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I had a very expensive old-fashioned once where the bartender chiseled a sphere of ice out of a block. It took about five minutes. The diameter was about 8cm or
by psd1 3y ago
I had a very expensive old-fashioned once where the bartender chiseled a sphere of ice out of a block. It took about five minutes. The diameter was about 8cm or so.
He created a very spherical sphere. I twizzled it round and round but could not detect any eccentricity. Clearance in the tumbler was even at all orientations.
A carved duck might be more immediately impressive, but the sphere did blow my mind.
It was a very good old-fashioned. I nursed it for 20 minutes - it didn't get watery, as they usually do.
- isleyaardvark 3y agoSpheres have less surface area which reduce the watering down of the drink. Edit: though I would bet that’s less of a factor than the initial temperature of the ice and the liquor.
- gammarator 3y agoAlmost all of the cooling ice provides is due to melting: the heat capacity of the ice itself (energy release due to temperature change) is much less than the latent heat of fusion (energy release due to melting). Look at the huge jump at 0 deg C in this diagram: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Heat_capacity_of_water_2.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Heat_cap... It takes less heat to warm ice from -100 C to 0 than it does to melt ice at 0 C to water at 0 C.