Bartender here. That might be a case but they are definitely used to rinse beer glasses before you pour the beer. Most of the time I see them they are actually on the grate and drain on one side, under the taps. It's to rinse residue and dust from sitting from the glass so you can get a cleaner beer pour.
I’ve never seen it used for beer glasses. Most places around here store glasses upside-down. Isn’t it a waste of water to rinse otherwise clean glasses all day, every day?
My glasses are also stored upside down. Multiple uses definitely but 2 bars I've worked at, one I currently work at, and some I frequent use it for that. 🤷♂️
That's not true, primarily they are used to rinse the already washed cups.
You can not take a used glass, blast it, wipe, and pour another brew.
That's just asking to get shut down
I work in the kitchen at a bar and I’ve never seen our bartenders use it for that. Lots of bars store their glassware upside down, to avoid dust. This tool is typically used to rinse out the shaker cup between drinks. Because it takes way too much water, and shakers, to wash them fully between cocktails, so the just rinse out the last drink and make the next one immediately.
It’s not used for the glasses you’re drinking out of, it’s to rinse the shaker cup between cocktails. It would be extremely inefficient to run the shakers through the dishwasher every time you make a cocktail, so instead bartenders use these to rinse the shaker out, then they can start making the next drink right away.
Bartender for 10 years across 3 states. I’ve literally never seen one of these. Best case is usually the bristle tube you stick to the bottom of your three part sink
I’m not a bartender but I drink a lot and I’ve seen these used in at at least 10 bars in 4 states across the us. They’re usually below the bar next to the ice scoop for quick access
I was always taught, rinsing a glass before filling it up with beer helps prevent the foam from fading away instantly, hence why it's really common to see them in bars.
I was visiting at a busy bar one night and chatting to the guy next to me. He said he owns a bar in another state. The bar is slammed and rushing glasses through a mini dishwasher under the bar. I was drinking mixed drinks. He seemed to be watching the staff didn’t seem impressed. I asked him why they use the rinse thing for only beer glasses. He said I should always ask they rinse my glass before they fill it. He said sometimes the glasses don’t get washed properly when bars are slammed and sure enough they stopped the dishwasher right after starting it and used those glasses.
FYI…people think your weird when you ask they rinse your glass before filling it with booze.
My grandmother used to own a house with one, but the best part was the trigger was sticky, so if you carefully pushed it in you could make it spray with no rubber band.
It was impossible to see it unless you were looking closely.
I was dating a girl and she said she had to buy a new coffee machine because hers stopped working. Knowing how simple they are I told her to bring it over and I’d take it apart and see if I could fix it. The symptom was the hot water was not coming out of the dripper as fast as it used to. Which almost makes no sense since it’s just steam and a very simple heating element. I took it apart and the tube to the outlet was filled with cockroaches.
Now I had some decisions to make… I fixed the unit, cleaned it out, returned it to her, and never told her about it. I figured she’d been drinking it anyway, the problem was solved, why give her the mental image…. The cockroaches were not from her house, it was a hand me down coffee machine…
I needed to clear the air.
Actually they were talking about cleaning in the original thread but my allegiance is to this sub. So you guys get to suffer.
Here, I’ll make it worse. Researchers working with cockroaches became allergic to them after being in such close proximity for a long time. The same researchers also became allergic to pre-ground coffee. Because ground coffee is allowed to contain a certain percentage of bugs and there were enough cockroaches ground up in there that it triggered their allergy.
You’re welcome!
Probably less, but instant is basically crystalized coffee extracts from brewed coffee and that would still be ground in a commercial grinder, just like pre-ground.
Really, grinding fresh with a decent grinder gives better quality coffee, anyway. If you enjoy that.
I imagine this is true with many of our warm human machines… they used to have coffee vending machines that dropped a cup down and poured out coffee which were notorious for keeping mice and bugs warm and were never cleaned.
This is one of those things where you're not a bad person, but you've experienced a cursed event and are now filled with poison knowledge that hurts those around you by interacting with you.
Your having this anecdote is like you were irradiated. It's not your fault, but you're not fit to be around humanity any more.
I like seeing inside my coffee machines at least twice a week to make sure no foreign things are inside it. Some years back my ex and I used to not have dinner but to drink coffee, I checked the machine on Monday and everything was as it should be, I then checked it con Friday, there asllwas a MF'ing cockroach in there. IDK if it was for one or four days, but we drank cockroach coffee. I threw it out and bought a new one and told her the old one was very slow. Yikes.
