demitasse

Example Sentences

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It’s not one of those $1,000 contraptions on which you push a button and wait for the coffee to stream robotically into a demitasse.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022

For those of you who aren’t so enamored with the demitasse of First Four games, here’s a look at the entire first-round schedule.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

Today’s Renton stash includes snakeskin cowboy boots, gold-rimmed demitasse cups, vintage Air Jordans, an etched glassybaby candle holder and a full set of antique Limoges china.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper was known to celebrate “a damn fine cup of coffee,” but what viewers have been privy to before his reappearance wouldn’t add up to a demitasse.

From Washington Times • May 16, 2017

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