, which he produces simultaneously by throwing off the hump.

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They’re gone too quickly, but Dr Clark has Japanese whiskey, too, and, who knows why, a respectable collection of mezcal by the copita.

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I’ve sampled mezcals so different here they don’t seem to belong to the same classification of spirits: One shallow copita cup shimmered with a clear liquid from Palenqueros, a Oaxacan producer that had cooked and distilled the wild agave Mexicano until it smacked of honey and tropical grasses.

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