The home bar tools and glasses worth owning.

Koriko is Cocktail Kingdom's own brand, and the weighted tins are its best known product. The set is two stainless tins, 18 oz and 28 oz. You build the drink in the small one, cap it with the large one, and a firm tap seals them. A weighted base keeps the tins steady on the counter and makes them easier to pour from.

Two metal tins chill a drink faster than a glass-and-metal Boston shaker and do not shatter if you drop them. The fit is tuned so the tins separate with a smack to the side rather than a wrestling match, which is the whole difference between a good set and a frustrating one.

Skip it if you only make stirred drinks, and add a Hawthorne strainer to your order, because two-piece tins do not strain on their own. Beginners sometimes find the seal intimidating for the first week.

Most cocktail recipes call for three-quarters of an ounce of something. A cheap jigger makes you guess. The Leopold has 1 oz on one side and 2 oz on the other, with lines inside for a quarter, half, three-quarters and one and a half ounces.

The shape is tall and narrow, modeled on 1920s and 1930s jiggers, which makes the lines easier to read and reduces spill as you pour. This is the gold-plated version, which looks at home on a bar cart. Cocktail Kingdom also makes it in plain stainless and copper.

Skip it only if you work in metric. Cocktail Kingdom makes metric versions, and they are worth buying if your recipes are in milliliters.

Yarai is the name of the crosshatched pattern etched around the glass, borrowed from Japanese design, and Cocktail Kingdom's version is a common sight on bar tops. The glass is heavy and thick-walled, so the barspoon glides quietly around the inside.

It holds 500 ml, enough for one or two stirred drinks with ice, and it has a real pour spout. It fits the standard Julep and Hawthorne strainers, and Cocktail Kingdom says it is durable enough for the dishwasher.

Skip it if you have a small bar and already own a pint glass. A sturdy pint glass stirs a drink perfectly well. The Yarai is about pleasure in the doing, and it is heavy and breakable enough to deserve a spot where it will not be knocked.

Glencairn Crystal, a family firm near Glasgow, designed this glass with input from master blenders at the big Scotch whisky houses and launched it in 2001. It is now the standard tasting glass for whisky: a short solid base, a wide bowl, and a tapered mouth that gathers aroma at your nose.

It holds about 200 ml but you will pour an ounce or two. It is lead-free crystal and the maker lists it as dishwasher safe. The glasses are made by partner factories in the European Union and engraved and shipped from Scotland.

Skip it for whisky on the rocks. The narrow mouth has no room for ice. For that you want a rocks glass, which is the next pick.

Large cubes melt slowly and chill without watering a drink down, which matters most in an Old Fashioned or a spirit on the rocks. The Peak tray makes four 2.25 inch cubes in individual cells, so you can pop out one without cracking the whole tray.

The two things that make it better than a generic silicone mold are the lid, which keeps the cubes from tasting like the freezer, and the stainless frame inside the silicone, which keeps the full tray rigid while you carry it. It is BPA free and goes in the dishwasher.

Skip it if you want perfectly clear ice. Tray ice freezes from all sides and traps cloudy air in the middle. Clear ice needs directional freezing in an insulated box, which is a separate project.