Watch glasses are the piece you miss most when it is not there: the clear lid that covers the tasting glass and keeps the aromas between pouring the oil and smelling it. This set brings together six 60 mm watch glasses and six cobalt blue tasting glasses under the IOC/T.20/Doc. No 5 standard, so you can lay out a complete tasting table.
With the glass lid in place, the oil warmed in your hand does not lose its volatiles on the way. It is the gesture that separates an orderly tasting from an improvised one, and it lets you prepare several samples at once without them fading.
Watch glasses and tasting glasses at a glance
Contents- 6 tasting glasses and 6 watch glasses
Material- Clear glass for the lids, cobalt blue glass for the tasting glasses
Glass lid- 60 mm diameter
Use- Tasting panels, courses and tastings
Brand- Espai Oleum
When watch glasses shine
- Tasting panels and competitions, with several samples ready at once.
- Tasting courses, to teach people to smell before they taste.
- Tastings at mills and shops, with the glasses already poured.
- Blind comparative tastings, where the cobalt glass hides the colour of the oil.
- Training sessions for tasters following the IOC protocol.
What the set of 6 glasses and 6 watch glasses includes
The set contains six cobalt glass tasting glasses of 130 ml, 60 mm high, 70 mm at their widest and 50 mm at the mouth, plus six round, clear lids of 60 mm, made to sit loosely over the mouth of the glass. Every glass gets its own lid.
Wash the glasses and the lids in warm water with an unscented neutral soap, rinse them thoroughly and leave them to dry upside down on blotting paper, somewhere ventilated and free of smells. Kept away from dust, they will be ready for the next session.
Questions about watch glasses
What diameter are the glass lids?
They are 60 mm across, round and clear, made to cover the 50 mm mouth of the tasting glass.
What is the glass lid for in a tasting?
They cover the glass after the oil is poured, so the most volatile aromas do not escape before the sample is smelled.
How many pieces come in the set?
Six official blue tasting glasses and six glass lids, one lid for each glass.
How do I clean the glasses and the lids?
With warm water and unscented neutral soap, rinsing thoroughly and drying them upside down somewhere ventilated.
Product information
- Brand: Espai Oleum, Mataró
- Contents: 6 blue tasting glasses and 6 watch glasses
- Material: cobalt blue glass (tasting glasses) and clear glass (lids)
- Standard of the glasses: IOC/T.20/Doc. No 5
- Dimensions: glass of 130 ml, 60 mm high, 70 mm maximum diameter and 50 mm mouth; lid of 60 mm
