Zarf

For other uses, see Zarf (disambiguation).
A couple of coffee cups inserted into zarfs (c. 1830, Swiss-made for Turkish market)

A zarf (plural: zarfs, zarves; Turkish: zarflar; Arabic: zuruuf) is a cup holder, usually of ornamented metal, for a coffee cup without a handle[1] (demitasse or fincan).[2]

  1. ^ "Zarf- Coffee Cup Holder on Silvercollection".
  2. ^ Mark Davis (February 7, 2009). "Obituaries: Deborah Sapot, 69, whiz at Scrabble". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His mother, said Ian Sapot, didn't like losing. And she never did—not in her family. Not with words such as: Zarf: A metal thing used to hold hot cups of coffee. It's worth 16 points.