Beer glass

Pop. Hiss. Pour. A cold beer, straight from the fridge. A sparkling orange drink that causes the ice cubes to crack as it hits them. You want a good sized glass with a stem.

These, from Ngwenya in Eswatini in southern Africa, fit almost every bill. They are made entirely from recycled glass, but are hand blown by workers trained by experts from, amongst other places, the renowned Murano glass factory in Venice.

Ngwenya are a win for us on so many levels. Their products are elegant and great quality. Everything is made from recycled glass, with much of it collected by the surrounding community who are then paid for their work. They also provide the area with skilled, stable jobs in the factory itself. 

Then - and this is just brilliant - they run their furnace on old cooking oil collected from KFC outlets. What’s not to love?

Minor bubbles, blowing lines and variations in height and thickness are unavoidable in mouth blown glass and constitute clearest proof of an article individually handmade from 100% recycled glass.

Volume, 750ml (to the rim)
Rim diameter, 75ml
Bowl diameter, 100mm
Height 190mm
Weight 260g