Zarf to avoid mistakes. The United States Navy also has an item, usually made in the on-base metal shops, that is bolted to bulkheads and consoles to hold coffee cups. The Navy zarf is not ornamented. Zarf A zarf (plural: zarfs, zuruuf, zarves) is a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle (demitasse or fincan). Although coffee was probably discovered in Ethiopia, it was in Turkey at around the thirteenth century that it became popular as a beverage. As with the serving of tea in China and Japan, the serving of coffee in Turkey was a
Cup (unit) of coffee, or 6.8 metric cups of coffee. In older recipes cup may mean "coffee cup". Canada now usually employs the metric cup of 250mL but its conventional cup was somewhat smaller than both American and imperial units. 1 Canadian cup = 8 imperial fluid ounce = 1/20 imperial gallon = 227.3045 millilitres 1 tablespoon = 1/2 imperial fluid ounce 1 teaspoon = 1/6 imperial fluid ounce In the United Kingdom the standard cup was set at 10 imperial fluid ounces, or half an imperial pint. The cup was rarely used in practice, as historically most kitchens tended to be