36 hours of freezing, only 1/3 of the batch is usable, then sawing and shaping into cube of desirable size. If you have lots of disposable income and hosting a party, chance is you will get this $5 icecube than make it yourself. Seems like the business model make sense to me.
Yeah but it’s like $7USD to just buy the mold to freeze your own. This may or may not come with a reusable mold but my guess is that folk will just use it as disposable which is a metaphor for modern society.
The fact that people demand crystal clear ice for no other reason than "it just looks better", is really a perfect symbolisation of the decadence of our dying civilisation.
Whiskey stones didn't chill things as much as ice does. Something about the physics of having the cold melted water mix with the drink, or something idk I'm not a physicist.
Honestly I see these being super useful stocked at a decent liquor store for when you're hosting company. But at ALDI? Seems like the wrong market. I shop at ALDI, I'd buy these once to have with my scotch for a novelty. But not regularly.
saw these the other week. was like over a dollar a cube. wtf. they are more expensive than the ice cream novelties around them. who the heck is buying this and I mean aldi. not exactly the rich mans grocer.
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False@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 53d
It makes sense if you've ever tried to make ice like that yourself. It's harder than it sounds
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 53d
https://youtu.be/t4klesoNObo
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 53d
36 hours of freezing, only 1/3 of the batch is usable, then sawing and shaping into cube of desirable size. If you have lots of disposable income and hosting a party, chance is you will get this $5 icecube than make it yourself. Seems like the business model make sense to me.
False@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
Yes, this video demonstrates my point exactly.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 53d
For Negronis and other cocktails I'm guessing
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 53d
for what
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 53d
For Necrosis and other cock tails!
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 53d
Calm down
assembly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Yeah but it’s like $7USD to just buy the mold to freeze your own. This may or may not come with a reusable mold but my guess is that folk will just use it as disposable which is a metaphor for modern society.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 53d
If you use these in cocktails, a very big part of the presentation is that the cubes are perfectly clear, giving a very interesting look to the drink
Making clear ice at home is quite tedious, and not just a simple "put water in a mold and done" job
Rothe@piefed.social · 8 pts · 52d
The fact that people demand crystal clear ice for no other reason than "it just looks better", is really a perfect symbolisation of the decadence of our dying civilisation.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 53d
You gotta use a vacuum pump? How do you do it
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 53d
You basically need to freeze the water in a partially insulated container and never let it fully freeze into a solid block
There are a bunch of videos that show you how to do it
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 36d
I thought it was mainly about it freezind from the bottom and the crud migrates up but I have not seen the thing in awhile.
False@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
The molds are pretty notorious for sucking
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 53d
Buy once. Use forever.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 53d
Won't give you clear cubes, though
liuther9@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 53d
Just remove all the gases from water before freezing it
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 53d
That's not how it works, sadly
WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 52d
I saw a YouTube video once, the person said that if you pour hot water into molds and freeze it, it doesn't have bubbles in it.
Pacrat173@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 53d
These are real and they really are $5 for 4 premade ice cubes
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 53d
At that point, why not just buy a permanent reusable solution like whiskey stones?
Sure, maybe you like your drink watered down, but then JUST USE YOUR ICE MAKER or water down your drink.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 53d
I think people are buying these for the subjective aesthetics
False@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Whiskey stones didn't chill things as much as ice does. Something about the physics of having the cold melted water mix with the drink, or something idk I'm not a physicist.
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 53d
And freedom costs $1.05.
Bonje@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
I saw these at my aldis this week too.
I only found it funny since I have not seen fried or any either variation of ice cubes.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
Honestly I see these being super useful stocked at a decent liquor store for when you're hosting company. But at ALDI? Seems like the wrong market. I shop at ALDI, I'd buy these once to have with my scotch for a novelty. But not regularly.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 36d
saw these the other week. was like over a dollar a cube. wtf. they are more expensive than the ice cream novelties around them. who the heck is buying this and I mean aldi. not exactly the rich mans grocer.
parrhesia@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 34d
Ok I saw these and laughed but I was curious Haven't bought them yet but aldi sometimes carries the weirdest shit
Aedaz_@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 36d
This is either the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen or it has some use for someone well above my pay grade.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 53d
Could they make some faceted like a diamond and perfectly clear?
Do they have the technology?
HailSeitan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Yeah but are they imported from Japan?
0ops@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 53d
Frozen ice cubes? Are there other types of ice cubes?
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 53d
They're perfectly clear. You can't see them in water. That's the angle.
0ops@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 53d
I would've thought the angle was 90°. Shows what I know I guess.
zwerg@feddit.org · 0 pts · 53d
Slow melting? Its going to melt at the same rate as any other ice cube... unless its not just water... yeah, I'll give that a hard pass
backroom9290@fedinsfw.app · 7 pts · 53d
Clear ice actually does melt more slowly: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J7t97Qp89aE
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 53d
It does melt slower compared to classic cubes
The surface area to volume ratio is a lot smaller, which causes it to melt slower
Source: I use big ice balls in the summer, and they take a lot longer to melt compared to the same volume of normal ice cubes
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 53d
So you've got big balls