From a party-host perspective, if you don't want people to over-imbibe, try to use the taller, skinnier glasses.
More Quotes from Brian Wansink:
People generally estimate tall glasses as holding more liquid than wide ones of the same volume. They also focus their pouring attention on the height of the liquid they are pouring and insufficiently compensate for its width.Brian Wansink
We're finding that portion size can influence intake as much as taste. Large packages and containers can lead to overeating foods we do not even find appealing.
Brian Wansink
It isn't just the food, either. People might say that chocolate chip cookies are good, but they have to be freshly baked cookies.
Brian Wansink
Yet, people who pour into short, wide glasses consistently believe that they pour less than those who pour into tall, narrow glasses.
Brian Wansink
If a person wants to limit how much they consume, it's better if you pour into a tall, skinny glass. If as a host you want to limit what people drink, you better use tall, skinny glasses. You will be less likely to pour too much.
Brian Wansink
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Perspective QuotesBased on Keywords: skinnier
I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end.
Karrie Webb
I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation.
Chuck Jones
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
Jonathan Winters