It seems like a real old school way of drinking coffee. I saw them doing it on the TV show Bonanza.
Old Time Practice: Drinking Coffee from Saucers | Appalachian Magazine
Old Time Practice: Drinking Coffee from Saucers | Appalachian Magazine
The purpose of drinking coffee from a saucer is described very nicely in this old Chevrolet advertisement video.
The whole video is very well done, but the part about the coffee begins at about 4 min 15 sec into the video.
"I wanna party with that dude!"My ex-wife's father did it with his tea: I always thought it quite odd, but he had many other odd habits. Marrying ex-wife's mother for one.
Post of the day.I guess they need to provide saucers along with the Styrofoam coffee cups at places like McDonalds. I refuse to order their coffee because it is far to hot to drink.
"I wanna party with that dude!"
Then you might like these: Prelinger Archives : Free Movies : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI love these old videos. It seems like people put a lot more time and effort into explaining things in an understandable way, back then. I can honestly say that I have learned some concepts better from 1950s educational videos on YouTube than from my university professors teaching them out of modern textbooks.