The Glass Washing Thread
- KillerB
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The Glass Washing Thread
It's been on the cards for months now, so it's about time we got it out in the open. I considered this going into Port Conversations because it is a legitmate thread but took the sensible line and shoved it in here.
How do you clean your Port glasses?
Well, not just Port but wine and my favourite beer glasses as well:
Step 1: Have a sink of hot, clean water and soak the glasses for a few minutes;
Step 2: Using a cellulose sponge, sprayed with Fairy Active Foam, I clean the glasses, inside and out;
Step 3: Dip and then rinse with hot, running water;
Step 4: Whilst still hot, dry with a microfibre glass cloth and rest upright, making sure to finish holding the stem.
Step 5: When cool, carry to glasses' cabinet by stems and put gently away.
I'm pretty certain that some of you have a more complex routine, so fess up.
How do you clean your Port glasses?
Well, not just Port but wine and my favourite beer glasses as well:
Step 1: Have a sink of hot, clean water and soak the glasses for a few minutes;
Step 2: Using a cellulose sponge, sprayed with Fairy Active Foam, I clean the glasses, inside and out;
Step 3: Dip and then rinse with hot, running water;
Step 4: Whilst still hot, dry with a microfibre glass cloth and rest upright, making sure to finish holding the stem.
Step 5: When cool, carry to glasses' cabinet by stems and put gently away.
I'm pretty certain that some of you have a more complex routine, so fess up.
Port is basically a red drink
Glasses: it’s not just me.
It’s not just me. When I lived in Fulham, various friends and brothers lived for months and months in my spare room. First house rule: you may not wash glasses. I will do, to my thorough satisfaction.
It’s easy.
It’s easy.
- Wash hands.
- If there’s dried wine at the bottom of a glass allow it to soak for a few minutes.
- Then clean with hot soapy water, and a brush or other like device. Concentrate the brush action on the rim, where sticky lips meet SiO2.
- Rinse in hot water.
- Rinse again, in the hottest water you can.
- Repeat previous step several times.
- Dry with clean, like really clean not washed with soap type clean, dishcloth.
- Frederick Blais
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I don't have any ritual... I just wash them the same way I do with my other dishes. I just make sure to wash them first so I have a clean water.
I've never broken one washing it, it was never greasy nor smelling anything.
Normally I have more dirty glasses than clean ones So I just wash them before I use them.
I've never broken one washing it, it was never greasy nor smelling anything.
Normally I have more dirty glasses than clean ones So I just wash them before I use them.
I have a very complex method:
- Open Dishwasher Door
- Place glass in Dishwasher
- Insert Dishwasher Tablet
- Close Dishwasher Door
- Press On Button
- Wait
- Open Dishwasher
- Remove Glass and Place in Cupboard
- Don't Feel Inferior About Not Being A Glass-Cleaning-Retentive
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same load
Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same dishwasher load? Gasp!
Re: Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same
Yes. With no salt or rinse-aid.jdaw1 wrote:Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same dishwasher load? Gasp!
For whatever reason, probably a combination of water quality and a good dishwasher, everything always comes out sparklingly clean every single time. I find that the acid test for this method is when drinking fizzy wine of lager. Dirty glasses are very bad for these ad easily detected. My glasses never cause a problem for these or any other drinks. Many of you used some of my glasses at the F-Plan Offline and this is how they were prepared for that event. Did they do anything horrid to the F66? No.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
They ruined the Fonseca 1920.
They ruined the Fonseca 1920.
- RonnieRoots
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Alan, without checking, I think it was already there. It's just that KillerB and Jdaw have taken a while to admit it to themselves in a way that would cause them to explain it to usConky wrote:I think you will have to update your Geek list, to include 'Discussing Glass washing techniques'
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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I thought that the most common tart was jam.
I thought that the most common tart was jam. Well, learn something every day.
I'm with Derek and Ronnie, they all go in the diswasher, including the odd Reidel, along with all the other wash. Now I'm running out of suitable spots in the diswasher after a dinner with guests and am thinking about purchasing a insertable rack just for wineglasses so I can fit more in there. Never broke one yet, although my daughter broke one emptying it out once.
Jay
Jay
Better things for better living through chemistry
Derek , I agree .Derek T. wrote:I have a very complex method:Derek
- Open Dishwasher Door
- Place glass in Dishwasher
- Insert Dishwasher Tablet
- Close Dishwasher Door
- Press On Button
- Wait
- Open Dishwasher
- Remove Glass and Place in Cupboard
- Don't Feel Inferior About Not Being A Glass-Cleaning-Retentive
Please pay close attention to steps 1 - 8 .
Do not !! I repeat do not !! reverse the order . . .
- Alex Bridgeman
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Dishwasher for me too. Except I do use salt and rinse aid having very hard water in this area.
Most of my glasses are Riedel Vinum. They need to be replaced because the go cloudy every 5-10 years, but I can cope with that in exchange for the convenience of just being able to throw them into the dishwasher.
Alex
Most of my glasses are Riedel Vinum. They need to be replaced because the go cloudy every 5-10 years, but I can cope with that in exchange for the convenience of just being able to throw them into the dishwasher.
Alex
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