Meaning & use

Copitas

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Small, tulip-shaped glasses traditionally used for serving and tasting sherry.

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The waiter brought out two copitas filled with pale, dry sherry.

Wine tastings in Jerez often use copitas rather than standard wine glasses.

A note on using this word

"Copita" is Spanish for "little cup," and the glass's narrow shape is designed to concentrate the sherry's aroma.

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sherry glasses

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