Author: Camper English
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Clear ice cubes make cocktails taste better. Really
In the San Francisco Chronicle's Bite Curious newsletter, Caleb Pershan blames me for his new ice obsession. Fair. Clear ice cubes make cocktails taste better. Really I think this way because of Camper English, a drinks writer in San Francisco, who recently published a book on the subject, “The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear…
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The 10 Biggest Mistakes You’re Making With Ice Cubes, According To Camper English
I was interviewed for this story mostly on storing ice. The 10 Biggest Mistakes You're Making With Ice Cubes, According To Camper English Crystalline or cloudy? The character of your beverage's ice can be a hot-button issue for some. Ice cube reporter Camper English preeminently taught the masses how to make perfectly clear ice cubes at home.…
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Thoughts About Starbucks Ice
I was interviewed by Salon.com about the changes to Starbucks ice machines supposedly rolling out. "Starbucks is shifting to nugget ice — and an ice expert has thoughts" English is a world-renowned ice expert. He is the author of "The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts" and, after spending more…
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Cocktail Ice Is a Work of Art
This awesome article appeared on the homepage of Liquor.com! "For Camper English, Cocktail Ice Is a Work of Art" After months of tweaking temperature, timing, types of water, and container shapes and sizes, English deduced the technique behind achieving flawlessly crystalline ice with nary a cloud or blemish. This method is known as “directional freezing”…
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Another Ice Book Mention in the Wall Street Journal
In a story about the chewy ice as served in Sonic and at hospitals, the Wall Street Journal interviewed me. Read the story here.
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More Ice Tools Advice from Iruma Shibuya
For this article on Bevvy.co, I interviewed several experts in cutting ice. One of them, Iruma Shibuya, wrote such an epic response that I wanted to post more of it once the article published. So here it is, lightly edited. Shibuya talks about the types of tools he has used in Japan and makes some…
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Tools for Breaking Down Ice Blocks
For Bevvy.co, I wrote up Ice Tools for the Bar: Knives, Chisels, Saws, and More. This story came out of my own curiosity as to which were the best type of tools to use for cutting and carving ice. So I asked a bunch of people who do it on the regular. Since I wrote…
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A Review of The Ice Book – In German
Mixology Magazine is a German publication mostly geared toward bartenders. I contributed to it for a number of years and they were great! Now they've reviewed The Ice Book. I read it via the translator on my browser, and it seemed very nice.
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Why are Americans so obsessed with ice?
The Washington Post asks, Why are Americans so obsessed with ice? When they contacted me about the story, I knew it was going to be about Starbucks. You see, I have a google news alert for "ice" and the news that Starbucks was switching to chewy ice hit last week. People of the internet had…