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Hi all. How is everyones skills with pouring drinks without handles? I have a really hard time with it. I was trying to pour some lime-ade tonight and it comes in like a pitcher that is like a milk carton you know like the ones we use to get in school and it has a cap on the side you twist off. It was very hard to pour because I was trying to balance it and the cup at the same time. Lol it felt like I was going to sprain my rist. It just seems pitchers without handles it's hard to get a grip on them. Can anyone offer any suggestions for me for pouring with these kinds of pitchers? I am very good with pitchers with handles. Thanks.
Troy
Take the carton and first set it flat on the table. Then, gradually move your cup away from the carton as you take one hand and lean the carton toward the cup. The part that you take the cap off of will go down and then eventually you'll start pouring. At first, you might want another person there to help you in case you've moved the cup too far and it spills, but that's what I do with big drink items with no handles. It's funny because I learned that from pouring tea out of a handled teapot at a Chinese restaurant.
yeah, that's what I do, lean the carton down so that the liquid will fall in the cup. Depending on the size of the carton, I usually keep one hand on the glass so it doesn't run away lol. But if the carton is huge then, yeah, the previous post works good
I basically do the same thing. Troy, you might call this being paranoid, but I like to use the word cautious. With new/full containers, I do this over a sink. It accomplishes two things: First, when you're pouring, it'll catch any pilliage saving clean-up. Second, it'll give you an idea of about how far you have to lean the container down till the liquid begins to flow.
Lou
I sort of use the leaning the carton/bottle towards the glass method, but I also get it between my arm and breast to support it, tip it so the liquid flows in to the glass however ever fast or slow you want it to go in, so you can feel with your finger when it's near the top. This helps with a bottle of coke, fanta, lemonade Etc Etc. My left hand meanwhile, keeps quite a firm hold on the glass or tumbler.
Between your arm and your breast! Ooh ooh! I'm so getting reincarnated as a big, handleless container of juice or some such! Pour me! Pour me!
Maybe that's why they call big breasts jugs, LOL!
I too pour everything over the sink, if I spill at least I don't have to clean it up it just goes down the drain.
Troy
i use my hip almost to support the bottle and keep one hand on the glass. another thing is, i got a handle from clean easy, that you can attach to any bottle without a handle. it helps with coke bottles etc.
I would feel a bit un easy if I didn't have a handle to hold on to when poring something especially a hot drink. I have a liquid levil indocator I use.
Kay, is Clean Easy a British company? Do they have a website? I'd like to see that add-on handle you're talking about.
Lou
If it is a full container, I'll hold the cup up to the hole and then hold the cup level while I pour. that works quite well for me but it might not for others. How about this. just go to a store and buy a liter pitcher or whatever and when you get a carton or bottle or whatever the container type might be, just put it in there and leave it in the fridge. Like you do when you make ice tea or lemonaide etc. They are really cheap and dish washer safe etc.