What to drink from: how to understand glasses and drinks

Video: What to drink from: how to understand glasses and drinks

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

It is not so easy to navigate in all types of cutlery and their application, as the etiquette dictates. And if you can somehow figure it out intuitively with plates, then with glasses everything is much more complicated: after all, there are about several hundred of them, and they are all different in shape, glass thickness and are intended for certain drinks.

In everyday life, we rarely think about which glass or glass to drink this or that drink. But, wishing to get real pleasure, we realize that any drink should be served in a special glass. After all, even the most exquisite wine served in a vessel that is not suitable for it loses its peculiarity, and a properly selected glass only emphasizes the taste and aroma.

1. Glass of champagne flute (glass flute) used to serve refined sparkling wines. In a classic high glass, narrowed towards the top, the drink foams well, “plays” longer and does not fizzle out so quickly. A glass with a volume of 200-300 ml is filled strictly 2/3. Champagne can be served with all dishes, from appetizers to dessert, always chilled to 6 ° C.

2. Have champagne bowls wide neck, so the carbonation of the drink quickly evaporates. It was widespread in the 30s and 40s. XX century, but now has lost its popularity and is mostly used at events where they build towers from glasses of champagne, as well as for serving the Daiquiri cocktail. The volume of the glass is 120-200 ml.

The champagne bowl was common in the 30s and 40s. XX century, but has now lost its popularity.

3. Red wine will be more enjoyable if served at squat, round, wide-bottomed glass … A large area of contact with air contributes to the saturation of the drink with oxygen, a more subtle and full disclosure of the bouquet. The volume of the glass is about 260 ml. Red wine is served with duck, geese, beef, pork, lamb, game, as well as dessert. Dry and semi-dry red wines are drunk at room temperature, about + 18 ° C, sweet and semi-sweet - slightly chilled.

4. For white wine use glasses with a small bowl tapering upwards (210 ml) - thanks to frequent pouring, the drink in such a vessel will always be cool and fresh. White wine is poured into 2/3 of the glass, served chilled to 10 ° C with fish, poultry, chicken, turkey, veal, as well as dessert.

5. Universal (tasting) glass similar in shape to a white wine container, but smaller (150-160 ml). It is not more than a third full and is quite suitable for port, white and red wine.

6. Small (25-60 ml) triangular glass with short stem intended for serving pure liqueurs, but can also be used for cognac. The liqueur in it should be served chilled to 10 ° C.

7. In glass with a volume of 80-100 mlcalled "Madeira glass" or "Port voice", it is customary to serve sherry, vermouth or fortified wines. This classic triangular glass with a graceful figured leg is only half filled with a drink chilled to 10 ° C.

8. Glass "snifter" - with a thick bottom and a powerful short stem, strongly tapering upwards, - intended for serving pure brandy, cognac, Armagnac and Calvados. The vessel fits perfectly into the palm, from the heat of which the drink is warmed up and reveals its taste and bouquet. Therefore, drinks should be served at room temperature and drunk in small sips, savoring the taste. The volume of the snifter is 260-390 ml, but it can only be filled up to the edge of the wide part of the glass, that is, no more than a quarter.

Drinks should be served at room temperature and sipped in small sips, savoring the taste.

9. In glass "rocks", or, as it is also called, "Old fashion", serve whiskey - both neat and with ice. The glass has a rectangular shape with thick sides and bottom that slow down ice melting. A container with a volume of 100 to 320 ml is half full.

10. Small straight glass "shot" with a thick bottom, with a volume of 40-60 ml, is intended for strongly chilled strong alcohol in its pure form (for example, vodka) and for strong layered cocktails of a small volume, designed for 1 sip.

11. Tall glass extended towards the center intended for beer, but can also be used to serve various cocktails. The volume of the vessel ranges from 220 to 500 ml. The colder its contents, the better.

12. Beer mug has a larger volume than a glass - from 250 to 1000 ml.

13. Tall highball glass volume 150-300 ml, with strong walls and a thick bottom, widening at the neck, is used for serving water, soft drinks and some types of cocktails.

14. Collins is a tall glass with thick straight sides and bottom, with a volume of 230-340 ml, is the most popular glass for strong alcohol mixed with soda and ice, as well as for large volume cocktails with ice (Mojito, Long Island Ice Tea).

15. Universal tumbler tumbler volume 260-320 ml, with thickened sides and bottom, suitable for both cocktails and strong alcohol on ice, used for serving crochets, eggnogs, cocktails, aperitifs, flip cocktails.

16. Martini, or cocktail glass, - a triangular glass with a wide neck and a long thin stem, thanks to which the cocktail does not heat up. It is ideal for most chilled medium-sized cocktails without ice, but it is not at all suitable for pure drinks (including martinis, despite its name). The volume of this glass is 90-280 ml.

17. Glass with a volume of 200-250 ml on a thin long stem, very narrow at the base and very wide at the neck, intended for the Margarita cocktail and its variations, as well as for frozen drinks. The edges of this glass are usually decorated with a sugar border.

18. Hurricane - a long tulip-shaped glass with a short curly leg volume of 400-480 ml - specially designed for serving tropical cocktails such as "Blue Hawaii" or "Pina Colada".

19. Glass of unusual shape (grappaglass) intended for grappa, an Italian alcoholic beverage infused with grape pomace.

Pousse cafes are layered cocktails, the individual components of which are selected in contrasting colors, arranged in layers and do not mix with each other.

20. A small glass on a thick stem it is used for cocktails of the sour group, which have a sour taste due to the content of citrus juices.

21. In small narrow glass with a volume of 50-120 ml pousse cafe is served - layered cocktails, the individual components of which are selected in contrasting colors, arranged in layers and do not mix with each other.

22. Irish coffee - a glass in the shape of a tulip with a short stem and a thick handle made of heat-resistant glass with a volume of 240-320 ml - specially designed to serve hot drinks such as mulled wine, grog or Irish coffee, but also suitable for coffee cocktails, drinks with ice cream.

23. In bowls with a volume of 100-180 ml serve hot punch, filling them three-quarters full.

Of course, this is only a small part of the huge variety of existing types of glasses, wine glasses, glasses, wine glasses and glasses. But this minimum is quite enough to correctly present this or that drink and show its best properties.