demitasse

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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[1][2] , and there is also a type of demitasse with a glass cup set into a metal frame.

In May 2008 the international office of the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed the Ipswich City Council's Mayor's collection of 650 sets of demitasse cups (1500 individual cups) is the biggest collection in the world. [3] The Mayor of Ipswich Cr Paul Pisasale [4] has been collecting demitasse for over 15 years.