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#1 2006-09-17 12:48:01
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Best Glass for Calvados?
Brandy glass, Sherry glass, any old glass you fancy... I think I've had them all at one time or another in various places.
The best I've found is a standard tulip shaped wine glass.
It can breath, it can warm up nicely and the aroma is nicely contained within the glass.
Thoughts?
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#2 2006-09-17 18:55:40
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
Definitely the tulip-shaped glass. It's called a cellar master's glass because it is the choice of those gustatory geniuses who craft the cognacs, armagnacs and calvadoses that allow us a little taste of heaven here on earth.
#3 2006-09-18 00:36:50
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#4 2006-09-18 08:51:11
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
Especially good is a small glass of Calvados with a little smoked cheese after dinner - Apple smoked Cheddar is very nice. A slice of good pork pie also makes a nice change.
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#5 2006-09-19 05:08:11
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
Water glass full for me or any short wide tumbler. It's all about how much one can fit into a glass, especially if it's your friend's good stuff.
#7 2006-09-19 11:43:22
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
Another trick is to put it in an espresso at the end of the night. Or if you need it (and let's hope that you don't), in the morning. I've seen both types of imbibation (is that a word?) in France.
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#10 2006-09-20 05:43:51
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluesnik-Jackie-Mclean/dp/B00004ULG4/sr=1-2/qid=1158751823/ref=sr_1_2/202-8104650-1924635?ie=UTF8&s=music
Click on the larger image thing & even then the pic is far too small...
Jackie wears curious shoes but he has that 'cafe cool' look going on very well.
I suggest that esspresso is the only coffee to spike...
Take a book or a newspaper and keep looking over it at the girl with the legs and the hair the colour of burnt honey sitting at a nearby table... you never know...
... and you have to have a cigarette from a soft pack (pick your own brand)...
You'll die, but that's not the point...
You'll have lived first.
IMHO
Miles.
(I'm aiming at a kinda prose-poem thing here, btw)
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#11 2006-09-20 23:12:58
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#12 2006-09-20 23:29:04
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#13 2006-09-21 02:41:12
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#14 2006-10-15 06:05:44
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
I've found that the best cognac to put in your espresso is Camus. The dominant flavor of the Borderies grapes complements the flavor of the espresso nicely. I find that Grande Champagne cognacs tend to clash somewhat.
#17 2006-10-15 09:40:10
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Re: Best Glass for Calvados?
We're all on our way out. The important thing is to do it with style...
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.