vaso americano
English translation: highball
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|  Selected response from: nataliasuta (X) United Kingdom Local time: 11:41 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | highball |
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| 3 +1 | a tall glass |
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| 3 | American-style tumbler |
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| highball tumbler |
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American-style tumbler Explanation: This seems to refer more to the shape of the glass from looking at Google Images. A tumbler is any flat-bottomed glass. The Amazon UK link shows a shorter glass but with a similar shape. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2015-06-08 18:36:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here's another link - it refers to them as "American soda tumblers." I never knew this was particularly "American" but that shape of glass is pretty common in the US. http://www.marksandspencer.com/4-american-soda-tumbler-glass... Reference: http://www.vermutchappo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/... Reference: http://www.amazon.co.uk/CKS-American-Tumbler/dp/B004Y4ZJ4U |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1highball Explanation: From what I remember when I used to work as a bartender ages ago and from what I can still see in pubs around London, the best glass to serve cachaca-based cocktails, e.g. Caipirinha is highball. The glass needs to be tall, but what is important is the shape of it (just like this: http://bit.ly/1FF6BlL). It is also thicker than a regular tall glass. Also, http://bit.ly/1FF6BlL is what I got back when I googled 'vaso americano'. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2015-06-08 20:59:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It could be highball glass (tumbler) as opposed to highball glass (footed), to avoid any possible confusion. I still believe that highball glass is OK, but if the texts permits, you can add "tumbler" in the brackets. Please, have a look at this article by a cocktails expert: http://cocktails.about.com/od/embellishments/ss/glss_gde_3.h... Reference: http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/villeroy-boch-ber... Reference: http://bit.ly/1FF6BlL |
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| Reference: highball tumbler Reference information: As opposed to a highball glass (careful here). It is a tall glass, but there are many kinds of tall glass and a vaso americano seems to be one particular kind. Exhibit A: This image is entitle vaso-Americano.jpg http://www.vermutchappo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/... Exhibit B: This one's called casablanca-highball-tumber.jpg http://www.jgbarsupplies.co.uk/ekmps/shops/johngloversales/i... A highball glass is a long straight glass, as is a Collins glass, for example. But I think look carefully at images of vasos americanos and highball tumblers, they're the same thing. So I half agree with Natalia. |
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