A home needs a few types of drinking glasses: an everyday tumbler, a taller highball, a wine glass and perhaps a small tumbler for spirits, covering most drinks; wine shapes sit under wine glasses. At Eleish Van Breems Home we keep drinking glasses for daily use and the table.
How many drinking glasses suit a household?
How many drinking glasses you need depends on the drinks you pour: aim for six to eight each of your everyday shapes, a tumbler and a highball, with a few spares, before adding specialist shapes from barware & barware sets. Enough to cover a dinner party is usually plenty.
How do drinking glasses mix on a shelf or bar?
On a shelf or bar, clear tumblers sit easily beside a little coloured or cut glass, the plain shapes letting the odd bright piece show; the cups & mugs live nearby. Keep the daily glasses to hand and stand one special piece at the front of the shelf.
Can drinking glasses go in the dishwasher?
Everyday drinking glasses take a normal dishwasher cycle, but load them with space between each piece, and wash thin or cut glass by hand when recommended; a metal bottle opener lives on the bar alongside. Dry them with a lint-free cloth to avoid streaks and water spots.
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