Cohousing-L Mailing List: meal programs and choice of glassware

[David Clements and Evan Richardson (evdavwes]

I have used Duralex glasses for the last 20 years in my house, the Picardie 
style http://www.katom.com/168-511990B34.html   We have chipped and replaced 
about 4 of 18 glasses.  Never had one shatter.  They are great.  They do 
gradually get a little scratched with age.  


Here is a demo of falling glassware on the Duralex youtube channel 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itdgT9TcN6c


Happy shopping.   David







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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:43:42 -0800
From: Martha Wagner <wordbizpdx [at] gmail.com>
Subject: [C-L]_ meal programs and choice of glassware
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If you have a meal program that uses a commercial quick-cycle dishwasher, I am 
seeking advice on your experience with choice of drinking glasses. We are about 
to purchase tumblers and a taller 12 ounce glass size for our long-awaited new 
dining hall and have been considering the Duralux brand glasses from France 
which are tempered glass and can last for decades. However, I have also read 
that if they get squeezed or bumped in a dishwasher they can break and if they 
break they will shatter into thousands of pieces, making cleanup a huge hassle.

If you have experience with Duralux or would recommend another brand, please 
email me. 

thank you!

Martha 
wordbizpd [at] gmail.com
Columbia Ecovillage
Portland, OR