Why do people drink out of mason jars?

[Anonymous]

We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's evolved into a hipster thing around the DC area.

yep - it is a hipster thing - don't be a douche

Like growing your own garden, raising chickens, keeping bees and driving small cars? What was once for the poors is now chic? Will shopping at Walmart become hip?

Well since they're now selling mason style drinking jars complete with colored lid with a hole for a straw, I think it may be pretty mainstream now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing that just doesn't matter AT ALL, so why I'm saying anything is beyond me. But I feel like people who purchase mason jars specifically to use as their everyday drinking glasses are doing it because it's hip. Because typically, people drink from mason jars because they have them around the house from their canning endeavors, and/or because they purchase foods from the Amish or farmer's markets. I drank juice out of little jelly glasses because that's the kind of jelly my mom bought, and she was frugal as all get-out. She'd never have actually purchased empty jelly jars. I have a staunch belief that you should do what you like to do whether it is hip or not, and that includes doing it if you like it DESPITE its hip factor; but of course you should not do something simply because it is hip. I have worn Chuck Taylors since I was 12 years old, and I still wear them today even though it might be presumed I am trying to be hip. I suppose if I truly adored mason jars, I would buy some, and I don't really care if anybody else does or not. Unless of course you're just oozing phony hipster cool, then I do care, I can't help it.

This is why we use Mason jars at my house. We get them with food in them and then wash them and use them when the food is gone. The best thing about Mason jars is they are huge. They hold a lot of ice water or tea.

[Anonymous]

I used to eat at a local restuarant in NJ called The Mason Jar. Not surprisingly, they served all their drinks in Mason jars. I always just assumed doing this was a "thing" to seem folksy.

[Anonymous]

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It's not supposed to be a drinking vessel, since there are screw threads that do not make it very comfortable to drink out of.

But if you're not fazed by that or rules of etiquette, go ahead.

Do you understand what etiquette is?

Maybe she means that etiquette calls for using the proper/acceptable drinking vessel? Ex, you drink wine from the proper wine glass and you drink water or whatever from a drinking glass, not a jelly jar.

I drink my wine from a jelly jar.

[Anonymous]

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It's not supposed to be a drinking vessel, since there are screw threads that do not make it very comfortable to drink out of.

But if you're not fazed by that or rules of etiquette, go ahead.

Do you understand what etiquette is?

Maybe she means that etiquette calls for using the proper/acceptable drinking vessel? Ex, you drink wine from the proper wine glass and you drink water or whatever from a drinking glass, not a jelly jar.

I drink my wine from a jelly jar.

Are you a hipster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

Saw a show where a wine connoisseur said the type of wine glass makes a difference in your experience. The shape influences how the smell hits your nose and palate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

Saw a show where a wine connoisseur said the type of wine glass makes a difference in your experience. The shape influences how the smell hits your nose and palate.

I heard that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

Yes, that is because you are an intolerable snob, dear. You probably wouldn't have much fun at a laid-back backyard BBQ anyway. If you "honestly" won't drink wine from a jelly jar, I could give two shits whether you come to my party or not. I am sure it will have any number of other flaws that make it not up to your standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

Yes, that is because you are an intolerable snob, dear. You probably wouldn't have much fun at a laid-back backyard BBQ anyway. If you "honestly" won't drink wine from a jelly jar, I could give two shits whether you come to my party or not. I am sure it will have any number of other flaws that make it not up to your standards.

Not PP you quoted but you don't sound laid-back. So hostile!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's not supposed to be a drinking vessel, since there are screw threads that do not make it very comfortable to drink out of.

But if you're not fazed by that or rules of etiquette, go ahead.

Do you understand what etiquette is?

Maybe she means that etiquette calls for using the proper/acceptable drinking vessel? Ex, you drink wine from the proper wine glass and you drink water or whatever from a drinking glass, not a jelly jar.

I drink my wine from a jelly jar.

Are you a hipster?

Hipsters have moved on to drinking out of 3oz Dixie cups -- though they have to come out do a wall dispenser.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's not supposed to be a drinking vessel, since there are screw threads that do not make it very comfortable to drink out of.

But if you're not fazed by that or rules of etiquette, go ahead.

Do you understand what etiquette is?

Maybe she means that etiquette calls for using the proper/acceptable drinking vessel? Ex, you drink wine from the proper wine glass and you drink water or whatever from a drinking glass, not a jelly jar.

I drink my wine from a jelly jar.

Are you a hipster?

Hipsters have moved on to drinking out of 3oz Dixie cups -- though they have to come out do a wall dispenser.

How do hipsters know what is hip? Is there a website where they go and find out what they need to do to keep up with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't use Mason jars but you are very likely to get your wine in a jelly jar if you come to a BBQ at my house. Much nicer than plastic, and better for the environment. I've been using the same set for 20 years, plus they are very sturdy so the kids don't break them. I use real wine glasses for dinner parties but when we are casual, I don't see what the issue is.

Some of you are intolerable snobs.

I honestly won't drink wine unless it's from a Wine glass. Once BIL served wine in a tumbler and I was not impressed. The wine doesn't taste as good.

Yes, that is because you are an intolerable snob, dear. You probably wouldn't have much fun at a laid-back backyard BBQ anyway. If you "honestly" won't drink wine from a jelly jar, I could give two shits whether you come to my party or not. I am sure it will have any number of other flaws that make it not up to your standards.

Not PP you quoted but you don't sound laid-back. So hostile!

I am hostile to people who inform me that they "honestly won't drink wine out of anything but wine glasses" because it "doesn't taste as good." Openly hostile, and proud of it.

[Anonymous]

I have 24 oz mason jars that I use every night for water. It's hard to find this size vessel that isn't made of plastic. They're cheap, durable and I don't have to refill. I'll stick with it.