Carafe

A carafe ( from Arabic غرافة, DMG Bottle, Wasserheberad with blades ') is a table vessel made of cut glass or crystal glass, which usually has a bottle- like shape. The volume of conventional decanters is about a liter, but is normalized in any way.

Use

Carafes are often used for decanting wine to rid him of unwanted sediment. Also referred to as decantation decanting young wines without sediment, however, is the contact of the wine with atmospheric oxygen, the designation " Decant " would be technically correct here. Decanters are also called decanter.

In addition to the classic wine decanter, there are pitchers of lemonade made ​​from different materials.

The pouring from a carafe also called sideboards.

Carafes there are very simple as pure commodities, but also consuming decorated as centerpieces.

Technically very demanding designs are made ​​of ground or blown glass, usually crystal glass, in conjunction with real silver or a silver plated mount. The carafe with silver peaked in the period between 1830 and 1930. It is to vessels with a glass body and a silver or silver-plated mount. Under mounting means the rim of the neck, a handle and a lid. The advantage of this type of decanter is that there is no drop, as the edge cuts the metal drops.

From 1930 there was a decline in production of these carafes. Original pieces from this period are rare and sought after collector's items. The fact that such pieces were not made ​​before 1830, can probably be explained by the fact that for wine by this time rather jugs were used from other materials.

Today glass carafes are offered mainly in two versions: as a decanter for decanting wine and as storage vessels for liqueurs and other spirituous beverages.