Why put a spoon in open champagne?
Almost no festive event is complete without champagne. The gas bubbles that pleasantly foam in the glass give this drink a special charm. Without them, all the magic is lost, and the taste leaves much to be desired. But what if dinner is over, the guests have left, and only half of the sparkling wine has been drunk? In such situations, experienced housewives resort to a little trick - use cutlery as a stopper.
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How cutlery helps
It turns out that there is a small household life hack in case the bottle has already been opened, but needs to be put in the refrigerator for a while. Ordinary cutlery: teaspoons, tablespoons and forks can help preserve the rich carbonation even for several days.
How to use cutlery
The main thing is to use metal (or better yet, noble silver) products. Exactly it will be possible to create an “air jam”preventing rapid exhalation.
Important! You only need to insert the handle of a fork or spoon into the neck of the bottle. It is advisable to ensure that the metal does not touch the liquid itself, but is at a distance of 1-2 cm from it.
By the way, a knife is not suitable for this purpose, since, most likely, it will not hold on and fall inside.
Why does gas persist?
It's all about physics. Well known fact: warm gas is lighter than dense cold gas. Therefore, the cooler the bottle and the liquid in it are, the fewer bubbles will be able to rise and disappear. But what does metal have to do with it?
In fact, it is an excellent heat-conducting material. It turns out that a metal spoon cools down quite quickly in the refrigerator. And then helps cool the champagne itself, removing heat from it.
Important! The air above the neck seems to form a real plug. Thus, ordinary cutlery plays an important role as radiators.
Skeptics' opinion
On the Internet you can find a number of different comments about this wonderful property. Among them there are also those that refute the viability and realism of this method of preserving the richness of carbonated drinks.
Skeptics claim that real champagne and good expensive sparkling wine without any additional equipment can maintain freshness for almost a week in an open bottle.
Experiment to test
Some people have even conducted their own home experiments to see if using a metal spoon instead of a cork can do the magic.
For this purpose specifically opened two identical bottles and Drank the required amount of liquid from them. After which a spoon was inserted into the neck first, as in the recipe. And the second one was left without lids and plugs.
Eyewitnesses claim that after 24 hours, the number of bubbles in both was the same. So cutlery has nothing to do with it.
Someone even tried to describe the phenomenon using physics. The pressure inside the vessel is much higher than atmospheric pressure. That's why Once the plug is removed, no amount of cooling will help.. The difference will only be in the degree of carbon dioxide saturation.The higher it is, the more bubbles, which then simply take longer to disappear. That is why Expensive, high-quality sparkling wines can last for several days.
Such explanations seem logical. But the method has existed for a long time. And thousands of people not only continue to actively use it, but are also satisfied with the result.
Maybe, at least for this reason, it’s worth giving the legend a chance and trying to “save” champagne in this way yourself?
Everything in the article is written correctly. Tested personally several times. In a bottle with a spoon or fork, champagne does not lose bubbles the next day, and without cutlery it “exhales” completely.
You shouldn’t believe me. I’ve been using this method for several years now. Indeed, champagne is preserved better
Yes, complete nonsense. Forks, spoons - re-cork and all your bubbles will be waiting for you another day. And in a week the vodka will run out of steam.
But saving a couple of corks from any other wine is not a good idea? They used to always do this - my parents have a set of these on the kitchen table for all occasions. Me too, life hack. Write more about a frog in milk.
Stone Age. Special champagne closures have long been invented.
The lack of alcohol only speaks of an unfamiliar atmosphere in the team.
This is not about Russia. We, aprori, cannot have any alcohol left after the holiday is over.
Fair! The words are not of a boy, but of a Husband...
Champagne is an attribute of a beautiful and significant event, it must be exhausted (drunk), but you don’t stop it with a spoon, fork, or carrot, it’s a bad omen, and drinking yesterday’s champagne has never been considered a rule of good manners
I wouldn’t have kept it………
Damn, how can you not finish the champagne? There is only 0.7 liters of it in a bottle. Glasses - 0.2 l each. Those. the bottle is only divided into 4 incomplete glasses, or two by two. You can only finish the champagne if you’ve already had enough of it (as in the movies - “another 150 champagne and that’s it”), when it really doesn’t fit anymore. In general, unfinished alcohol indicates an unhealthy atmosphere in the team.
Hope when there is no more “zyuzyu” champagne. But I agree with the rest.
Working method, tested
Blessed is he who believes! The same story as with chalk tablets - placebo. If you believe, then the cancer will recede, but if it doesn’t, it won’t. But here physics will not work here. You have to be completely ignorant of drinking and the physics of processes. In general, champagne can be easily saved by drinking it completely. A larger bottle or a smaller bottle is not critical for a connoisseur, only better. And if you don’t want champagne, there’s no point in opening it for show-off!