Pasabahce Casablanca

The choice starts with capacity. The tumblers run from 14 cl for water with a meal, via 20.5, to 25 cl, which also leaves room for ice. The highball glasses run from 29 cl via 36.5 and 41.5 to 47 cl. That largest one is the glass for a gin and tonic with plenty of ice or for a beer from the tap. Alongside them sits the 27 cl tea glass, which cools down faster than a narrow Turkish model thanks to its wider opening.

When ordering, think in hospitality terms: the glass you serve a guest is one size up from what you would reach for at home, because the ice counts too.

Pour a long drink over ice that fills the glass right to the top. A half-filled glass of ice melts faster and dilutes your drink more than a glass packed to the brim, contradictory as that sounds. For a gin and tonic take the 47 cl, pour the tonic in down a bar spoon and stir once. Build a mojito in the 36.5 cl, with the mint at the bottom and crushed ice on top. The 14 cl tumbler is the glass you put beside a plate without thinking about it.

Casablanca glass is tempered, meaning the rim and base have had a heat treatment that makes them more resistant to knocks and to changes in temperature. The whole series can go in the dishwasher, including an intensive hospitality programme. Only stack the glasses once they are dry: damp glasses suck onto each other and then you break two instead of freeing one.

If you want the same idea in a different shape, look at the tumbler glasses and the highball glasses, where the Casablanca sits next to alternatives from other brands. The 27 cl glass also appears among the tea glasses. The rest of this brand sits under Pasabahce, and anyone buying for a business starts with the hospitality glasses. If all you still need is the kit, the cocktail shakers are ready and waiting.