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 holder plastic. It has been manufactured in plastic by Adovationz Ltd in New Zealand under the brand name of Adkaf. A patent for a workable cup holder for a flat edge US 6,929,229 was granted on Aug. 16, 2005 to Chris D. Palmby of Bellingham, Washington. Perry Segretto of Elmhurst, Illinois had a similar cup holder pending in the U.S. around the same time. Segretto and Michael Koczor sold a cup holder called Drink Hold'em featured on HGTV's "I want that." Antro Technology sold one briefly. A South Korean company imported a clamp type cup holder within a year to the