demitasse
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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
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
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
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 Sewell Ford
