Glassware is the most popularly manufactured material for drinking throughout the world. Because glassware is readily available in many different shapes and sizes, it isn't always easy to tell a water goblet from a wine goblet or a drinking glass from a glass for juice. Fortunately, books such as Emily Post's Guide to Etiquette exist to help us determine the purposes under which certain glassware should be used. Distinguishing glassware is a simple process which does not require any special skills.
Instructions
1. Separate your glassware into two categories: glassware with stems and without.
2. Inspect the fluted stemware (glasses which contain an orb shaped top and stem shaped bottom). These include water and wine goblets, as well as champagne flutes and sherry or dessert glasses.
3. Note the largest of the fluted glassware. This is the water goblet, meant to contain water only. The second largest of the fluted glassware is the wine goblet. The tall cylindrical fluted glass is the champagne flute. The smallest of the fluted glasses is the sherry glass, meant to contain an after dinner liqueur beverage, such as sherry or another type of dessert wine.
4. Inspect the non-stemware glasses. The tall one (without a handle) is a simple drinking glass, meant to contain iced tea or another type of cold beverage. The tall, handled glass is a stein, meant to contain beer. The smallest of the non-stemmed glassware is the juice glass. The juice glass is half the size of the drinking glass, and is used for any type of fruit juice.
5. For proper placement of drinking glassware on the dining table, see Emily Post's guide to table settings located in the "reference" section.
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