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Those Bodum Double Wall glasses are cool, but they are way too fragile. I've had two, and they each got hairline cracks within a week, even though I handwashed them and was very gentle with them. Both of times, the fractures started around the lip of the glass, which kind of makes taking a sip unpleasant.

If you put ice in these glasses, drop it in gently, because these things can't take the slightest stress!

I found these glasses appealing initially, but when I saw them in a store I thought they seemed a bit lightweight and delicate -- I like a glass with a little heft. I am not surprised by D. Jenkins experience -- but good to know.

A friend of mine who owns a very small exclusive cafe here in sydney next door to a gallery thought these glasses were so great at first she replaced her usual thick cafe tumblers with these hoping to spare her patrons the singed fingers. Sadly, they proved to be so fragile she's had to replace theseas well. They look great but hand washing wasn't a day to day option. Good idea but poor execution.

Glad I read the posts - in the print ads the double-wall glasses look they have some heft to them. I'd have hated to splurge on a whole set only to realize too late how fragile they are.

Still I like the idea of the shape and the clear glass for serving espresso, etc. I've always like those beautiful Moroccan tea glasses, too. But the idea of holding a very hot beverage in a single walled glass container seems hazardous. Are there other alternatives out there for a similar look?

Libby. 2 possible options for you. CB2 has a small hot beverage glass that has a wide, colored rubber band across the center--allowing you to grasp the glass without scorching your fingers. (Style name--"Rubber Band Coffee Cup".) I have some of these in light blue and like the look, but they only hold 6-7 oz of liquid. Another option is the "Timo" glass made by Design House/Stockholm. It isn't double-walled, but it is a heavier glass. For some reason, when I've used it for coffee, it hasn't completely scalded my hand.

Enrique - thanks for the tips - I'll check them out. My favorite hot beverage vessels during the fall and winter are a couple of blue-ish glazed earthenware goblets I bought at a gallery in Vancouver BC. They get toasty warm on the outside to sooth cold hands and finger but not so hot as to burn. But I just have the two so I guess I'm looking for something with a similar vibe but for after dinner coffee with a group of friends.

I read that they are made from "special" glass, and don't break easily (also said they don't get cloudy). As I said, _read_, no idea if that's true. But they are very, very light. I wish they made a sturdy version. Not for the less fragile aspect, but just because the lightness makes them feel cheap, like plastic (and they are far from cheap).

I've used the 9oz version daily for two months now. Lots of tea. Yum. Pretty.

No problems here. Just be gentle.

The "special" glass is borosilicate, aka, pyrex

Water leaked into the innerspace on one of my two glasses during a diswasher ride. The water in there seems happy where it is, and will not come out. I wish the water were not there.