New drinking glasses may seem like a simple purchase, but the range is enormous. Are you going for small water glasses, spacious long drink glasses, smooth glass or a striking texture?
By deciding in advance what you mainly want to use the glasses for, choosing becomes much easier.
What will you use the glasses for?
Start with the most important: what do you usually drink?
For water, juice and smaller soft drinks, a tumbler is a versatile choice. Do you often drink larger cold drinks or like to use ice cubes and fruit? Then a taller long drink glass may be more practical.
Do you regularly drink tea? Then you can also look at special tea glasses with a handle.
Choose the right size
Not every drinking glass has the same capacity. Even glasses that look about the same in photos can differ considerably in size.
Within Bricard Ronda, you can clearly see this, for example. There are compact tumblers, while the taller Ronda long drink glasses have a capacity of 275 ml. The Ronda tea glasses with a handle have a capacity of 250 ml.
Therefore, always look at the capacity when comparing different models.
Smooth, organic or ribbed glass?
In addition to the size, the design largely determines how a glass looks on the table.
Smooth transparent glass is easy to combine. An organic shape makes a glass more playful, while a linear texture creates a more pronounced structure.
Within a single collection, you can sometimes even choose from different versions. With Bricard Ronda, for example, you have Ronda, Ronda Lines and Ronda Frozen.
This way, you can choose the same type of glass in the look that best suits your tableware.
Think about your existing tableware
Your drinking glasses do not have to be exactly the same style as your plates. A little contrast can actually look beautiful.
For example, do you have very plain tableware? Then ribbed or textured glasses can add extra detail.
With colorful or decorated tableware, transparent glass can actually provide balance.
Buy glasses that you can add to later
When you want to use several types of glasses, it can be handy to choose a series in which different models are available.
You can then start with, for example, water glasses and later add long drink glasses or tea glasses.
This way, you do not have to replace all your glassware at once and can still gradually build up a cohesive collection.
Combine a tumbler and a long drink glass
One of the easiest combinations is a tumbler with a long drink glass.
For example, use the tumbler for water and the taller glass for soft drinks, juice or another cold drink. Because both models have a different size, it is immediately clear which glass is intended for what.
When both come from the same series, the table setting remains calm and cohesive at the same time.
How many drinking glasses do you need?
That depends on the size of your household and how often you receive guests.
Sets of six are practical when you regularly sit at the table with several people. If you want to use different types of glasses, you can, for example, combine a set of tumblers with a set of long drink glasses.
This way, you have enough glassware for both everyday drinking moments and an extensive dinner.
A combination to compare is the Bricard Ronda Lines tumbler with the Bricard Ronda Lines long drink glasses. For more designs, also view the full collection of drinking glasses.
Find drinking glasses that suit you
Ultimately, the best drinking glass is the glass that suits what you drink and the look you find beautiful.
When comparing, pay particular attention to size, capacity, shape and texture. If you want to combine different types of glassware, also see if multiple models are available within the same series.
View the drinking glasses and Bricard Ronda collection at TEKZEN and put together your own glass collection step by step.
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