Monday, October 03, 2005

ummmm

What do you call a small spoon that is used to make coffee? It’s surely not a teaspoon is it? Is there a separate object for a coffee spoon? Does such a thing exist? And if not, why not?

3 comments:

Mary said...

ok, ss coffee spoons do exist. But it's a whole lot more complicated than I ever thought.

"coffee spoons" are smaller than tea spoons. Coffee spoons are also sometimes referred to as "5 o'clock teaspoons," because the cup of tea enjoyed in the afternoon is smaller than that drunk earlier in the day. "After-dinner coffee" spoons are roughly half the size of a teaspoon.

approximate relative sizes can be seen here: http://www.finnstyle.com/mangospoons.html

PH said...

Lots of work this afternoon then?

Mary said...

As always, ever since university days I have always worked hard and never slept or procastinated when lots of work is required of me. Therefore it makes perfect sense that I do very little work all this week when we have to have finished outline design by friday....