demitasse

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Last year, the pair launched an online store, SpeakLow, offering everything from 1950s Japanese silver demitasse spoons to the palm-size woodland dioramas that Brown crafts from moss, tree bark and hand-carved clay mushrooms.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

A dip of a demitasse spoon into the shell finds a sunny yellow custard flavored with some delightful surprises: anchovies, golden raisins, fennel and more.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021

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

Other nautically themed offerings include a porcelain demitasse cup and saucer, trimmed with 24 karat gold, from the presidential yacht U.S.S.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 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