Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kīʻaha pepa ma Kina imperial, kahi i hana ʻia ai ka pepa ma ke kenekulia 2 BC a hoʻohana ʻia no ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kī. Ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i nā nui a me nā kala like ʻole, a ua hoʻonani ʻia me nā hoʻolālā hoʻonaninani. ʻIke ʻia nā hōʻike kikokikona o nā kīʻaha pepa ma kahi wehewehe ʻana i nā waiwai o ka ʻohana Yu, mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Hangzhou.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke kīʻaha pepa hou i ke kenekulia 20. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, he mea maʻamau ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kīʻaha a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoinu wai i kaʻana like ʻia ma nā kumu wai e like me nā paipu kula a i ʻole nā pahu wai i loko o nā kaʻaahi. ʻO kēia hoʻohana like ʻana i hoʻoulu ai i nā hopohopo olakino lehulehu.
Ma muli o kēia mau hopohopo, a i ka lilo ʻana o nā waiwai pepa (ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hana ʻia ʻana o ke Kīʻaha Dixie i ka makahiki 1908) i mea kūʻai haʻahaʻa a maʻemaʻe hoʻi, ua hoʻoholo ʻia nā pāpā kūloko ma ke kīʻaha hoʻohana like. ʻO kekahi o nā hui kaʻaahi mua e hoʻohana i nā kīʻaha pepa hoʻolei ʻia ʻo ia ka Lackawanna Railroad, nāna i hoʻomaka e hoʻohana iā lākou i ka makahiki 1909.
ʻO Dixie Cup ka inoa inoa no kahi laina o nā kīʻaha pepa hoʻolei i hoʻomohala mua ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1907 e Lawrence Luellen, he loio ma Boston, Massachusetts, ka mea i hopohopo e pili ana i nā germs e hoʻolaha ʻia e ka poʻe e kaʻana like ana i nā kīʻaha a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoluʻu i nā lako wai inu lehulehu.
Ma hope o ka hana ʻana o Lawrence Luellen i kāna kīʻaha pepa a me ka punawai wai e pili ana, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka American Water Supply Company o New England i ka makahiki 1908 ma Boston. Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana e hana i ke kīʻaha a me ka Water Vendor.
Ua kapa mua ʻia ke kīʻaha Dixie ʻo "Health Kup", akā mai ka makahiki 1919 ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o kahi laina o nā pēpē i hana ʻia e ka ʻoihana Dixie Doll a Alfred Schindler ma New York. Ua alakaʻi ka holomua i ka ʻoihana, ka mea i kū ma lalo o nā inoa like ʻole, e kapa iā ia iho ʻo Dixie Cup Corporation a neʻe i kahi hale hana ma Wilson, Pennsylvania. Ma luna o ka hale hana he pahu wai nui i ke ʻano o ke kīʻaha.
ʻIke loa, ʻaʻole mākou e inu kofe mai loko mai o nā kīʻaha Dixie i kēia lā. Ua ʻike ʻia nā makahiki 1930 he nui o nā kīʻaha lima hou—he hōʻike e hoʻohana mua ana ka poʻe i nā kīʻaha pepa no nā mea inu wela. I ka makahiki 1933, ua waiho ʻo Ohioan Sydney R. Koons i kahi noi patent no kahi lima e hoʻopili ai i nā kīʻaha pepa. I ka makahiki 1936, ua hana ʻo Walter W. Cecil i kahi kīʻaha pepa i hele mai me nā lima, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohālike i nā mug. Mai ka makahiki 1950, ʻaʻohe nīnau he mau kīʻaha kofe hoʻolei wale nō ma ka noʻonoʻo o ka poʻe, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea hana e waiho i nā patent no nā poʻi i manaʻo ʻia no nā kīʻaha kofe. A laila hiki mai ka Golden Age o ke kīʻaha kofe hoʻolei wale mai ka makahiki 60.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-22-2021
