A 'demitasse' (Fr.) or 'demitazza' (It.) is a small cup (typically about 2 or 3 fl oz / 60 ml) used to serve turkish coffee or espresso. It is half of a full coffee cup, a tasse (Fr.) or tazza (It.), about (120 ml / 4 oz). The word means half cup in French and Italian. A typical design in the West is a white pottery or porcelain cup (appearing similar to the cups in a child's tea set) with matching saucer which is generally larger than child size. Some coffeehouses and many china companies also sell brightly decorated varieties. Some coffeemakers, such as Illy and designer Thun, have made the cups into art objects. Another type of demitasse/tazza is a glass cup set into a metal frame. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the Imperial system of units and the U.S. customary units system. ... The millilitre (ml or mL, also spelt milliliter) is a metric unit of volume that is equal to one thousandth of a litre. ... A cup of Turkish coffee served at an İstanbul terrace. ... Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema or schiuma. ... Tasse is a revival of a condensed geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Paul Renner in the period 1952–53 for The Bauer Type Foundry, and originally titled Futura Steile or Topic. ... A Tazza is a shallow saucer-like dish either mounted on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. ... The millilitre (ml or mL, also spelt milliliter) is a metric unit of volume that is equal to one thousandth of a litre. ... A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the Imperial system of units and the U.S. customary units system. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... A cup and saucer For information on flying saucers see unidentified flying objects. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus // A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or cafe (also spelled as café from the French, Spanish, and Portuguese or caffè from the Italian) shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ...