Glasses and glasses for coffee: types and nuances of choice

Beautiful presentation correlates with the taste perception of drinks. Therefore, often people prefer a particular coffee house not only because of properly brewed coffee, but also because of its aesthetically pleasing presentation. Beautiful glasses for coffee can be in your kitchen: it is fashionable, and also makes life a little brighter.

Glasses and glasses for coffee did not appear yesterday, but it was recently that they began to beat traditional coffee cups. And increasingly, the buyer does not acquire a classic white coffee service in the form of mini-cups with a thin handle, but glasses and glasses. Modern coffee etiquette allows the use of:

• cups from 40 to 600-700 ml;
• ordinary glasses or double bottom glasses;
• glasses of different shapes.

Many will say that etiquette has not become so strict, but the art of drinking has changed. Previously, it came down to small cups, of which they drank not only espresso. Today, the buyer is waiting for the delivery of coffee cocktails in comfortable, large glasses. Therefore, for espresso, in fact, you need a miniature device, but for Americano - a larger cup, which will include 230 ml of the drink. The capacity for the cappuccino will be slightly smaller - 120-220 ml, but for the latte, the favorite drink of students and managers, creative people and freelancers, glasses are already needed.

Latte is a drink of low strength, for which they love it. Especially popular today are latte options with a creamy taste and various toppings. Sometimes this drink is served in a traditional cup, and even in tall glasses, but a glass is preferable. If you translate the word "latte" from Italian, it will be - a glass for serving milk. It was once poured into glass tall glasses.Then they decided to add some coffee to the dairy product, which served as a kind of topping. And this method turned out to be successful - the resulting mixture was called latte macchiato, that is, coffee milk.

Once the coffee brewing masters noticed - if you pour a portion of coffee in a thin stream into milk after it has been whipped, the coffee will fall under the foam, so it turns out a dark layer. Such beauty could not be hidden behind the walls of the cup; glassware was required.

Today lattes are served in various containers.

• Traditional glasses with a capacity of 150-300 ml. The latte cup has a pen. A glass can be on a short leg (wineglass) and ordinary. The product on the leg has less capacity.
• Wine glasses. The glass does not have a handle; the volume of such a product is up to 300 ml.
• Special cup. These are usually porcelain or ceramic tall cups of an elegant, laconic form, something similar to an inverted trapezoid. The cup has a pen. The main colors are white and cream, brown cups are practically not found.

What to choose home is up to you. This professional barista has requirements and standards; any product will be suitable for home enjoyment of a drink. Today, latte glasses are being actively bought up; for drink lovers, a new version of such a container, containing 360 ml of coffee, has been launched. A plastic transparent glass (branded) costs from 300 rubles, but Danish porcelain - 1500 rubles. A ceramic glass is cheaper, but more often they buy standard glass glasses or glasses with a low leg.

Double glass thermostats have a clear function - they are designed like a thermos, they retain heat for a long time. The design consists of an external and an internal glass, which are articulated in the neck area. The inner cup has its own walls and its bottom, between the two walls - just air. It is the air gap that isolates the coffee poured into such a product from contact with the hands holding the glass.

For the production of such a little unusual heat-resistant glasses, special borosilicate glass is used. This is a chemically resistant material, it is resistant to high temperatures, it has a low coefficient of thermal expansion. Such glasses can be put in the oven, in the microwave, freezer, they are washed in a dishwasher. But even with these enviable properties, glass cups with double walls are quite fragile.

One of the most sought after products in this series is Delonghi coffee cups. The company is known for the manufacture of coffee machines and accessories for them, so you can count on quality and thoughtful design.

The famous and recognizable option for serving a drink is an irish glass (or a glass for Irish coffee). Such dishes look elegant, they are made of heat-resistant glass, equipped with a handle and a low leg. In such a glass, fragrant coffee cocktails are often prepared, the capacity of the glass is within 200 ml.

There are other options.

• Goblet glass - This is a tableware for mixed coffee drinks. In shape, it is similar to a tulip, and its curved edge allows you to decorate the glass in different ways, cling to it various little things for decoration. Goblet volume is large - up to 285 ml.
• Hurricane glass. And this capacity is more reminiscent of an elegant vase, although its true purpose is coffee cocktails of a rather large volume. It can reach 650 ml. Space requirements are not strict: it all depends on the developer's idea, on the recipe for the coffee mix, as well as on the desire of the coffee lover himself.
• Glasses for layered type cocktails (or Pus Cafe) - elongated in shape, elegant liquor glasses with a capacity of up to 100 ml.The very shape of the container contributes to the settling of heavy components, therefore it is possible to make multilayer drinks in it.
• Glasses for frappe. They look beautiful thick coffee cocktails, in which there is always ice. The volume of such a glass is 250 ml.
• Glass of old fashion. And this is a simple facetless glass, which is often simply called old-fashioned. Its volume is up to 240 ml.

Reusable cups with good eco-reputation have either a bamboo base or rice husk with recycled plastic. They look stylish, you can not refuse strength, they are often equipped with a lid. An example of such a product is Huscup's biodegradable glass. It costs about 1000 rubles. The glass has a decent volume - 440 ml, weight almost 260 g. It is made from rice husk, which is a natural product. The container has a removable silicone lid and holder that can be recycled. The glass can be washed in the dishwasher and heated in the microwave, which is very convenient.

Competition for this product may be the Ecoffee cup bio mug. It costs a little less, about 750 rubles. It can hold 400 ml of coffee, but by weight it is very light - 125 g. This glass is made of bamboo fiber, therefore it is completely biodegradable. In appearance, the mug resembles an ordinary coffee cup, only it seems that its cardboard is denser. Mugs are available in different colors and with different prints. There is a removable cap in the lid that prevents the contents of the cup from splashing out.

If you are a true coffee connoisseur and like to experiment with tastes and serving, it hardly makes sense to choose one among the variety of coffee glasses. Buy 2-3 (or more) models that will not limit you in the intricacies of cooking and serving. Enjoying coffee is often the best start of the day, so there are no trifles in this business.

In the next video, you'll see an overview of a Starbucks coffee glass.