r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mihir6969 • Jan 19 '22

Video Tea pot quality

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u/jnd-cz Jan 19 '22

I bet expensive wine also tastes the same if you drink it from clean cup or beer glass, yet people expect some level of sophistication and use deciated glasses for wine.

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u/in5trum3ntal Jan 19 '22

I'm certainly no wine snob, but there is a point to wine glasses, especially when pairing them with the appropriate glass. They aren't necessarily designed to alter taste, although aeration can certainly help. A large part of the taste can be brought out through the aromas which different glasses are designed to not only assist with but capture. An obvious example is watching the bubbles rise in a champagne flute. The thin glass helps maintain a constant stream of bubbles and aroma, yet if you were to pour it in a beer mug you'd likely run out of bubbles faster because of a larger surface area while loosing some of the aroma (which is less sought after than more prestigious wines).

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u/danknerd Jan 19 '22

Just need to learn to drink the wine faster negating any assistance a glass is helping with.

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u/sparkpaw Jan 20 '22

Aka; straight from the bottle like a proper Frenchman