Glassware for Rum Tasting If you're looking for the best rum glasses, you've come to the right place! If you are a rum enthusiast, La Table d'Arc offers a collection of branded glasses, combining robustness and design, mostly made in France, at the best value for money. What glass should you use to drink rum? It's not uncommon to feel at a loss when it comes to deciding which vessel will hold your precious spirit. How do you choose a rum glass that will enhance the aromas and flavors of your elixir of the sun?
Indeed, rum should not be tasted in just any spirit or liqueur glass. To fully unleash the olfactory and gustatory potential of a good rum, it is essential to choose a rum glass with very specific technical qualities. To begin, in order to fully appreciate the amber or silver color of your rum, it is imperative to choose a glass with absolute transparency. This is to prevent a unsightly coloration of the glass from distorting the color palette of your rum. Ideally, for purists, lead-free crystal, made from Kwarx. Chimney, rim, diameter: After observation, comes the time for tasting!
This is where the shape of your rum glass will play an absolutely essential role. Generally, it is advisable to use a stemmed glass, which avoids holding the glass by the bowl and thus warming its contents. So do not use a tumbler or goblet. The bowl should have a sufficient diameter at its base to allow good oxygenation of the rum. This oxygenation surface created in the glass (liquid surface in contact with air) allows the aromas and floral or mineral notes of your rum to develop and release their full potential. Thus, the wider the glass, the faster the oxygenation of your spirit. But be careful!
A glass that is too wide would have detrimental effects on the quality of your tasting experience. In addition to over-oxygenating your rum, its volatile aromas are very likely to escape. It is therefore advisable to choose a glass with a limited capacity (between 16 cl and 35 cl maximum) and with a narrow rim at the top of the bowl. This narrowed rim forms a chimney on the upper part of the glass, which both prevents the aromas of your rum from escaping and helps to concentrate all its flavors during tasting. Last but not least! For optimal comfort during your tasting evenings, it is recommended to choose a glass whose rim (the upper part of the glass that comes into contact with the lips) has been finely cut for a pleasant feeling of lightness when tasting your drink. Also discover Whisky Glasses Cognac Glasses Shot Glasses Whisky Decanters
