Liqueur Glass 87ml, Low Coupe, Lead-Free Crystal, Stölzle Lausitz (Pack of 6)

For the restaurant, the wine shop and the bar that serve after-dinner drinks: limoncello, herbal liqueurs, cream liqueurs, passito dessert wines, vermouth served neat. The shot glass is the most common format for these serves, and it has a limit operators know: the house liqueur, made or chosen with care, reaches the table in the same glass as any shot. A coupe on a foot changes how the serve reads. The guest takes it by the stem and brings it to the nose before the mouth.

At home it is the glass for anyone who makes limoncello or nocino and offers it to guests after dinner. Six glasses cover a full table.

The shape is the coupe, wider than it is tall. The rim measures 6.8cm, almost as much as the widest point. A 40ml measure takes up less than half the capacity, 40 of 87ml, and spreads over the base in a shallow layer. On a sweet, scented liqueur this has a precise effect: the surface in contact with the air is wide and the aroma arrives at once. On a liqueur served cold the measure stays away from the fingers, because the hand holds the foot.

The wide rim helps in another case too. Cream liqueurs and dense passito wines leave a film on the wall, and in an open coupe the guest sees it. A venue that serves an alcoholic sorbet, or a spoonful of ice cream with liqueur poured over it, has room for the teaspoon.

Specifications

• Capacity: 87ml
• Height: 7.2cm
• Maximum diameter: 7.4cm
• Rim diameter: 6.8cm
• Weight per glass: 48g
• Material: lead-free crystal
• Dishwasher safe: yes, declared by the maker
• Pack quantity: 6 glasses
• MPN: Stölzle Lausitz 1610005, Basic series

Liqueur glass or grappa glass

They are two different tools. The liqueur glass is an open coupe, and it works with sweet products, where the aroma is already generous and does not need concentrating. Grappa and the stronger amari need the opposite: a tulip shape that closes at the top and keeps the alcohol away from the nose. On the site that format is the Riserva grappa glass, 81ml. A venue with a full after-dinner list keeps both, one for liqueurs and one for spirits.

7cm tall, and what that means in the wash

At 7.2cm tall the liqueur glass fits a low rack, the same one used for espresso cups and shot glasses. It does not take up the rack for tall stem glasses, which is the one that runs short on busy nights. The maker declares it dishwasher safe. 48g a glass is a light weight: twelve go on the after-dinner tray together with the bottle.

The pack and the reorder

One pack of the liqueur glass covers a table of six. For a restaurant’s after-dinner service the count is done on the covers of the last sitting, because amari and liqueurs all go out in the same twenty minutes. The Basic series is in the maker’s current catalogue, and the reorder is made on the same code. The other after-dinner formats are in the shot and amaro glasses category.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 packs -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item. The discount applies automatically in the basket.

FAQ

How much liqueur do you pour? A 40ml measure takes up less than half the coupe. The brimful capacity is 87ml.

Is the liqueur glass dishwasher safe? Yes, the maker declares it dishwasher safe.

Does it suit grappa? For grappa a tulip glass, which closes at the top, is the better fit.

Is the price for one glass? No, it is for the pack of 6.

Dispatched from Rome, Italy.