# Did you know someone that drank coffee from a saucer?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-someone-that-drank-coffee-from-a-saucer/950312 "2021-09-08T14:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-someone-that-drank-coffee-from-a-saucer/950312/41 "2021-09-15T06:15:53Z")

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In the 3 Stooges short, “Hoi Polloi”, at 3:15 Curly mimes pouring something from a cup into a saucer then drinking from it. [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t535u](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t535u)

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**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-someone-that-drank-coffee-from-a-saucer/950312/42 "2021-09-15T09:27:17Z")

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I’ve read that it is/was very common in the UK to pour part of a cup of tea into a saucer to cool it down. Don’t know if it’s true, and I’m pretty sure nobody would drink it that way.

> [@DesertDog](#):
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> He would pick up the cup then drag the bottom across the newspaper before lifting it to his lips.

That’s what I do when having cold beer in hot weather while sitting at an outdoor cafe: drag the bottle across the table before taking a drink.

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