What to choose: personalised wine glasses in crystal or personalised wine glasses in glass?

 

Our main topic almost always revolves around the difference between Glass or Crystal, today we will talk about different types of glass, all because personalised wine glasses cannot just be a gift item.

CRYSTAL OR GLASS

It is the eternal question that many restaurateurs ask themselves every day, it is not easy to choose if you give it a lot of thought, but in the end it is quite simple, it would necessarily be glass for personalised wine glasses and tempered glass for personalised beer glasses.

As far as personalised gin and tonic glasses are concerned, it is always preferable that they are made of glass, it is logical that a waiter voluntarily or involuntarily clinks the ice tongs on the mouth of the personalised gin and tonic glass and it is very important to always try to have these glasses screen-printed in colour, this way they will be much more eye-catching.

NOTE: You may wonder why we always refer to personalised wine glasses, personalised beer glasses, personalised gin and tonic glasses, this "personalised" is simply because we want to emphasise that at www.personalizadoshosteleria.com we only offer personalised glassware and in no case without personalisation.

The reasons for one or the other

Well, in the case of personalised wine glasses because sommeliers like to appreciate the colour and this with the shine and transparency of the glass is safer, also because in each tasting or simply when drinking, the fact of having the rim of the personalised wine glass thinner is more pleasant when drinking it. In the case of personalised beer glasses, depending on who would be exactly the same, there are already beer tastings in many places, but it seems that beer tasters have not yet opted for this peculiarity and have given more importance to the type of personalised beer glass, to its design.

TEMPERED GLASS

At present, many advances have been made in this field, tempered glass does not look like crystal, nor does it have the same sound or the same shine, but it is so similar that only with a lot of attention and knowledge of the differences can these details be appreciated.

It has been said a lot by the sellers, by the hotel and catering distributors, that a personalised, tempered wine glass cannot be personalised, because it loses its tempering, this has made us do tests and tests to reach the conclusion that this is not at all the case, perhaps if instead of being laser baked, there could be a possibility that a personalised wine glass, in this case a screen printed wine glass, would lose some of the properties it obtained while it was tempered, but we doubt that this is the case. Tempering is nothing more than a rapid cooling, something very similar to what happens with steel, but that does not mean that a laser is going to have the peculiarity of making the glass lose its tempering properties.

personalised wine glasses in tempered glass....

WHAT IS TEMPERED GLASS?

Tempering is a thermal process to heat the glass to the melting point and then cool it rapidly. This causes the outer surface of the glass to cool and shrink faster than the inside of the wall, creating a taut surface. Making a much stronger product.

personalised glasses in tempered glass....

personalised gin and tonic or mixed drinks glasses in tempered glass...

HOW HARD IS IT?

Tempered glass can be up to 5 times more resistant to mechanical shocks, making it a cost-effective choice.

IS TEMPERED GLASS MORE RESISTANT TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES?

Tempered items are resistant to temperature changes of 130ºC. It is tested by immersing an item at 130°C in cold water. The glass does not break or crack.

IS TEMPERED GLASS SAFER?

In case of breakage, the glass shatters into smaller, less sharp pieces, avoiding danger to customers.

What about crystal?

Crystal simply does not currently exist in the hotel and catering market, so it is not possible to find a truly personalised crystal wine glass, if we are faithful to the dictionary meaning of CRYSTAL, where it is clearly stated that for a glass to be called crystal it has to have a lead percentage of approximately 24%, but in Europe it is forbidden to manufacture elements for food use that contain lead, so there are none.

What are the substitutes for glass?

Well, each manufacturer has devised or invented a new manufacturing system that is similar but does not contain lead, so some manufacturers use Titanium among other elements to achieve that sonority, shine, transparency and fineness that gives a personalised wine glass that character of elegance. To this they have added more and more designs, some excessively modernist and others more traditional, but in the end a personalised wine glass using these new manufacturing systems has no reason to envy the old personalised wine glasses.

What to choose, glass or crystal?

Well here we have explained enough for you to decide, the choice is yours, but if you want more information to know what and why, in www.personalizadoshosteleria.com we will be happy to help you.

A post dedicated to your information, what to choose for a personalised wine glass, a personalised gin and tonic glass or a personalised beer glass, choose to contact us and we will help you, at www.personalizadoshosteleria.com.

Personalised wine glasses, glass or crystal?

What to choose for a personalised wine glass, glass or crystal?