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Lead-free crystal — the brilliance without the lead.

★ Top pick Lead-free crystal

ZWIESEL GLAS Paris Whiskey Glass 13.5 Ounce (Set of 6), Dishwasher-Safe Tritan Crystal, Made in Germany

Traditional 'crystal' gets its brilliance and weight from lead oxide (typically 24 percent or more), and the lead-migration science is real: spirits and wine stored for months in a lead-crystal decanter can accumulate alarming lead levels. A rocks glass is a very different exposure than a decanter, and brief contact leaches only small amounts, but Schott/Zwiesel's Tritan crystal sidesteps the debate entirely by replacing lead with titanium and zirconium oxide, keeping the clarity and heft while adding real chip and dishwasher resistance. For a facet built on health-safety receipts, lead-free crystal is the prudent default without asking you to give up the crystal feel.

SET OF 6 · 13.5 OZ · TRITAN LEAD-FREE CRYSTAL · DISHWASHER-SAFE

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Cocktails served 'up'

Spiegelau Perfect Serve Nick & Nora Cocktail Glasses, Set of 4, Lead-Free Crystal, 150ml

This is the glass for the other half of your bar — the drinks that arrive naked and cold, no ice to hide behind. Where the rocks glass owns anything on the rocks, the Nick & Nora owns everything 'up': the Martini, the Manhattan, the Daiquiri. Spiegelau builds it from lead-free crystal (the same material-safety line as our rocks pick), so nothing leaches into a spirit-forward drink that has nowhere to dilute. The slim 5 oz bowl and 1930s stem aren't nostalgia for its own sake — the stem is what keeps your 98.6-degree hand off a drink you spent 20 seconds stirring to get cold. Pair it with the Zwiesel rocks glass and one cabinet now covers both drink families without a single gram of lead in the house.

SET OF 4 · LEAD-FREE CRYSTAL · NICK & NORA · 150 ML · DISHWASHER-SAFE

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