Editing Teaspoon (section)

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[[File:Kaffeesahne Keks und Tasse Kaffee Mai 2012.JPG|thumb|A cup of coffee with coffee spoon]]
A teaspoon is a small [[spoon]] suitable for stirring and sipping the contents of a cup of [[tea]] or [[coffee]], or adding a portion of loose sugar to it. These spoons have heads more or less oval in shape. Teaspoons are a common part of a [[place setting]].

Teaspoons with longer handles, such as [[iced tea spoon]]s, are commonly used also for [[ice cream]] desserts or [[Ice cream soda|floats]]. Similar spoons include the [[tablespoon]] and the [[dessert spoon]], the latter intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon, used in eating dessert and sometimes soup or cereals. Much less common is the coffee spoon, which is a smaller version of the teaspoon, intended for use with the small type of coffee cup.<ref>T. S. Eliot's poem ''The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'' mentions coffee spoons: "For I have known them all already, known them all: / Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, / I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;"</ref> Another teaspoon, called an ''orange spoon'' (in American English: grapefruit spoon), tapers to a sharp point or teeth, and is used to separate [[Citrus|citrus fruits]] from their membranes. A [[bar spoon]], equivalent to a teaspoon, is used in measuring ingredients for [[mixed drink]]s.

A container designed to hold extra teaspoons, called a [[spoon tray|''spooner'']], usually in a set with a covered sugar container, formed a part of Victorian table service.