"Demi-tasse" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is derived from a village in Africa where the French had a brilliant feat of arms, and where the soldiers, in the absence of milk or brandy, had to water their coffee or drink it au naturel. The coffee itself is precisely the same as that furnished for the demi-tasse, which is served in a small china cup, accompanying which is a little decanter of cognac, with a fairy glass for measuring it; for the French, in place of cream, take brandy with coffee and rum with tea—to us an incomprehensible mixture. After breakfast and dinner the Frenchman desires ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 • Various
... my demi-tasse, which I took straight, did I permit myself a touch of luxury. I lit my cigar with a genuine imported ...
— One Third Off • Irvin S. Cobb |
