Wordie: Zarf: Comments

Comment by bilby, 3 months ago

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:37:34 +0000

They even provide them for you when you order a cup of tea on the train ... very elegant.

Comment by rolig, 3 months ago

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:01:17 +0000

You see something like this all the time in Russia, where they drink hot tea in a glass (called стакан – stakan) which you hold with a metal holder, called подстаканник – podstakannik, which means "under-stakan-device". I wonder if they got this from the Muslim Tatars who ruled Russia in the Middle Ages, and if so, maybe this podstakannik is cousin to the zarf.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:52:16 +0000

See finjan (the handleless coffee cup that fits inside a zarf).

Comment by angharad, about 1 year ago

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:44:54 +0000

the thing that goes around a coffee cup so that you don't burn your fingers