Glass Carafe 580ml, Handle and Spout

For anyone taking water and infusions to the table. Water flavoured with citrus and herbs, cold teas, fruit infusions, plain tap water served properly: these are lines that cost almost nothing and lift how the service is read, and without the right vessel they end up in a reused bottle.

Pouring from a vessel with no spout means the liquid follows the rim and runs down the outside wall: on a laid table it wets the cloth and the coasters, and through an evening service it happens on every pour. A well drawn spout lifts the stream off the rim and aims it, and the difference shows on the first carafe taken to the table. It is the same principle that puts a lip on a laboratory beaker: not looks, but control of the liquid.

• Capacity: 580ml
• Material: glass
• Fittings: handle and spout
• Use: flavoured water, infusions, table service
• Dishwasher safe: yes

Choose the glass carafe if

You serve water and infusions at the table and you want a clean pour. For larger volumes, or where glass is a risk, the one litre polycarbonate carafe in the same category covers both problems.

Five hundred and eighty millilitres, and how many covers

That is a little over half a litre, so two full glasses with ice or three normal pours. It is the right size for a table of two, or alongside a coffee and a dessert; on a table of four it needs topping up, and that is the point at which the one litre carafe is worth considering. The gain of the small size is that it carries in one hand and sits in the fridge without taking a whole shelf.

Flavoured water as a service line

It is the cheapest way to raise how carefully a venue reads. Citrus slices, cucumber, mint, ginger: they cost pennies and want making in the morning, resting in the fridge a couple of hours so the flavour goes into the water. The glass carafe serves that too, because the contents are visible and the fruit inside is half the message: the same water in an opaque vessel says nothing.

Care

Dishwasher with no trouble. The point to watch is where the handle joins the body, which is the part most exposed to knocks in the basket and the first to break on any vessel with a grip. With fruit infusions an immediate rinse is worth it, because pulp drying on the base is more stubborn than sugar.

Tap water served properly

It is the lowest cost and highest return line in the whole service. Taking a glass carafe of cold water, ice and a slice of lemon to the table costs pennies and changes how the venue reads, above all where the guest expects a bottle they pay for. The glass carafe is the piece that makes that gesture possible without looking improvised.

FAQ

Does the glass carafe have a spout? Yes, and it is the detail that stops the liquid running down the wall as you pour.

How many glasses come out of one carafe? Two full with ice, or three normal pours.

Does it go in the dishwasher? Yes. Watch where the handle joins the body when loading the basket.

Can it be used for hot drinks? It is untempered glass: best to keep very hot liquids poured in all at once away from it.

Is there a larger size? Yes, the category has a one litre carafe in unbreakable polycarbonate.

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 other carafes and dispensers, see the bottles and dispensers category.