The Kashiwa mixing glass in two lines
This is the 700ml Kashiwa mixing glass, in glass cut with fluting of a vintage kind: 11cm across by 16cm tall, 600g on the scale.
Who it is for
For a bar with a list of classics and a counter in full view. The vessel of a stirred drink stays in the hand for twenty or thirty seconds in front of the guest, and it is the only moment in the service when a technical movement is watched from beginning to end.
The cut does a job
It is not only a period pattern. A mixing vessel covers itself in condensation within ten seconds of the first turn, and on smooth glass the holding hand starts to slip just as the spoon pushes: the relief breaks the continuous surface and gives friction back. The second effect is optical, because cut glass refracts rather than simply transmitting, and the turning ice multiplies across the faces of the cut.
Specifications
- Capacity: 700ml
- Decoration: vintage fluting
- Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 16cm
- Weight: 0.6kg
- Material: glass
How you stir, and for how long
The spoon runs between thumb and index finger and the bowl stays against the wall: the spoon moves, not the arm, and the ice turns as a block without knocking. The reference is not a number of turns but the frost forming on the outside: when the wall goes opaque the drink is ready. Stirring on does not make it colder, it dilutes it.
Which drinks come through here
Every one built from clear ingredients alone: Martini, Manhattan, Negroni, Rob Roy, Boulevardier, Sazerac. They are the backbone of any list of classics, and they are also the drinks where poor work shows at once, because they reach the glass with nothing to hide behind: no foam, no pulp, no crushed ice. A Kashiwa mixing glass serves exactly that family, and it does not serve sours or anything that has to be shaken.
The thick base holds the cold
Of the 600g over 700ml, nearly all of it sits in the base. That mass, chilled by the ice, gives temperature back to the liquid instead of taking it away, which is the opposite of what a thin glass at room temperature does. For the same reason a Kashiwa mixing glass is better kept on the station than on the warm shelf above the glass washer.
Care
Dishwasher safe, loaded with space around it because of the weight. The fluting holds syrup residue more than a smooth surface, so it pays to rinse straight after service instead of leaving the vessel waiting for the cycle. If it stays on show on the bar top it is worth drying by hand, because limescale marks show on the cut faces.
FAQ
How much does the Kashiwa mixing glass hold? Seven hundred millilitres, in a body of 11 x 11 x 16cm.
What is the fluting for? To grip a hand wet with condensation and to refract the light on the ice.
Which bar spoon does it take? The 30cm one, which reaches the bottom without wetting your hand.
How much ice goes in? Up to two thirds of the height, before the ingredients.
Is it dishwasher safe? Yes, rinsing the fluting first if thick syrups have been used.
Is a strainer needed too? Yes: a julep sits inside on the ice, or a spring strainer goes over the rim. Without one the cubes end up in the serving glass.
The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.
Dispatched from Rome, Italy. 15-day returns, free of charge. Questions before you order? Message us on WhatsApp on +39 351 929 6937.
The other models, in glass and in steel, are in the mixing glass category.
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