The Carafe Experience
When it comes to Carafes and Decanters, well, they are basically the same. Some say a carafe is a decanter if a stopper is attached either manually or actually attached to the bottle. Either way, it doesn’t really matter. A Carafe, though, is not simply a pitcher you would find in your local store. There’s usually some elegance to it. It’s the strangest thing, but you actually feel different when you use it.
Recently, on a trip to Spain, I stayed at a bed and breakfast. When we got there they gave us 3 beautifully designed glass carafes to put our liquids into and store in the mini fridge. We immediately filled them up with water put a stopper on it, and put them in the fridge. Over the course of the trip both myself and my travel companion found ourselves drinking more and more water, and when the bottle was getting empty, it was a joy to bring it to the faucet and fill it up again, and put it back in the fridge to get cold. We also didn’t drink right from the carafe. We actually got a glass and poured our water into it. There was a touch of class to it. Not only were we doing this, but other people at the bed and breakfast we talked to found themselves doing it as well.
The point being, a carafe looks better, adds elegance, even to a simple peanut butter and jelly lunch. When put on the table your guests just feel better, you feel better. People like when you pour from it. You like pouring from it. And that’s the whole point. It’s not your typical koolaid pitcher or water bottle. It’s makes you feel the way you would feel pouring a glass of wine from the bottle. It’s adds that simple something that is usually missing from the table or a romantic dinner. That’s why people will pay a little more for such a "container", they’ve experienced it, it’s hits a cord, and you enjoy the experience every time you use it. This is really a case of "You have to try it, to understand it" We like to call it The Carafe Experience.
