IT IS THE CUP THAT COUNTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16713, 20 April 1922, Page 9

IT IS THE CUP THAT COUNTS.

! Quaint cups of earthenware, in place j of china, may have the advantage of j pictures quenees, but they certainly cannot be defended on the score of ministering to the flavour of the tea For there is no doubt that, the more fragile the cup from which the Bohea is qqnul. the more delicate its taste—a point which, unfortunately, militates strongly against that vogue for tea sets of pottery and earthenware which has of late rather obsessed those who furnish after the modern school. This question of the drinking vessel is one which deserves greater attention from the average housewife. It is not

for nothing that the pewter tankawi and the thick beer rummer of solid glass were devised for tho ale-drinker, tor ve\or does beer taste so good when quaffed fora vessels of this descripton. It is not. in this respect-, like the fine wine which must be taken from glass of the thinnest, if its bouquet is not to be lost in the process. Sha.pe. os well as quality, counts for much in ihe conveyance of flavour, a fact which

is brought home if over one has attempted to enjoy a liqueur from any but an appropriate liqueur glass. \ little drink of this sort taken from an ordinary open mouthed tumbler i« as lacking in allurement a a water drunk from h cup. All of whch goes t-o prov-* that the lips as well as the tongue take part in the work of transmitting flavour to the pslate.