Drinking container

of drinking containers are containers, which serve the supply of the beverages for their consumption.

One can differentiate between drinking containers:

• after its construction
  • drinking bottle
  • canteen
  • drinking glass
  • openly handleless: Cup, bowl, cup
  • openly with handle: Cup, jug
• after its substance
  • organic substance: Horn, (drinking horn), wood, plant bowls (z. B. Kürbis), also animal bowls (z. B. Shells), leather
  • metal: (z. B. Gold, silver, tin, sheet metal)
  • glass
  • of ceramic(s) (z. B. Porcelain, faience, stoneware)
  • of plastics
• after their contents
  • Water: (Water glass)
  • juice, Juice: (General-purpose glass)
  • of dte: Dte glass, dte cup, dte bowl
  • coffee: Coffee cup
  • beer: Seidel, wheat beer glass, measure jug, Humpen, beer boot
  • wine (i. w. S.): Rotweinglas, weissweinglas, Dubbeglas, Roman cup, Bowlenglas, sparkling wine glass, sparkling wine bowl
  • liquor:
• after its purpose
  • cup, one-way container

in Southeast Asia cold beverages at the road are also often drunk with a straw from zugeknoteten plastic bags.

See also: Table-ware