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Recent Examples of demitassePour into demitasse or espresso cups.—Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2025 The petite espresso demitasse might seem laughably small in a culture obsessed with oversized everything—from Big Gulps to Venti lattes.—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025 In the morning, over demitasses and backgammon, buyers and sellers negotiated the day’s wholesale price as truckloads of worms waited outside.—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 For those not enamored with the demitasse of First Four games, here’s a look at the entire first-round schedule.—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023 For a dairy showstopper: When chilled, chop mold coarsely, spoon into demitasse cups or wine glasses.—Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022 To say that Cruz’s comments caught the attention of baristas nationwide would be a demitasse of understatement.—Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
Drain and reserve about 1/2 cup cooking water, and drain pasta.
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Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
5 Feb. 2026
Head to Andersonville this weekend for its annual Fika Fest, a celebration of a Swedish custom that encourages people to slow down for a cup of coffee and socialize.
Strolling past glass display cases of fossils and earthenware artifacts, my eyes landed on a rack by the main entrance with flyers advertising children’s events and local flea markets.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.
To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
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Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
The whole quest for the Holy Grail—the magical chalice Jesus drank from during the Last Supper or, alternately, which Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood at the cross—is the raison d’etre for exploits of Arthur and his knights.