Tiki Tumbler 400ml, Hand Painted Ceramic, Black

For anyone who wants the tiki register on a long drink silhouette. A tall ceramic tumbler sits halfway between the glass and the mug: it has the opacity and the decoration of tiki, with the slim proportion of a tall drinks glass, and on a table it reads as a quieter vessel than a carved idol.

The shape changes three things. The tall narrow column exposes less surface to the air, so crushed ice melts a little more slowly than in a wide mug. The garnish has to build upwards, because there is no wide mouth to rest it on. And the grip is different: a cylinder is held with the whole hand, while a carved mug offers ridges to hook your fingers on. A bar serving long drinks that wants the rest of its tall glassware to match usually goes for this shape.

• Capacity: 400ml (13.5oz)
• Height: 16cm
• Material: hand painted ceramic
• Decoration: Hawaiian wood carving style
• Finish: black

Choose the black tiki tumbler if

You want tiki in a restrained shape and you serve long drinks. For signature serves that have to be noticed, the carved mugs in the same category land much harder on the table.

Sixteen centimetres tall

It is the tallest measurement in the category, and it puts this vessel in the same proportion as a glass long drink tumbler. The gain is coherence: a bar that already runs tall glassware and wants to add a tiki section without breaking the register of the bar top finds here the shape that stands alongside it. The trade is that, being opaque, it is still a vessel the drink disappears into, so the garnish needs the same care as on any mug.

The wood carved decoration

It reproduces the work of Hawaiian carving along the whole column. On a black finish the pattern reads through relief and shadow rather than through colour, which works well in a low lit room and less well in daylight. It is the same logic as the black mugs in the category, applied to a larger surface because the column is tall.

Does it match the rest of the set? The black tiki tumbler stands well next to the other pieces in the category: the visual family stays a single one.

Care

Hand wash with a neutral detergent. On a tall narrow vessel a long handled brush earns its place more than on a wide mug, above all at the bottom where syrups and pulp gather. On dark finishes drying straight away keeps limescale marks off, and on black they show.

FAQ

Is the black tiki tumbler a mug? No, it is a tumbler: a tall cylindrical shape rather than a carved one.

Does the ice last longer? Slightly, because the narrow column exposes less surface to the air.

How tall is it? Sixteen centimetres, the tallest measurement in the category.

Is it easy to clean? A long handled brush is needed: the mouth is narrower than a mug.

Does it come in other finishes? Yes, the same shape exists in blue and in a Moai version.

Matching the tall glassware

A bar with a set of glass tumblers that wants to add tiki without changing everything finds in the black tiki tumbler the shape that stands alongside. Sixteen centimetres is the same proportion as a collins, so on the bar top the two vessels sit together without the service looking assembled from parts. It is the least intrusive way to open a tropical section.

Does the decoration read in low light? Yes, it reads through relief and shadow rather than through colour.

Is a straw needed? Yes, on a tall vessel full of crushed ice it is the only way to reach the liquid at the bottom.

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 mugs and tumblers, there is the tiki mug guide.