Category: ice
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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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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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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…
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A Surprisingly Good Knife for Cutting Slabs of Ice
If you're making slabs of ice in a cooler as I showed folks how to do here on Alcademics and in The Ice Book, you need to cut them up into cubes and other shapes after you pop the slab out of your cooler. Most of the time over the last 10+ years, I've used…
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Inside the Quest for Totally Transparent Cocktail Ice
In the New York Times, Robert Simonson writes about my quest for clear ice and The Ice Book! It's a great article. Read the article here. Order The Ice Book here.
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More Death Star Ice Spheres
A few years back I showed how you can make the Death Star ice mold turn out clear. There are more tips and detailed information in The Ice Book, and you should probably purchase a copy! Below are some more pics from a 2023 round of making more Death Star spheres for some friends.
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Excerpt from The Ice Book: Make a Drink Inside a Sphere
Imbibe Magazine published a mini-excerpt from The Ice Book. Check it out.