Arcoroc Broadway

Start with the drink that crosses your bar most often. For gin and tonic there is the 58 cl copa, a balloon shape that leaves room for ice, a slice of citrus and a sprig of herbs without everything getting jammed together. For cocktails served without ice, the 21 cl martini glass and the 25 cl coupe are ready. The 25 cl wine glass is deliberately modest, meant for a glass of house wine and not for a Burgundy.

Alongside those run the long drink glasses of 28 and 38 cl, a 30 cl tumbler for whisky or a drink on ice, and the 5 cl shot glass.

Fill the copa with ice above the widest part of the bowl before the gin goes in, because ice clinging to the wall cools better than ice floating at the bottom. The coupe suits a daiquiri or a classic french 75, provided you chill it beforehand. The 21 cl martini glass is on the generous side for an eight-centilitre dry martini, so do not pour to the rim. Reach for the 30 cl tumbler for whisky with one large block of ice.

Broadway is made of tempered glass, which makes it better able to take knocks and a dishwasher that runs again and again on a busy evening. Place stemmed glasses apart from each other in the basket, because stems touching each other are the main source of breakage. Polish afterwards with a lint-free cloth if you have hard water, since a limescale film shows up faster on a clear bowl.

If you would rather compare by shape than by series, you can click through to the gin and tonic glasses, the martini glasses and the champagne coupes, where Broadway sits alongside series from other brands. The full range from this brand is at Arcoroc. Have the glassware but missing the tools? Take a look at the cocktail shakers and the matching bar spoons and jiggers.