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Coffee: Part 3 Demitasse

By: Cheri April 22, 2020December 24, 2023

Coffee, Etiquettecoffee, demitasse, etiquette

Now we really are getting obscure! I’ve only been served demitasse once. On the hubster and my second anniversary, we traveled to France and had dinner in a chateau in the Loire Valley, (schmancy, I know). It was eight courses with the complimentary wines, at the end I was served a demitasse coffee with a demitasse spoon…

Coffee: Part 2. The Kettledrum

By: Cheri April 15, 2020December 8, 2023

Coffee, Etiquettecoffee, etiquette, formal coffee, kettledrum

“Teas and “Kettledrums”, High Tea and Afternoon Receptions, have come to bear a strong resemblance one to another, in fact to infringe so much upon the same territory that it is very difficult at times to distinguish between them sufficiently to apply the appropriate name.” Social Etiquette by Maud C. Cooke, 1896 The Kettledrum is…

Coffee: Part 1

By: Cheri April 5, 2020May 27, 2021

Coffee, Etiquettecoffee, coffee klatch, etiquette, Kaffee klatsch, kettledrum

“Coffees or early teas are very fashionable of late, very charming in forming social entertainments, and have been in great demand during the two past seasons among the ladies of large cities. The custom has always been popular with the Jewish and German ladies, who entertain afternoon callers with coffee and cake.” Gems of Deportment 1880…

All The Stuff: Chocolate Spoons

By: Cheri March 29, 2020December 8, 2023

All The Stuff, Coffee, Drinks, Etiquette, Tablesettingsdrinking chocolate, etiquette, hot chocolate, silver, table settings, tableware

Victorian’s liked to have a tool for every purpose. Chocolate spoons were used with drinking chocolate or what we would now call hot chocolate. Victorian’s loved drinking chocolate so much there are reports of milk chocolate, dark chocolate and even white chocolate being melted and served warm. Chocolate sets also contained a muddler spoon. This was a…