Demitasseful

AIRPLANE DESIGNER IGOR SIKORSKY IS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST COFFEE FANS. HE DRINKS IT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY BUT ONLY IN TINY DEMI-TASSE-FULS.

Delectable summer drinks can be made with Medaglia d’Oro espresso coffee. One demitasseful combines deliciously with ginger ale in a tall, ice-filled glass.

Allow it to burn a minute, then pour in 5 demitassefuls double-strength black coffee, ladle into demitasses for drinking.

Drawn to the Umido Di Pesce, an Italian version of Bouillabaisse, low-fat seafood coup, I followed my friend John’s suggestion and asked for a preliminary taste, startling the waiter, who nevertheless complied with a demitasseful.

The next morning, I noticed she dumped a demitasseful of sel de mer into that day’s broth just as she lit the flame.

“What’s cooking?” she asked. / Lifting a lid, he revealed tiny braising limbs. “Haunch of Thumper,” he said. “With papardelle and cavalo nero—this black Tuscan cabbage. But first fava bean and parsley soup—just a demitasseful, with foamed milk.[…]”

It’s late. So late you have lost track of the hour. You have dined extravagantly, tasted coffee that costs $50 for half a demitasseful (after all, it comes from the rear end of an Indonesian marsupial).