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デミタススプーン(Demitasse spoon)は、ティースプーンよりも小さなスプーンである^[1]。

伝統的に、特殊なカップ（デミタス）でコーヒーを飲む時やカプチーノの泡をすくう時に用いられる。

また、赤ちゃん用のスプーン^[2]^[3]や外科の処置に用いられることもある^[4]。

出典

^ “Looking for Info on Demitasse Spoons?”. Antique-central.com. 2011年1月18日閲覧。 “Demitasse spoons are small, approximately three to four and a half inches in length, metal, usually silver but also in gold and stainless, with a wide bowl, and originally used to accompany coffee and tea in Europe and now North America.”
^ Annette B. Natow; Jo-Ann Heslin (August 1988). No-Nonsense Nutrition for Your Baby's First Year. Jo Ann Heslin. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-13-623158-5 18 January 2011閲覧. "The shape of a demitasse spoon is more appropriate."
^ Establishing Good Food Habits. The American Journal of Nursing. (1950). JSTOR 3467526. "We have found that a spoon with a bowl which is long and narrow, like a demitasse spoon, fits the baby's mouth better than one with a broad, round bowl."
^ Robert J. Fitzgibbons; A. Gerson Greenburg; Lloyd Milton Nyhus (1 October 2001). Nyhus and Condon's hernia. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-7817-1962-9 18 January 2011閲覧. "A demitasse spoon is useful instrument to retain and protect the peritoneum during suturing"