In this article I present you the finest icons of the fuel of a lot of designers and students (and other people too) available on the web. I've just released [my own coffee cup icon](/coffee-cup-icon) but this beverage seem to have inspired a lot of other beautiful icons especially for Mac OS X.
Now just get your next coffee, sit back and enjoy this little showcase. Just click on the images to get to the icon sources. At the end of the article you'll find links to some nice high quality coffee tutorials. And remember you will have more control over time itself if you [reach your 100th cup of coffee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Big_Boys).
## The Finest Coffee Cups
Please note that these icons are the property of their respective owners and you should always consult their copyright notice first before using these icons.
In a fit of megalomania I declared my icon as incredible and included it here. Originally I've made the coffee cup for the donations button on kremalicious.com.
Does this application need any introduction? Although not released yet the new web-coding application from MacRabbit drew a lot of attention. The icon is one of the reasons for that.
## Coffee icons from Office Space icon set by VisualPharm
A glass coffee cup which is [wildly used](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop-light-effect-10-steps) on the web. Created for Windows so the icons are just 256px in size.
## The Coffee Shop icon set by Alejandro Lopez & Sergio Ruiz
An icon set made in collaboration between [Alejandro Lopez](http://www.dimensionofdeskmod.net/medias/) & [Sergio Ruiz](http://www.camtessadesign.com/descargas/ver/the_coffee_shop) with icons related to a coffee shop.
Nice shiny coffee cups with a lot of detail in the reflections. Sadly just in 128px size maximum. Maybe you can [persuade mat-u to update this icon with bigger sizes.](http://www.mat-u.com/)
Apple uses a nice coffee cup in their Java applications which can be found in the Utilities folder. Thanks to [David](http://dlanham.com/) for pointing this out.
Trevor Kay made the new icon for Caffeine. This application prevents your Mac from automatically going to sleep. Trevor also made [some additional icons for Caffeine](http://God-X.deviantart.com/art/Caffeine-Replacement-Icons-75619389) although the coffee cup looks pretty much the same as the one from Apple's Java application icons.
## Moon Coffee icon from Space: 1999 icon set by Dave Brasgalla
Dave made an icon set for the Iconfactory inspired by the classic sci-fi television series of the 70's and included a Moon Coffee cup. Also just in 128px size.
[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/1999)
Acrylic Software's "new type of newsreader for Mac OS X Leopard" called [Times](http://www.acrylicapps.com/times/) uses a gorgeous icon made by Mikio Inose.
One delicious full and one empty cappuccino cup re available in this icon set made by Creative 9 Design. Available just in 256px from their [blog](http://www.c9-d.com/blog/view/63).
Not a coffee cup but also very coffee related is this awesome Cappuccino machine icon (although it shows an Espresso machine) made by [Sofa](http://www.madebysofa.com) for the Cappuccino framework.
[Using Gradients to Make Light and Shadow - and a Coffee Cup!](http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/using-gradients-to-make-light-and-shadow-and-a-coffee-cup/): Collis from [psdtuts](http://psdtuts.com) made a nice tutorial with a similar perspective as found in [my Coffee Cup Icon](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies/).
[Design A Coffee Mug Icon](http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/02/design-a-coffee-mug-icon/): Photoshop tutorial by Andrew Houle for creating a coffee cup icon.
[Creating a Coffee Cup with Inkscape](http://vectortuts.com/illustration/creating-a-coffee-cup-with-inkscape/): Peter Anglea with a nice vector tutorial using the open source vector app Inkscape.
[Amazing Photoshop Light Effect In 10 Steps](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop-light-effect-10-steps): Not an icon tutorial but Fabio Sasso achieves some awesome light effects combined with the coffee cup from the [Office Space icon set](http://www.visualpharm.com/office_space.html).
