How To Pop a Champagne Bottle Like a Pro
Whether you're at a bachelor or bachelorette party, having brunch, or celebrating over the holidays, you can bet it's bottles of champagne.
If being the person who really pops bottles has never been your thing, you're probably not alone. A champagne cork can fly out of the bottle at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour, which is excruciatingly fast and, in fact, potentially dangerous.
A study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology found that 26 percent of injuries caused by champagne corks resulted in legal blindness. With these risks in mind, it's easy to feel intimidated.
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We help you with the easiest and safest way to open a bottle of champagne. Our method includes just you, the bottle of champagne, and a towel. Soon, you will be the soul of all parties.
Essential tips
Before you become a bottle buster master, we have a few tips to help you get the best results.
#1. Chill the bottle: Before you begin, you should make sure that your champagne bottle has been chilled for at least an hour, although ideally a few hours or overnight.
The reasoning behind this (aside from the fact that champagne tastes great when cold) is that the colder the bottle is, the less pressure it puts on the cork when it comes out.
That means you will get a "pop!" Additionally, chilled champagne allows the bubbles to remain intact when poured, resulting in a less fizzy spill.
#2. Move the bottle away from your body: If you're wondering how it hurts people to open a bottle of champagne, one of the main factors could be the way the bottle is tilted.
You should never tip a bottle toward your body, toward another person, or toward something that can break (including windows, artwork, and electronic devices, to name a few).
#3. Keep cleaning supplies close at hand: Sometimes champagne gets messy. It's best to prepare for a spill by keeping paper towels or a dish towel near you.
What are you going to need?
- Leafcutter
- A cold bottle of champagne
- Kitchen towel
Prepare your bottle
If your champagne bottle is in an ice bucket, be sure to dry the outside of the bottle.
The last thing you should do is handle a wet and slippery champagne bottle while trying to open it.
Remove the foil from the bottle
Using an aluminum cutter, remove the aluminum foil from the bottle. If the sheet has a tab, even better.
Remove the cage
Hold the top of the cage with one hand while unscrewing it with the other.
You are doing this in case the plug comes loose when you remove the cage (which is there to help keep the plugin in place).
Position your hands and towel correctly
Place the towel over the stopper. With one hand, hold the bottom of the bottle as if you are cradling it and hold it at a 45-degree angle with its back to you.
With the other hand, hold the plug firmly through the towel (so that the towel is between your hand and the plug).
Spin the bottle
Here's the real trick to this technique: One hand holds the cork firmly while the other turns the bottle. Turning the cap can create more pressure than turning the bottle, and it can also damage the cap.
Slowly turn the bottle clockwise or counterclockwise (it doesn't matter). As you rotate the bottle, you will feel the cork slowly withdraw from the bottle.
This technique gives you more control than other methods because you can always turn slower if you feel like the cork comes out too fast.
Also, remember that your hand is still holding the cork and at such a slow rotational speed the cork will not fly off.
Eventually, you will get a subtle "pop". Remove your hand, cap, and towel from the bottle and marvel at how clean and simple this process was.
If you do it right, there won't be a single spill.
We hope you enjoy watching this video about how to open Champagne:
Source: Chef Tips
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