Large pitchers and carafes of water, wine and iced tea need to be refilled less often and look formidable on any table.

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Sitting within toasting distance of the bartender, our party of four filling the bar to capacity, we polished off a few carafes of steaming sake while making small talk.

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Aluminum foil as a funnel: Fashion a funnel of foil to neatly transfer salad dressings or condiments from tacky plastic bottles to pretty carafes or back again.

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The waters flowed past the tables and their carafes of raki, the lilacs were in bloom and the mosques were in full song with the adhan, the call to prayer.

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