SPIEGELAU Lounge 2.0

The low glasses are tumblers in old fashioned style. The 23.8 cl is meant for spirits neat or with a single block of ice, the 30.9 cl gives room to a large block that melts slowly and so dilutes your drink less. At the old fashioned glasses you can see how those sizes relate to other series. The tall glasses work the same way: 24.7 cl for a short mixed drink and 30.5 cl for a full gin and tonic with plenty of ice. The 5.5 cl shot glass is a little more generous than a classic 3.5 cl measure. Compare if you like at the long drink glasses.

Stemless glasses are made for drinks you build straight in the glass. Fill with ice first, then the spirit, then the mixer along the wall so you do not pour the bubbles to death. A gin and tonic and a moscow mule go into the 30.5 cl that way. An old fashioned is stirred in a mixing glass and strained over a fresh block in the low tumbler, because half-melted ice waters down the rest of your glass.

A heavy base and a thin rim call for attention when temperatures differ. Do not fill a glass straight from the dishwasher with ice, because the base reacts more slowly than the wall. Beyond that this series is straightforward: lead-free crystal glass, dishwasher safe on a short programme and without a stem that can break. Do place the glasses separately in the rack.

All the low stemless models are together under the tumbler glasses, where you will also find the heavier whisky versions with a solid base. The small sizes for spirits are with the shot glasses, from Boston shots to little footed measures. And the other series from this brand, including the wine bowls of Salute and the four bowls of Hybrid, are together under Spiegelau.