When you sip a beverage from a dainty glass, you remove yourself from the hellscape of optimization culture and create a treasured moment of joy.—you’ve likely been flooded with content about water bottles. Very, very big water bottles like Stanley Cups, Owala, Hydro Flask, and Yeti have oversaturated TikTok with users recommending, critiquing, and collecting them. In the non-digital world, shoppers are rushing to stores to get limited-edition ginormous water bottles.
Instead, that little glass transports you to an alternative world where you consume liquids with care and consideration. Maybe that small sip will take you to some sunny beach, the waves lapping onto a sandy shore while you engage in a time-expanding activity like reading a novel or painting with watercolors. A small glass requires you to take little hummingbird sips of your drink, letting it sit on the front of your tongue before pausing to swallow.
What should you drink in a small glass? Truly anything! But the scarcity of space in said small glass weighs the choice heavier. Personally, I enjoy a zippy fruit juice like cherry or a limeade. I imagine an earthy wine or any sort of heavily carbonated drink would be a strong choice as well. The slower you have to drink the beverage the better. Sipping from a small glass is about building out bubbles of time to float around in, to feel simultaneously unoccupied and entranced.
There is no achievement to be gained by drinking out of a small glass. It is simply a nice thing to do. Let taking small sips from a teeny glass be your excuse to not check your phone for a few minutes or your reason for just staring out the window or listening to the birds announce springtime. If my pitch sounds too saccharine, I understand. That’s because it is saccharine; sweet like the impractical and nutritionally insignificant beverage I suggest you consume.