Luncheon Beverages
Seasons of the year will predict the beverages that should be considered. In the winter, a wine is usually served with lunch such as a Rhine wine or a claret. Although sherry might be served with soup or a liqueur after dessert, one wine is sufficient and should be light. In the summer, a chilled white wine maybe served. Although, it is not as refreshing as iced tea or coffee, and these are the usual choices. Iced tea at lunch is prepared with lemon, sugar, and sometimes with cut-up fresh fruit or a little squeezed fruit juice, and it is poured into glasses ( often decorated with springs of fresh mint ) that are already at each place. Coffee on the other hand should be passed around in a glass pitcher on a tray that also holds a bowl of powdered sugar, a pitcher of cold milk, and another of cream as thick as possible. Guests pour their coffee to suit themselves into tall glasses that are half full of broken ice which are furnished with very long-handled spoons. After lunch, the men, rather than having coffee in the library or at the table, accompany the ladies in the living room and have coffee with them.
Posted by Eugene Vodovoz at 4 January 2012, 4:41 PM 
Categories: Etiquette
Tags: beverages luncheon rhine wine sherry liqueur dessert iced tea mint iced coffee
Categories: Etiquette
Tags: beverages luncheon rhine wine sherry liqueur dessert iced tea mint iced coffee
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