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Seamless ice-spheres for superior whiskey-rocks

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Seamless ice-spheres for superior whiskey-rocks

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Using a sphere of ice (as opposed to a cube) in your whiskey-rocks is nice because the round ice melts more slowly than the square stuff (better surface-area/volume ratio). Now a Japanese company has introduced a mold for making a perfect, seamless ice-sphere: Taisin has introduced a mold that seamlessly creates a perfect sphere, no chipping and shaving required. Simple place a chunk of ice into the...

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Ice Mold Creates Perfect Spheres Of Ice

OhGizmo! (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

By Luke Anderson How many times have you wanted a cold drink in the summer, only to have the ice cubes melt before you're even halfway done? Unfortunately this waters down your beverage and you're stuck either throwing it out or being stuck drinking something nasty. Apparently you can combat this by using spheres of ice. [...]

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Perfect Spheres of Ice

Coolest Gadgets (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

One of the things that I love about airline travel is the ice cubes in the drinks they serve. I always liked the cylindrical shaped cubes that were somehow hollowed out in the middle. Somehow, they were always better than the cubes that you crack out of the ice trays at home. It appears that a Japanese company has cornered the market on unusual ice cube shapes with the Ice Mold, a spherical ice cube...