Amacupa y’umuvinyu y’ibirahuri, nk’ibikoresho nyamukuru vyo kubika no kwerekana umuvinyu, akora ahanini mu buryo butatu: ubwa mbere, ubushobozi bwayo bwiza cane bwo gukingira no gukingira umwuka w’ikirere buragabanya neza igikorwa co guhindura umuvinyu, bigatuma uburyohe bugumaho; ica kabiri, ukuntu bigaragara bituma umuntu abona ata guca ku ruhande ibara ry’umuvinyu be n’uko umeze, ivyo bikaba bifasha abaguzi gutahura agaciro kawo; kandi ica gatatu, ubuhinga bwabo bwo gukora amacupa bushingiye ku rugero rworohereza ububiko, gutwara, no gukoresha mu bihe bitandukanye, bikaba bihuye n’ivyo umuntu akeneye bitandukanye nk’ivyo kunywa mu rugo no gutegura ivyo kurya.
Ku bijanye n’ugukoresha no gucungera, birabereye gusukura icupa n’amazi asusurutse be n’ikintu co gusukura kitagira aho kigarukira imbere y’uko ugikoresha ubwa mbere. Irinde gukoresha amazi ashushe canke amaboroshe akora kugira ngo ntiyononekare. Bibike ahantu hakanye, humye kandi hari umwiza. Ku bijanye no kubika igihe kirekire-, niwiyumvire gukoresha akazu k’umuvinyu k’umwuga canke ibikoresho vyo kubika umuvinyu bitagiramwo umwuka kugira ngo ugabanye ingaruka z’ibidukikije ku buzima bw’umuvinyu.
Igihe ufungura icupa, ni vyiza gukoresha ikintu kigenewe gufungura icupa. Nimunyiganyize buhoro buhoro icupa kugira ngo umuvinyu ushobore gukorana n’ikirere, ivyo bikaba bifasha kuvyura imibavu yawo. Igihe usuka, ushire icupa rihagaze kandi ugenzure urugero rw’uruzi kugira ngo umuvinyu usukwe mu buryo buringaniye mu gitereko, wirinde gusuka canke gusuka birenze urugero-, gutyo ubone ko umuvinyu wose ugaragaza neza uburyohe bw’intango bw’umuvinyu. Mu gusozera, amacupa y’ibirahuri, afise uburyo bwo kwizigirwa bwo gukingira be n’ubushobozi bwo kwerekana ibintu mu buryo bubonerana, arabandanya kugira uruhara runini mu bijanye no gupfunyika umuvinyu. Gukoresha no kubungabunga mu buryo bubereye ni ngirakamaro kugira ngo umuvinyu uzigame uburyo bwa mbere n’ubumenyi bwo kunywa.
