You do not need a special glassware to drink from…However following the rules there is a lot of different types of glassware, depending what we are drinking.

The most popular big glass – szklanka – can be used for water (woda), soda (napoje gazowane), beer (piwo).

Smaller glass (mała szklanka) is usually great for juices (soki) or different mixed drinks (różne mięszane drinki).

Mug (kubek) is for coffee (kawa), tea (herbata), sometimes used also for sous (zupa).

Filiżanka can be used for different types of coffee or tea.

Although you can drink beer from the regular glass, kufel do piwa is popular at the restaurants (restauracje), bars (bary) and homes (domy).

Szeroka i krótka szklaneczka do drinków (wide and short mixed drink glass) in Poland is often used for soda or juices as well.

Kieliszek is a shot glass. Used mostly for vodka (wódka), could be also used for shots of any other alcohol. Speaking of kieliszek I remember when my husband visited Poland for the first time and was asked if he knows how do we call shot glass. He responded: “Oczywiście, malutki szklanka!” It actually made a lot of sense for him just starting learning Polish…I thought it was very funny though.

Kieliszek do czerwonego wina ( red wine glass) is usually big and wide (duży i szeroki).

Kieliszek do białego wina (white wine glass) on the other hand (“z drugiej strony”) is more narrow and smaller (węższy i mniejszy).

Kieliszek do szampana (champagne glass) is also used for any type of sparkling wine (musujące wino).

Kieliszek do margarity (margarita glass) is used for margarita only.

Kieliszek do martini (martini glass) can be used for different types of cold mixed drinks.

Of course there are many more types of glasses for specific drinks like czara, puchar (snifter, goblet), but I just wanted to give you some vocabulary for the basic ones.

Na zdrowie!

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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