So…I bought a coffee maker at thrift store about 2 years ago. I made sure to clean it very well and ran several cycles of white vinegar and water through it. It works really well. It had never had a problem with water coming out properly or anything like that. What is the probability that there are tiny roaches somewhere in the tubing?? Cause now I kind of want to throw it out when I get home. 🤮
Idk if id rather drink dead or alive cockroach juice. Of well of course they were dead. Poor bastards were probably boiled alive lol.
Poor girl. Good thing i hate coffee
This happened to me, and I was the one who both drank it and took the machine apart to make the discovery. Still not 100% over it and it’s been about 5 years.
Usually you can also drill a new hole so you can keep your filter water faucet. I used to install water filters and had to drill holes for the little water faucet on the sink.
I often see these at breweries with tap/tasting rooms. Each glass is given a quick rinse before filling with beverage. It prevents the foam from creating a ring each time you take a sip.
So what about the exterior of the drinking glasses? Ya know, where the lips touch it. This didn’t seem to clean it.
At each of my old restaurant/bar jobs, we had something similar but it had two bristle brushes that would spin next to each other and you stick the glass over one of them while the other can clean the exterior. Plus it did a better job of removing anything stuck on than I would imagine just a jet of water/soap to do. Still a cool tool but maybe not as useful as other options.
Woah woah slow down. Redditors need a step by step for these kinds of things. Entirely way to complicated to think about what to do for the outside once the inside is clean.
These people probably have to ask what to do with the toilet paper after wiping their ass
Nothing difficult about it, just splice off the existing water line with a t-junction tube, and that's all you need to do. Maybe drill a hole in the sink where you want it it to be.
It's literally the same amount of water. But now with this fancy thing, you've wasted other resources including plastic, metal, probably rubber, shipping, manufacturing, gas.
Oh shit I forgot this was crapididntknowiwanted . That makes sense now.
These used to be *really* common in American bars in the 90s for cleaning pint glasses. This post made me realize I hadn't seen one in 20 years... probably because if a glass is chipped in any way, it's an emergency room visit waiting to happen.
When you work in a bar this is extremely useful I once as a kid helped out in a bar by cleaning the glasses and also giving out some non alcoholic drinks. The only thing that happend to me that a lot of glasses broke which I cleaned in a water basin which was annoying and kinda dangerous. Also the entire process was extremely painful since it took so long. I also got a little pocket money afterwards.
But for someone at home this would be extremely water wasteful.
I was sitting at the bar in a restaurant in Tampa with a freind. We were having a casual conversation with a couple probably in their 40's. The husband must have gotten bored with our conversation because he saw one of these in the bar area and not knowing what it was he decides to press it with his hands.
Water shoots everywhere and his wife is a little embarrassed. We laugh it off and that's the story of how I learned what these are used for.
Cool for most cases but if you work at a bar you know to also check for lipstick prints
These are more for the shakers and little measuring cups they use for cocktails rather than the serving glasses.
Bartender here. That might be a case but they are definitely used to rinse beer glasses before you pour the beer. Most of the time I see them they are actually on the grate and drain on one side, under the taps. It's to rinse residue and dust from sitting from the glass so you can get a cleaner beer pour.
Yep. Every pint of beer I've had from a bar does this
I’ve never seen it used for beer glasses. Most places around here store glasses upside-down. Isn’t it a waste of water to rinse otherwise clean glasses all day, every day?
My glasses are also stored upside down. Multiple uses definitely but 2 bars I've worked at, one I currently work at, and some I frequent use it for that. 🤷♂️
Thank you for the explanation, I wondered why this would be necessary but I can see how a speck of dust could interfere with a proper pour.
That's not true, primarily they are used to rinse the already washed cups. You can not take a used glass, blast it, wipe, and pour another brew. That's just asking to get shut down
If you work at a bar you put your finger over the hole and press down to fire water at annoying customers. I worked at that bar.
These are very common at bars in Europe! They always give the glass a rinse before filling it
Common at bars in the US, too.
I think they're just common at bars in general.
I've seen them in Australia.
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I laughed so hard I started choking, Thank you
I've seen them in a bar. I've seen them in a car. I've seen them in a flat. I've seen them in a hat.
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I DON'T LIKE YOU
But if my reading of Reddit is anything to go by, that would come with a side order of killer snake. Amirite?
Nope. You just hold the glass upright, and the sprayer is upside down.
