demitasse

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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

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

As waiters carried trays with blood sausage on toothpicks, Irish oatmeal in demitasse cups, and shepherd’s pie tartlets, the sounds of traditional Irish music filled the ornate residence.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016

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