A demitasse is a small cup (the name comes from the French for "half cup"), used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso.
It typically has about 60-90 ml (2–3 fl oz) capacity — half the size of a full coffee cup (a tasse à café of about 120 ml (4 fl oz)). Typically they are made of white pottery or porcelain and accompanied by matching saucer but some coffeehouses and china companies also produce brightly decorated varieties , and there is also a
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