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demitasse

[dem-i-tas, -tahs] / ˈdɛm ɪˌtæs, -ˌtɑs /




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Take the demitasse of onion soup that’s piping-hot stock on the bottom, cool whipped foie gras “cappuccino” on top and garnished with tiny diced apple.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

Guernsey’s auction house says a wide array of Kennedy memorabilia — from Kennedy’s swimming trunks to a porcelain demitasse cup and saucer from the presidential yacht — will be offered Oct. 6-7.

From Seattle Times Sep. 27, 2017

A few sips worth of savory foie gras and chestnut soup is presented in a demitasse cup.

From Washington Times Oct. 29, 2016

In profile it looks like a deformed demitasse, a dainty china cup whose handle curves around and warps into a sea monster's tentacle.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2014

Afterward, Desdemona brewed Greek coffee, serving it in demitasse cups with the brown foam, the lakia, on top.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The black water kept coming, rising, sweeping away the 1890 porcelain demitasses, the 1930 lead soldiers, those coveted ceramic Christmas trees.

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2021

And after linguine alle vongole, it’s hard to consider anything other than the tiramisù, which incorporates what must be several demitasses of espresso.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2021

But the demitasses were hardly drained before things began to hum at the studio.

From Time Magazine Archive

We was gazin’ out of the open windows watchin’ a thunder storm meander over towards Long Island, and Tidson 18 was just servin’ the demitasses, when there’s a ring on the ’phone.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell




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