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I was wanting standard beer glasses but without anything of scale in the picture you do not know these are huge until they are yours. I must have missed reading the description exactly. I have since found another pair of Bodiums closer to 13 ounces which hold a serving of beer better but they are more pub glass shape than beer glass shape. These are huge. Maybe 22 ounces. You would think it would be a no-brainer to produce a double wall beer glass that looks like a beer glass. And holds a 12 ounce serving.
It's not hard to see why Bodum has been winning design awards for these mouth-blown double-wall fine glass tumblers. If you want best heat retention it is well to get a stainless mug with glass double-wall liner and sealing top. It is hard for us to understand the complaints about delicacy. We have poured both boiling-hot tea and iced drinks into ours with no ill effects. If your glasses are going to see rough service then plastic or metal are the right choices. Of course no one with any sense would dump ice from a dispenser directly into any glassware, since an ice cube falling a considerable distance can deliver quite a sharp blow. They are made of laboratory-grade borosilicate glass and thus tougher (and more expensive) than ordinary table glassware, but of course any glassware is vulnerable to some degree. We have used them for 18 months had have lost only one, which was knocked three feet to a hard floor.
There is no problem using them with hot drinks as the outer shell gets no more than pleasantly warm. They would hold heat better if they were silvered, of course, but wouldn't look so pretty. Although the borosilicate glass is much lighter than the flint glass in most glasses, it is very tough and these glasses are no more fragile than comparable glasses of flint glass -- and much more resistant to chipping. For ordinary household use, however, these should serve very well.
I have a couple of dozen of these glasses and use them for both hot and cold beverages. I often use them for coffee rather than a large mug. I have broken 2 or 3 over the years but only when I should have known and been more careful. Care for them as you would for similarly priced wine glasses. They are great for iced tea but, again, put the ice cubes in after the beverage and don't use chipped ice as it may freeze together and expand. Let the kids use the jelly glasses though.
especially good idea is putting the liquid in before adding some ice cubes. Anyhow, the glasses are beautiful and I washed half of them in the upper level of the dishwasher, half by hand, and all came out fine.
But now I have 8. If I had read the reviews prior to purchase I might not have bought these glasses.
Bad habit). Ha.
(I tend to buy all the colors of "whatever" also. I WILL, however, take heed to those who have had these break.
I love nice glassware and so it's worth it to me to have a non-dripper that looks as good as these glasses do.
I read all of the review warnings and my Bodum glasses also suffered the same demise-which is a good thing really, because treating them like priceless heirlooms was making me mental.I then found glasses called Strong Double Wall Thermo glasses on Amazon that were cheaper and stronger than the Bodum's.They are heavier and may sweat just a bit more than the Bodum glasses and the 14 oz. really holds about 11.5 but what a relief to not have to panic everytime you use a double wall glass.Cheers.
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