Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest The base of a good home bar, apart from the spirits, is the glassware. Drinking is a sensory experience, so before a cocktail even touches your lips, your eyes have already taken the drink. A glass is just as important as its contents. As a treat for not being too naughty this year, elevate your home bar this holiday season with a set of beautiful glasses. For fellow cocktail enthusiasts, we have the perfect thing to add on this year’s Christmas wish list. Feel luxurious in your own home and serve cocktails in elegant glassware from the LUCARIS RIMS Collection. RIMS, under the brand’s Masters’ Choices Collection, offers timeless design, versatility, variety, and durability. This collection is made of 14 elegant crystal barware glasses and has won the Design Excellence Award 2019 (DEmark). Featuring four sets that are classic yet bold, each elegant glass lets your drink shine. The Rims collection is a gift any cocktail aficionado will want to find underneath the tree on Christmas morning. Promise, Santa, we’ve been nice this year! THE PILLARS LOWBALL | HIGHBALL | QUENCHER As the name of the set suggests, The Pillars are the foundation glasses to own. These grounded crystals feel good in your hands. Versatile and classic, these glasses can be used for a variety of drinks and can accommodate spheres, prisms, crushed, rock, or large pieces of ice. Lowball, highball, and quencher 1) RIMS Lowball Enjoy fine spirits on the rocks in RIMS Lowball (400 ml). Just put an ice sphere or large ice cube and your favorite spirit in this decadent glass, and you’re all set. The Low Ball is also perfect for spirit-forward classics like Old Fashioned and Negroni, as well as cocktails like Whiskey Sour, Caipirinha, and Mai Tai. Click on this link for a lowball drink recipe. 2) RIMS Highball A bar is not complete without a highball glass. Typically used for long refreshing drinks like the Mojito, Paloma, Long Island Iced Tea, Tom Collins, and of course, the classic highball whisky and soda, the RIMS Highball glass (345 ml) is tasteful in its simplicity. Click on this link for a highball drink recipe. 3) RIMS Quencher If you’re really thirsty, the RIMS Quencher has got you covered. This high volume glass that can accommodate 590 ml is best with drinks with big ice requirements and chunky ingredients. You can supersize cocktails like Bloody Mary and Mojito variations and Tiki-style cocktails such as Zombie. Anything tropical, juicy, with ice (both cubes and crushed) and plentiful garnish, is perfect with the RIMS Quencher. Click on this link for a boozy drink recipe. THE PROUD SAUCER | COUPE | TULIP Look at the stems on these ladies! The Proud set features elegant bowls elevated by sleek stems that can contain a variety of cocktails. This group of crystals adds sophistication to your barware collection. Tulip, saucer, coupe 4) RIMS Saucer The RIMS Saucer (205 ml) is the go-to glass for shaken cocktails. Sip sexy classics like a daiquiri, margarita, aviation, and last word from this delicate glass. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe perfect for this glass. 5) RIMS Coupe A larger cocktail coupe that can hold more ambitious recipes and garnishes, the luscious RIMS Coupe (355 ml) is the vessel for frozen and shaken cocktails. Rims Coupe is the glass for cocktails that need more space, such as Clover Club, French Martini, and Espresso Martini. Apart from big-volume recipes, the RIMS Coupe is also great for serving a drink with a rock of ice to keep it chilled. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe perfect for this glass. 6) RIMS Tulip The RIMS Tulip (575 ml) is your Copa de Balon that gives bespoke gin & tonics, spritzers, or other creations a spectacular presentation. It can also offer craft beer & cider connoisseurs a new drinking experience. The collapsed lip wall provides a different aromatic occurrence to any drink. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe perfect for this glass. THE CLASSIC NICK & NORA | MARTINI | DECO | LOTUS The Classic set pays homage to the golden era of prohibition, where they usually serve drinks in vintage design vessels. These crystals can accommodate bigger volumes of liquid compared to the original glass designs to cater to generous modern recipes. Lotus, Deco, Nick & Nora, and Martini glass 7) RIMS Nick & Nora Somewhere in between a martini glass and a coupe, The Nick & Nora had its recent revival in the cocktail scene. Made popular in the 30s by the movie The Thin Man, Nick & Nora glass got its name from the fictional husband-and-wife duo Nick and Nora Charles, whose comedic banter involves a lot of cocktails in between. The glass design is a perfect drink vessel to serve classy drinks for its vintage and spill-proof design. