Onis The Gats

The choice follows the drink. The 29 cl tumbler is the size for whisky neat or with a single cube, and sits with the whiskey glasses. The 35.5 cl is the double, wide enough for one large ice block, which puts it with the old fashioned glasses. The 36 cl highball is tall and narrow and meant for everything you top up with sparkling water. Anyone setting up a home bar has enough with the 35.5 cl and the highball to serve most of the classics.

For an old fashioned you stir bourbon, sugar and bitters in a mixing glass with ice, and only then strain it over one fresh block in the 35.5 cl tumbler. A negroni goes the same way, with equal parts gin, campari and red vermouth. Everything you stir stays clear and silky, and that is exactly what you want in a glass that catches the light so emphatically. Chill the glass first with ice water if you have the time.

Facets catch limescale, and limescale is exactly what makes a cut effect look dull. Run a short glassware programme, keep the temperature low and rinse with soft water if you live in a hard-water area. Polish the glasses with a microfibre cloth while they are still hand-warm, because that is when the last drops evaporate without leaving marks. Store them upright in the cupboard and not on the rim.

The brand's other ranges are gathered at Onis, from the stackable bar glasses to the wine bowls. If you are looking by shape, you will find The Gats among the long drink glasses and the old fashioned glasses. And if the same style suits your party, the champagne coupes are in the same spirit, because that is simply the glass the twenties drank their bubbles from.