Weighted Mixing Glass Nishi Lumian 700ml, Fluted Glass

For anyone stirring drinks every night who wants a vessel that stays put. On this tool the weight is not a drawback to put up with: it is the feature that makes the movement stable.

In the turn the spoon pushes the ice against the wall, and the wall pushes back: a light vessel travels across the bar top and has to be recentred halfway through, which breaks the rhythm and usually knocks the spoon. With the 600g of the Nishi Lumian the hand holding it only guides, and the rotation runs unbroken from start to finish.

• Capacity: 700ml
• Decoration: vintage fluting
• Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 16cm
• Weight: 0.6kg
• Material: glass

How the hand sits

Thumb and index finger on the rim, the other three fingers open on the body: the grip should not squeeze, it should only stop the vessel turning. Anyone holding it in a closed fist warms the glass with the palm, and on a vessel that stays there for thirty seconds the heat of a hand is a real variable. The fluting works exactly here, because it gives purchase without any need to squeeze.

The right ice for stirring

Large dry cubes, not crushed and not wet ice. The reason is that in a stirred drink dilution is controlled to the second: small ice has a lot of surface, melts quickly and brings water in before the liquid has come down in temperature, while a large cube chills calmly and dilutes only as much as is needed. Ice straight out of the well, meanwhile, already carries a film of water, and that film goes into the drink before the first turn of the spoon.

Seven hundred millilitres, and how many drinks

With ice to two thirds there are around 200ml of liquid left: two stirred cocktails, or one with room to spare so the cubes move properly. For a batch of three or four a larger format makes more sense, while for drink by drink service this is the size that covers nearly every case.

Why any glass will not do

Because a serving glass is narrow, thin and light, which is the opposite of what the job asks for. Narrow means the ice cannot turn as a block and knocks instead of rotating, throwing shards; thin means the glass does not hold the cold; light means it travels at every push of the spoon. The Nishi Lumian and its like exist because stirring needs all three the other way round.

Care

Dishwasher safe, loaded with space around it: 600g in a full basket becomes a hammer for the glasses next to it. The fluting should be rinsed straight after thick syrups, because residue dries in the relief and then only comes out by hand. Dry with a cloth if the piece stays on show.

FAQ

How much does the Nishi Lumian weigh? Six hundred grams, and the weight is there to keep it still while you stir.

How much does it hold? Seven hundred millilitres, in a body 16cm tall.

How should the hand sit? Resting, not in a closed fist: the palm would warm the glass.

How many drinks at once? Two stirred, with ice to two thirds.

Is it dishwasher safe? Yes, loaded away from other pieces.

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

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The other models, in glass and in steel, are in the mixing glass category.