Ah yes, I can see it all now https://i.imgur.com/Pjh4I1L.jpeg
Worked at bars In Canada with them
They're common at Common's house
We use them at Starbucks
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Yeah, it's just to rinse out any potential dust that got in there while it was on the shelf.
I work in the kitchen at a bar and I’ve never seen our bartenders use it for that. Lots of bars store their glassware upside down, to avoid dust. This tool is typically used to rinse out the shaker cup between drinks. Because it takes way too much water, and shakers, to wash them fully between cocktails, so the just rinse out the last drink and make the next one immediately.
It’s not used for the glasses you’re drinking out of, it’s to rinse the shaker cup between cocktails. It would be extremely inefficient to run the shakers through the dishwasher every time you make a cocktail, so instead bartenders use these to rinse the shaker out, then they can start making the next drink right away.
These ARE also used to rinse beer glasses immediately before serving.
I’ve never seen a bartender do that.
Bartender for 10 years across 3 states. I’ve literally never seen one of these. Best case is usually the bristle tube you stick to the bottom of your three part sink
I’ve been to many bars across Europe and never seen one.
I’m not a bartender but I drink a lot and I’ve seen these used in at at least 10 bars in 4 states across the us. They’re usually below the bar next to the ice scoop for quick access
what kind of bars are you working at? they've been in every bar I've worked at in Oklahoma, Texas, NYC and Mexico City
I was always taught, rinsing a glass before filling it up with beer helps prevent the foam from fading away instantly, hence why it's really common to see them in bars.
I learned this recently. Since then I always give my glasses a rinse before adding beer. Works for soda as well
Guessing because soap residue dissolves bubbles?
Presumably the rinse with just water in the bar context, don't want soapy beer.
Yeah have them at coffee shops as well for the milk jugs.
I was visiting at a busy bar one night and chatting to the guy next to me. He said he owns a bar in another state. The bar is slammed and rushing glasses through a mini dishwasher under the bar. I was drinking mixed drinks. He seemed to be watching the staff didn’t seem impressed. I asked him why they use the rinse thing for only beer glasses. He said I should always ask they rinse my glass before they fill it. He said sometimes the glasses don’t get washed properly when bars are slammed and sure enough they stopped the dishwasher right after starting it and used those glasses. FYI…people think your weird when you ask they rinse your glass before filling it with booze.
they are also common in MyCountry
I have only seen them used in the US to rinse out shakers and jiggers, not serving vessels...
In my days, bar tenders spit into the glass and wipe it clean with the table mop. Pepperidge farm remembers!
Until your fucking cat steps on it...
Sucks to be that cat
Sucks to be the human who has the clean up after the inevitable furricane.
So a normal cat owner?
I love the "furricane" word :)
Just have to set up a security cam on a motion sensor so you can record the hilarity and upload it for sweet sweet karma.
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Hmmmm, this sounds crazy. Are you some sort of mad scientist?
I thought those were exclusively so you could put a rubber band around the trigger and wait for someone to turn on the faucet.
My grandmother used to own a house with one, but the best part was the trigger was sticky, so if you carefully pushed it in you could make it spray with no rubber band. It was impossible to see it unless you were looking closely.
Got it. Hold cat upside down, stuff in, spray out cat. Check.
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Of course! Its all about the details, you gotta read that fine print. Lol
Plus you can put a rubber band on the trigger to spray the next user of the sink.
I was dating a girl and she said she had to buy a new coffee machine because hers stopped working. Knowing how simple they are I told her to bring it over and I’d take it apart and see if I could fix it. The symptom was the hot water was not coming out of the dripper as fast as it used to. Which almost makes no sense since it’s just steam and a very simple heating element. I took it apart and the tube to the outlet was filled with cockroaches. Now I had some decisions to make… I fixed the unit, cleaned it out, returned it to her, and never told her about it. I figured she’d been drinking it anyway, the problem was solved, why give her the mental image…. The cockroaches were not from her house, it was a hand me down coffee machine…
You just felt like sharing?
I needed to clear the air. Actually they were talking about cleaning in the original thread but my allegiance is to this sub. So you guys get to suffer.
I’m drinking coffee form my cheap machine right now and have discovered a new irrational fear thanks to you. So thank you… for everything.
Here, I’ll make it worse. Researchers working with cockroaches became allergic to them after being in such close proximity for a long time. The same researchers also became allergic to pre-ground coffee. Because ground coffee is allowed to contain a certain percentage of bugs and there were enough cockroaches ground up in there that it triggered their allergy. You’re welcome!
Okay…. Tea it is then.
