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{{Short description|Stemmed glass with an inverted cone bowl}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}{{Use Oxford spelling|date=April 2021}}{{Distinguish|text=other types of glassware that cocktails are served in}} A cocktail glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The term cocktail glass is often used interchangeably with martini glass, despite their differing slightly. Today, the glass is used to serve a variety of cocktails, such as the martini and its variations (Gibson, French martini, vodka martini, espresso martini, appletini), Manhattan, Brandy Alexander, pisco sour, Negroni, cosmopolitan, gimlet, and the grasshopper.WEB,www.drinksmixer.com/glasses/4/, Cocktail Glass, Drinks Mixer, 5 October 2017, 14 August 2022,www.drinksmixer.com/glasses/4/," title="web.archive.org/web/20220814192059www.drinksmixer.com/glasses/4/,">web.archive.org/web/20220814192059www.drinksmixer.com/glasses/4/, dead,

History

Invented in the late 19th century, its form derives from the fact that all cocktails are traditionally served chilled and contain an aromatic element. Thus, the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, an important aspect due to the lack of added ice which in other drinks serves to cool the drink,WEB,sipsmith.com/the-history-of-the-martini-glass/, The History of the Martini Glass, 27 January 2014, Sipsmith London, 5 October 2017, and the wide bowl places the surface of the drink directly under the drinker’s nose, ensuring the aromatic element has the desired effect. In the modern day, cocktail glasses without stems are common; however, these glasses warm very quickly, a phenomenon the original stem addressed.WEB,www.thespruce.com/bar-glassware-tour-759984, The Bar Glassware Tour: Cocktails, Beer and Wine Glasses, Graham, Colleen, 26 July 2017, The Spruce, 5 October 2017,

Martini glass

(File:16-09-17-WikiLovesCocktails-Drink-Img0305 1.jpg|thumb|upright|A martini glass)Although the terms cocktail glass and martini glass are often used interchangeably,BOOK, The Essential Bartender’s Guide, Hess, Robert, 2008, Mud Puddle Books, 978-1-60311-150-8, New York, 51, BOOK, The Ultimate A-Z Bar Guide, Herbst, Sharon Tyler, Herbst, Ron, 1998, Broadway Books, 0-7679-0197-5, New York, 9,archive.org/details/ultimateatozbarg0000herb/page/9, a martini glass is slightly larger, with a more conical rather than rounded shape, features a longer stem, and has a wider rim.Despite a popular story that says the martini glass was invented during Prohibition so that in the case of a raid on a speakeasy, the large rim allowed the drink to be easily disposed of, the martini glass was formally introduced in the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a modernist take on the Champagne coupe,JOURNAL, Locke, Karen, Origin Stories: The History Behind the Glass in Which You Drink, Sip Northwest, Winter 2018, 20, and wasn’t originally used as it is today: in films of the 1920s it is shown to be used to hold champagne, like the coupe. However, despite the design taking influence from the geometric aesthetics of the era’s architecture, interiors and furnishings,WEB,punchdrink.com/articles/the-life-and-death-of-the-martini-glass-history/, The Life and Death of the Martini Glass, Munro, Lizzie, 17 August 2016, Punch Drink, 5 October 2017, it was designed less for aesthetics and more for functionality â€“ with the longer stem reducing the warming effect of body heat upon the contents of the glass, and the widened brim increasing surface area, supposedly allowing the gin, the main ingredient in martinis, to release its bouquet. Steeply sloping sides prevent ingredients separating, and also serve to support a toothpick or olives on a cocktail skewer.The martini glass has somewhat fallen out of favour in modern times due to its tendency to spill drinks, and the coupe is sometimes used instead.WEB,www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/marie-antoinette-champagne-coupe_n_1424686, The Glass Shaped Like Marie Antoinette’s Anatomy, Erdos, Joseph, 17 April 2012, The Huffington Post, 5 October 2017,

Sizes

A standard cocktail glass contains {{convert|3|to|10|USoz|ml|order=flip|-1}},BOOK, Herbst, Sharon Tyler, Herbst, Ron, The Ultimate A-Z Bar Guide, 1998, Broadway Books, New York, 0-7679-0197-5, 8,archive.org/details/ultimateatozbarg0000herb/page/8, though originally they were around {{convert|4|USoz|ml|order=flip}} in size. Oversized cocktail glasses, ranging in capacity from {{convert|6|USoz|ml|abbr=on|order=flip}} to large glasses of {{convert|12|USoz|ml|abbr=on|order=flip}} or more are available.

See also

• Bartending terminology

References

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