I was looking on 'Etsy' for Absinthe Glasses. I wanted to confirm that my own collection were in fact actual Absinthe Glasses, and not just ordinary wine glasses.
I came across this offer for THREE exactly like mine for £108.
They are lovely glasses, and I use one daily for my evening glass or two of Piquette.
I'm not sure exactly how many I have (below). I would always buy them at boot sales. I used to pay anywhere up to 20 Euros each for them, but I now see they are more like 40 Euros each. I shan't be buying any more.
I've decided to take four of them back to Brighton. We have plenty of glasses, but not all of them are one's I would ever use. I am quite particular about such things.
I do occasionally drink Ricard Pastis, but I have never tasted Absinthe. I imagine that they taste very similar, but are of different strengths. Absinthe is often over 70% proof.
Here, below, is another picture that I've just found of similar glasses to mine with an early Absinthe Fountain. It also shows a lump of sugar on a special Absinthe spoon.
Perhaps I should have bought more!
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Interesting story of glasses. I agree, the right glass improves the beverage. When I think of absinthe I think of the sad beauty who was the model for the PRB painters and who became addicted to absinthe.
It was eventually banned for all the right reasons, it caused blindness and all sorts of other ailments. Now it is sold again, but isn't very popular.
They are pretty glasses ... that must affect the flavour 😉
I have a similar preference when making tea or coffee. It doesn't seem to taste quite right if not served in the right cup or mug.
You are certainly a sophisticated high class kind of chap with exacting tastes and preferences. What kind of bog roll do you like best?
You need to hunt down that "fountain"... the poster is available as a modern "retro" metal panel.... then display them with the four glasses and a little jam-pot and fill it with sugar and a pair of sugar tongs where the spoon would be.... that'd go down well in Brighton.... "Trendy Cro!"
Be fun to offer your neighbouring Bishop a glass... you can fill the fountain with Chartreuse as they are the same colour!!
It'll be the softest, multi-layered sort.... Cro is delicate! No Izal sheets for him these days....
Coffee especially.
Harrods 'By Royal Appointment to the Crowned Heads of Europe', Eider Down and Silk in quadruple layers, with just a hint of Myrrh and Frankincense. Gold-leafed; of course!
I think the Aesthetics Police might have me locked up. But I do like the idea; some of my neighbours would be very impressed.
I agree one hundred percent. Everything tastes so much better if served in a pleasing glass or on a favourite plate.
Do you employ a French maid to do the wiping?
It really does, and I would also include 'in a favourite taverna/bistro'.
Two!
I guess they have to work in shifts.
Interesting how the prices have gone up.
Oh, I agree with you 100%. I wouldn't say I'm particularly fussy about things in general but, wine { and other beverages} tastes SO much better in the right glass. My preference for wine is a large glass { probably because I want a large measure 😂 } and am miffed if it's served in one of those tiny wine glasses ...... it just doesn't taste the same ! Your glasses are really pretty. XXXX
Your wine glasses are lovely.
I love fine china and glassware too.
My cooking is not great but my collections of china, crystal, and silver would imply otherwise.
I couldn't afford them today. 40 Euros for one glass is beyond my pocket.
They're very heavy too. You really feel as if you're holding something of quality.
That sounds to me like a good compromise. Simple food on beautiful china is perfect.
I went to a wine tasting where we tasted a wine in six different glasses. It does make a difference. Which is why you should never drink champagne from a champagne flute.
'Flutes' are the long tall ones? I'm afraid we always use those; what should we be using?
A sommelier would be aghast at your assertion.
Do you remember the two litre bottles of Bull's Blood of your youth? The only way was to drink it straight from the bottle round a camp fire, hope for the best and know when to stop.
I like my glasses simple, light, unadorned. And hold them by the stem.
As to champagne glasses, you are right. Flutes hold the bubbles better. Coup glasses are for champagne cocktails [mixers].
Ain't I a fountain of what exactly?
Greetings,
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I think the English (in general) would be horrified by my choice of glasses, they tend to like things 'dainty' and 'fragile'. But I'm a rustic brute, and I like rustic design.
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