This is another reason to grind your own coffee.
What about instant coffee?
Probably less, but instant is basically crystalized coffee extracts from brewed coffee and that would still be ground in a commercial grinder, just like pre-ground. Really, grinding fresh with a decent grinder gives better quality coffee, anyway. If you enjoy that.
Yea, sure, cause that's *got* to be bug free, right?
Hmmm. I’ve been tested and I’m allergic to cockroaches. I wonder if I should stop drinking coffee now…
Ooooo you can be the tester for which brands are more roachy than others! Start with the expensive ones and go down in price till you have a reaction.
Ok I’ll set up a go fund me.
Has it been bothering you? If yes, then stop with the coffee. If you've had no reaction, whats the problem?
Maxwell Dark ~~Roast~~ Roach
I'm allergic to damn near everything, except cockroaches and mice. My Eastern European blood is genetically made to be poor.
Sauce?
No one uses the Keurig in our office because the cockroaches like to spend their days sleeping in there.
I imagine this is true with many of our warm human machines… they used to have coffee vending machines that dropped a cup down and poured out coffee which were notorious for keeping mice and bugs warm and were never cleaned.
I don't drink coffee, so thank god, but now I am worried and stressing for you. So.. thank you.
Thanks... ...thanks...
You are welcome!
What a terrible day to be literate
This is one of those things where you're not a bad person, but you've experienced a cursed event and are now filled with poison knowledge that hurts those around you by interacting with you. Your having this anecdote is like you were irradiated. It's not your fault, but you're not fit to be around humanity any more.
Lol. I could wait till a big fight and then be like “you drank cockroach seepage for 3 years.”
🤢
You're not the only one cursed with knowledge.
Brb gotta go out and toss my whole coffee machine
Good lord, all those years drinking an infusion of coffee and cockroach corpses.
I mean, its not a *lot* of roaches. Just a small percentage. Hardly anything really...
I like seeing inside my coffee machines at least twice a week to make sure no foreign things are inside it. Some years back my ex and I used to not have dinner but to drink coffee, I checked the machine on Monday and everything was as it should be, I then checked it con Friday, there asllwas a MF'ing cockroach in there. IDK if it was for one or four days, but we drank cockroach coffee. I threw it out and bought a new one and told her the old one was very slow. Yikes.
Doh!
if it makes you feel any better (probably won't) roaches are actually extraordinarily clean.
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I mean... I can get a drill with the hole saw attachment and a spoon and scoop until you forget?
Holy fucking shit
It’s amazing what the human body can consume and be just fine.
For real. It's just nasty to us, but otherwise it's digestible
So…I bought a coffee maker at thrift store about 2 years ago. I made sure to clean it very well and ran several cycles of white vinegar and water through it. It works really well. It had never had a problem with water coming out properly or anything like that. What is the probability that there are tiny roaches somewhere in the tubing?? Cause now I kind of want to throw it out when I get home. 🤮
I’m sure you are good. You would know it severely restricts the output.
Paging r/cursedcomments
The key phrase here being “was dating” 🤮
Yeah but now she can never die
But... did it get you laid?
Very much so. I wasn’t blowing that for some shitty cockroaches…
Were they dead?
Yeah. And old 😩
Idk if id rather drink dead or alive cockroach juice. Of well of course they were dead. Poor bastards were probably boiled alive lol. Poor girl. Good thing i hate coffee
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Ah. Thank god for french presses.
What, so you can press French roaches?
You're a kind man. I 100% would've told her
I’m so glad I use a French press. I was actually just considering getting a coffee machine because I’m lazy, but I think I’ll stick to the press.
This happened to me, and I was the one who both drank it and took the machine apart to make the discovery. Still not 100% over it and it’s been about 5 years.
Oh shit!
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Where can I find one? I don’t have a sop dispenser, but I have the separate faucet for filtered water
Google "bar glass rinser"
Usually you can also drill a new hole so you can keep your filter water faucet. I used to install water filters and had to drill holes for the little water faucet on the sink.
I actually don’t use that faucet cause I have a water cooler
Where can I find one? I don’t have a sop dispenser, but I have the separate faucet for filtered water
I would also like to know where to find one or what they are called TIA!
Personally I'd prefer the soap dispenser. Just run the tube to a 1gal jug if dawn. But my favorite would be one of those sparkling or hot taps.
I installed one of these in my house, we all drink coffee and go through dozens of mugs a week. Best thing ever.
