What kind of cups are used for parties in your country?

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1. Beer is of the bottle, drinks in glass 💪👍
   /Denmark

2. From my experience (high school parties), it’s usually generic see-through or white cups from plastic

3. You used to be able to buy the red cups in the Netherlands too, but now they aren’t allowed to sell single use plastic anymore, people just drink from glasses or beer bottles

4. Traditionally, in Germany they are white and smaller than the red US cups and I think the material is not as thick as in the US.

   Recently, there have been attempts to reduce plastic waste and many one-way plastic products are being phased out. The plastic cups are not yet forbidden but it might come in the future.

   But often people just drink beer from bottles or at a house party use the glasses that the houshold has in their kitchen.

5. Depends on what you mean by party. In college we just used glasses.

6. In my experience, see-through plastic cups or glasses

7. Beer in the can or bottle, wine in cheap Ikea wine glasses. Booze straight in shot glasses or mixed in whatever glass is left in the host’s kitchen cupboards.

8. Mostly glasses. If there are more people than available glasses, then whatever plastic/paper cups local supermarket sells, there aren’t any iconic brands of them. Most of the time they are white plastic cups, but smaller than US red cups.

9. Depends on the occasion but underaged drinking was pretty much everyone drinking from the container their own drink came in, and those weird 2-5 girls drinking from those American cups for some reason.

10. No cups, just glasses. And beer straight out of the bottle

11. Normal glasses, clear plastic cups or if feeling like dropping a bit extra, red plastic cups.
    Most often people just drink from a can or bottle and cups are only needed for mixed drinks.

12. plastic cups like [this](https://www.clasohlson.com/medias/sys_master/hff/hd2/9676786991134.jpg) are pretty common. They come in multiple shapes and sizes, and most are see-through.

13. you get a glass, either for beer or a wine glass if you drink wine..

    if its super casual, we just drink beer out of cans, no biggie

    aren’t the plastic cups single use, or do you wash them after the party and reuse?

14. Out of the beer bottle/can for wine and juice it’s normal glass.

    Single use plastic cups aren’t available anymore, so paper cups on bus trips.

15. That depends on where you are, but usually it’s just from the bottle. Most people don’t have kegs at home.

16. In Poland – either bottle (if drinking in nature/park) or glasses (if at home).

17. Real glasses, if possible. (Or just out of the bottle for beer etc.) Otherwise clear plastic cups, but they’re so bad for the environment.

18. Beer is usually brought in cans and bottles, so we just drink straight out of those.

    If single-use cups are needed, it’s often thin white or transparent 200ml ones. I hate those, have to handle them super delicately or they will squish.

19. Either we would drink out of the glass bottles they came in, or people bring their own glass, or glasses are provided

    It’s also not completely uncommon to just drink out of plastic bottles which you have premixed, so empty out some of the coke, add the vodka or rum or whatever, put the lid on, and then if there is a glass there you can pour it – if not just drink out of the plastic bottle

    I’ve never seen paper plastic cups since children’s parties, I have seen shot glasses made out of both glass and cheap plastic though – the plastic ones are fairly flimsy and are for shot trays or jello shots

20. Whatever you can get. Small house parties just use whatever cups are available at one’s home. For parties with 20+ guests you usually buy plastic (see-through, 100ml for coffee, alcohol and juice, 250ml for beer) or paper cups.

21. Beer – straight from bottle or can;

    Drinks or chasers – normal glass or cup (non-disposables);

    Vodka – small/shot glass (sometimes metal ones, these are popular on trips, outdoors etc.). Albeit when we used to drink vodka in high school, outdoors (beach, park etc.), it was simply passed around / straight from bottle.

22. We use regular drinking glasses. Made from glass. Or mugs for hot booze. At organized festivities, people have to pay a deposit for their glass or mug (usually around 2–3 €) so they take care. If the party is super relaxed, people will just drink from bottles.

    Plastic cups have never been popular over here. There is a flimsy white sort but it’s dying out.

23. Reusable cups are now the norm in students party since a few years. It’s light, unbreakable, sustainable and convenient for “affoner” (belgian expression that mean “to chug your drink”). Those are also the only type of glass that are used at festivals. It’s usually 1€ deposit. Everyone I know has a big pile of those cups at home

24. Just to clarify, kegs are basically unheard of in Europe so there’s much less need for cups as beer can just be drunken from the bottle/can.

25. For bigger parties I use cheap IKEA glasses that I store downstairs in my basement. They cost about the same as reusable plastic cups but are a bit fancier and can be put into the dishwasher. I have used them many times. Pro tip: the cheap red wine glasses are perfect for G&T’s. Beer is drunk out of bottles of course.