Blue Tiki Tumbler 400ml, Hawaiian Carving Pattern, 16cm

For anyone serving tiki drinks by day or in a bright room. Blue is the colour of water in the tropical imagination, and under natural or white light it gives far more than a dark finish: on a terrace, outdoors or in a room with wide windows it is the one that reads, while black in those conditions goes flat.

Keeping the same vessel in two finishes does something practical as well as decorative: it lets you assign a colour to a drink and tell the orders apart at a glance. In a venue serving three or four different tiki drinks in the same hour, knowing that blue is the one with light rum and black the one with dark rum cuts delivery mistakes at the table without anyone having to ask.

• Capacity: 400ml
• Height: 16cm
• Material: hand painted ceramic
• Pattern: Hawaiian wood carving style
• Finish: blue
• Dishwasher safe: no, hand wash

Take the blue Tiki Tumbler if

If you serve tiki drinks by day or in a bright room. For evening service under low light the black version of the same shape reads better, because it works by relief rather than by colour.

The tall shape and the ice

Sixteen centimetres of narrow column slow the crushed ice down against a wide mug, because less surface is exposed to the air. The ice still wants packing up into a dome above the rim: that is the quantity that makes the drink hold, and on a tall vessel the dome stays stable because it sits on a contained mouth. A straw is essential here, because the liquid sits under the ice and cannot be reached from the rim.

The pattern on the column

The Hawaiian style carving runs the full height, which over sixteen centimetres is a wide surface. On blue the pattern reads both by relief and by shift in colour, because the pigment gathers in the hollows and creates a light and shade that on the black finish is subtler. That is why the blue version looks more decorated for the same work.

Two colours, two drinks

Assigning a finish to a recipe is a service trick that works wherever there is more than one version of the same drink. With the blue Tiki Tumbler and the black version, two different tiki drinks can be told apart at a glance on the same tray, and the staff do not have to ask which is which. It costs nothing and it cuts delivery mistakes, which on a busy night are the real hidden cost.

Care

Hand wash with a neutral soap, never in the dishwasher. On a tall, narrow vessel a long handled brush is needed to reach the bottom, where syrups and fruit pulp settle. Dry completely before putting it away, because in a tall column the moisture stays.

FAQ

Is the blue Tiki Tumbler the same as the black version? Same shape and same pattern, the finish changes: blue gives by day, black by night.

How much does it hold? Four hundred millilitres, the standard size for tiki drinks of medium length.

Is a straw needed? Yes, in a tall vessel packed with crushed ice it is the only way to reach the liquid at the bottom.

Can it go in the dishwasher? No, hand painted ceramic is washed by hand.

Does the blue fade? Not with hand washing: in a dishwasher it does.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.

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For the comparison between finishes and shapes there is the tiki mug guide.