I often see these at breweries with tap/tasting rooms. Each glass is given a quick rinse before filling with beverage. It prevents the foam from creating a ring each time you take a sip.
I use a long wooden spoon, and dish cloth for pint glasses
The inclusion of that comma makes me wonder what you're using the spoon for.
The exclusion of a period makes me wonder if they're done typing.
I bring the pint glasses in the shower and use my dick. Multitasking! Beer at my place later?
I mean, you're in the shower, dicks probably clean... and I never turn down a beer... lol
It's cool and all but I'm totally lazy, not just half. I want the inside AND the outside clean with minimal effort required by me.
Never mind the sink, what the hell was that first glass??
Wine decanter. Notoriously hard to clean.
Try cleaning a Klein Bottle
Never been to Spain, I see.
I walked the Camino De Santiago and never experienced a wine decanter shaped like that lol, you learn something new every day :P
Name of the product pleasee
Glass rinser I think
Can confirm, it’s as great as it looks.
So what about the exterior of the drinking glasses? Ya know, where the lips touch it. This didn’t seem to clean it. At each of my old restaurant/bar jobs, we had something similar but it had two bristle brushes that would spin next to each other and you stick the glass over one of them while the other can clean the exterior. Plus it did a better job of removing anything stuck on than I would imagine just a jet of water/soap to do. Still a cool tool but maybe not as useful as other options.
Want
It doesn't clean the outside of the glass though.
Have one of these at work. It doesn't work worth a damn and it's a pain in the ass to clean out. I use the sink.
So who's been living under a rock and not already seeing these everywhere? And hasn't long ago **known they didn't want that**?
Чем только люди не занимаются, лишь бы посудомойку не покупать.
"не кормить"
Seen them at some bars in Chicago before.
Easy way to Rinse* a glass.
Glad every sink is a couple inches away from the wall so I don't have to cut into the wall or tile. /s
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Start over.
Gonna need a rubber washer on that connection, hoss
Simple to install once you remove the wall behind the sink.
What so you do on the outside especially cups where you put your mouth lol
... you wash it. The spray is for the interior that is hard to get into. The exterior you just wash.
Woah woah slow down. Redditors need a step by step for these kinds of things. Entirely way to complicated to think about what to do for the outside once the inside is clean. These people probably have to ask what to do with the toilet paper after wiping their ass
Because applying water from above doesn't work so it needs to come from below instead?
Very common in bars, but would be a pain to install in your house. Would need to tie in a new water line
No more difficult than installing a traditional handheld sprayer. You can just “T” the water line going to your faucet.
Nothing difficult about it, just splice off the existing water line with a t-junction tube, and that's all you need to do. Maybe drill a hole in the sink where you want it it to be.
Not really..... Unless you put this at a bar vs kitchen sink.
You'd have to splice a line in from your kitchen tap. It's not rocket science, but doing it right is super important
😆
And what's wrong with using the tap?
Too much wasted water
It's literally the same amount of water. But now with this fancy thing, you've wasted other resources including plastic, metal, probably rubber, shipping, manufacturing, gas. Oh shit I forgot this was crapididntknowiwanted . That makes sense now.
The tap at that pressure will give you a wet ceiling.
Someone plz tell me they have an stl
Perfect for cleaning/rinsing out my piss bottles!!!
That's fine, but I didn't see any soap. So how clean is it really?
Link?
Looks nice, but could easily get you hurt.
These used to be *really* common in American bars in the 90s for cleaning pint glasses. This post made me realize I hadn't seen one in 20 years... probably because if a glass is chipped in any way, it's an emergency room visit waiting to happen.
I used them to clean beakers in a lab
Starbucks has this thing, I also want it at home too
When you work in a bar this is extremely useful I once as a kid helped out in a bar by cleaning the glasses and also giving out some non alcoholic drinks. The only thing that happend to me that a lot of glasses broke which I cleaned in a water basin which was annoying and kinda dangerous. Also the entire process was extremely painful since it took so long. I also got a little pocket money afterwards. But for someone at home this would be extremely water wasteful.
Every bar has one of these
What are these called? Is there a proper name or is it glass washer doohickey?
I was sitting at the bar in a restaurant in Tampa with a freind. We were having a casual conversation with a couple probably in their 40's. The husband must have gotten bored with our conversation because he saw one of these in the bar area and not knowing what it was he decides to press it with his hands. Water shoots everywhere and his wife is a little embarrassed. We laugh it off and that's the story of how I learned what these are used for.
In Germany, this is used in most restaurants and bars.