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demitasse
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also demi-tasse, 1842, from French, literally "half-cup," from demi- + tasse, an Old French borrowing from Arabic tassah, from Persian tasht "cup, saucer" (compare Italian tazza, Spanish taza "cup").
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small cup of strong black coffee. 2 The cup in which this coffee is served.
WordNet
n. small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream [syn: cafe noir]
small coffee cup; for serving black coffee
Wikipedia
A demitasse (; French: "half cup") is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso. In some languages it is called fincan, fildžan, filxhan or φλιτζάνι (flidzáni). In Spanish, it is called a pocillo.
It typically has about 60–90 ml (2–3 fl oz) capacity — half the size of a full coffee cup (a tasse à café is about 120 ml (4 fl oz)). Typically they are made of ceramic, pottery or porcelain and accompanied by matching saucers, but some coffeehouses and china companies also produce brightly decorated varieties. Another type of demitasse has a glass cup set into a metal frame.
Usage examples of "demitasse".
I am the one who remembers that he takes two lumps of Demerara in a demitasse of black coffee.
As Dov settled into the purple velvet seat of a high-backed oak chair, Aurore came gliding in with a tray bearing a demitasse service, a crystal brandy decanter, and two big-bellied snifters.
Giving Arkady a sign to wait, he ducked down into the cabin and returned with a tray table that locked into the cockpit deck, ducked down and returned with a brass tray carrying a basket of sweet rolls, a pot of coffee and three china demitasses with "Gavilan" written on the side.
After that his hefty hostess suggested they have their demitasses with Napoleon in the drawing room.
He poured two demitasses of thick Atlas Mountains coffee and offered one to Dennis.
Demitasse cups and a silver coffee service were on a wicker table.
After the braised fennel amandine and the tossed salad with nasturtium seeds, and the chestnut puree in meringue nests, and the demitasse, Qwilleran reached in his pocket for his pipe and drew forth the turquoise beetle that Koko had found near the waterfront.