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe perfect for this glass. 8) RIMS Martini Even James Bond would pause his spy mission if his shaken-not-stirred martini is served in this beauty. The classic V-shape design of the RIMS Martini (160 ml) is perfect for stiff martinis and other stirred heavy-hitters or the flirty Cosmopolitan. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe perfect for a Martini glass. 9) RIMS Lotus Look at the RIMS Lotus (270 ml) as your alternative rocks glass with the added elegance of a stem. It can also work as a low cocktail coupe. This versatile crystal is also excellent for drinks that require you to rim the glass. Serve drinks like pisco, whiskey sour, and Moscow mule in the Lotus. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. 10) RIMS Deco Think of the RIMS Deco (340 ml) as your highball glass with a stem. Serve your highballs, fizzes, juleps, and slings in the Deco. Perfect for French 75, Ramos Gin Fizz, Piña Colada, Singapore Sling, or for simple mixed drinks such as vodka-soda. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. RIMS ORIENT LOTUS | DECO | SAUCER | COUPE The luscious Southeast Asian rainforest inspires the design of the RIMS Orient set with its wild wet monsoon and lets you imagine water flowing. The lines on the sides of the crystals mimic water flowing down, and the bamboo style of the stems provide firm support. These are the glasses that you would use when you want to feel luxurious and powerful. Rims Orient Coupe, Lotus, Saucer, and Deco 11) RIMS Orient Lotus The versatile RIMS Orient Lotus (270 ml) may be used as a rock glass, a coupe, or for rimmed drinks. It can make any drink look fancy. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. 12) RIMS Orient Deco A variation of a highball glass, the RIMS Orient Deco (340 ml), will add elegance to the refreshing highballs you will serve in it. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. 13) RIMS Orient Saucer Shaken cocktails become extra special when served in the RIMS Orient Saucer (205 ml). Same as the classic saucer designs, this glass can hold daiquiris or margaritas. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. 14) RIMS Orient Coupe Ambitious cocktails will look refined in the luscious RIMS Orient Coupe (355 ml). The bigger bowl design can hold ice to keep the cocktail chilled. Click on this link for a cocktail recipe to use for this glass. Pick and choose which set in the collection speaks to you, or better yet, get them all! If you’re feeling the holiday spirit, maybe get a set for your drinking buddies as well, and spread that Christmas cheer! These stylish glasses are the perfect gifts for the holiday season, and if you want it, there’s no stopping you for getting it for yourself! Click on the links to purchase the glasses directly from Lazada: Lucaris Rims Low Ball, Lucaris Rims High Ball, Lucaris Rims Quencher, Lucaris Rims Saucer, Lucaris Rims Coupe, Lucaris Rims Tulip, Lucaris Rims Nick & Nora, Lucaris Rims Martini, Lucaris Rims Lotus, Lucaris Rims Deco, Lucaris Rims Orient Lotus, Lucaris Rims Orient Deco, Lucaris Rims Orient Saucer, and Lucaris Rims Orient Coupe. LUCARIS Crystal Stemware is exclusively distributed by World Class Concepts Corp. The LUCARIS RIMS collection is also available in various department stores nationwide. Get these items in select department stores of SM Home, Robinsons, Landmark, Metro Gaisano, Gaisano Capital, Gaisano Grand, All Home, Abenson Home, Alturas, Fishermall, KCC, NCCC, ICM, Sta. Lucia, and Tiongsan including select hypermarket stores of SM, Rustan’s Marketplace, Shopwise, S&R, Cash & Carry, Makati Supermarket, Royal Duty-Free, and Unimart. You can also purchase the glasses online from Lazada and Shopee. For more information about their products, visit wccc.com.ph, @worldclassconceptscorp on Facebook, email at inquire@wccc.com.ph, or contact +632 8824 3856-59. Follow Lucaris Philippines at @lucarisph on Instagram.