The spoons position or spooning is a sexual position and a cuddling technique. It is traditionally used for coffee drinks in specialty cups and for spooning cappuccino froth. Gua sha is sometimes referred to as "scraping", "spooning" or "coining" by English speakers. Instead, they are putting sugar in their coffee and spooning cake. Before retiring for bed, he makes a crack about "spooning" with the women. There are techniques that involve the pushing of a ball which are not considered "spooning". "Spooning" of a patient's hands is a posture significant in medical diagnoses. Spooning is often observed in children up to the age of 5.