Let a Brit answer that one. My bet is on coaster. I am wrong! In pubs they are called beermats,. My experience tells me that coasters are not "single use" while beer mats are typically disposable after one evening's use.
Beer mats can be found in the US but coasters are not common in pubs. I used to work in a UK pub: they're only ever called "beer mats". You can re-use them as long as no-one's drawn rude pictures on them or ripped bits off. They may be called beer mats in the pub, but the ones I have at home are coasters because they serve under hot coffee and cold coca cola far more often than they ever see beer. Beermats are generally a form of advertising.
Coasters are generally decorative. I would never dream of referring to a beermat as a coaster. Beermats are made of cardboard to soak up the spilt beer. I suppose they could be made from other things, but cardboard is all I ever recall seeing. They vary enormously in shape and size, depending on what they are advertising beer, usually.
Rival said:. Absorbent coasters can go a long way toward protecting your dining room table, something to keep in mind. Today, wood coasters are often seen as home decor items.
They are paired with drinkware to provide an elegant look to a table spread or even placed on a shelf as a simple decor piece. For this reason, drink coasters are common gift ideas and an excellent alternative to the humble mug or beer stein for housewarming parties and as a wedding gift.
Anyone who has antique furniture will thank you for using a coaster. Not only do they protect furniture and tablecloths, but they also provide a specific spot where you can place a drink without worry about spilling it or forgetting where you put it. Furthermore, white marble coasters or ceramic coasters can serve as a trivet in a pinch. These days, coasters are sometimes considered collector items. Beer mats, in particular, are commonly collected, and rare designs can be worth money to the right buyers.
Beer mats and coasters come in all materials, shapes, and sizes. This makes them a great choice for gift giving around the holidays, for birthdays, or for the craft beer lover in your family.
Interface Language. Log in. Install the app. Forums English Only English Only. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Inside the factory that turns Black Forest trees into bar-top saviors. The factory, in the town of Weisenbach, population just north of 2,, is the headquarters and main manufacturing center for the Katz Group. Each day, it receives lumber at one end and puts out beer coasters on the other — by the millions.
Half-timbered houses line the little streets. The Murg River, a Rhine tributary, bubbles through the center of town. In the distance, a castle sits perched on a forested hilltop. Nevertheless, I produce the two plugs I was issued on arrival. You might not pay them much mind, but the humble beer coaster is an important piece of barroom ephemera.
In addition to absorbing condensation or light spillage, their intended purpose, coasters are remarkably handy. Round coasters make excellent impromptu frisbees. On a spring afternoon, you can slide a coaster over your glass to keep out bugs. In Cologne, Germany, coasters double as bar tabs, literally. Bars serve it in little 0. A normal German beer is 0. Servers keep track of how many you put away by making a note on your coaster. At capacity, the factory can produce meters of pulp board per minute.
Globally, beer drinkers go through billions of coasters a year. In that year, Robert Sputh, an inventor in Dresden, patented a process for pouring liquefied wood pulp into molds and letting the pulp dry out. In his publication, A Guide to Collecting Beer Mats , Ian Calvert, a British collector, describes these early mats as being "plain, printed on one side only, and of one color. Nineteenth-century German beer drinkers, which is to say just about everybody, drank from ceramic beer krugs what Americans call "steins".
The wealthy used krugs that were sometimes made of porcelain and tended to be quite ornate, with painted scenes or decoration around the sides.
The fancy krugs were also fitted with metal lids on hinges.
0コメント