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And I’ve seen large ice columns that fit the contours of a lowball glass in bars before (anyone know where to get the trays for those?).Ĭocktails & Cologne does not approve or endorse any ads you might see on this blog. This set consists of one ice ball maker and four ice ball moulds. There’s no reason a very big cube, like the ones you can make with a Tovolo King Cube ice tray, wouldn’t work, too - and it’s under $10. Interestingly it feels cold to touch not because it's actually cold. As a result, it can naturally warm to the temperature of its surroundings and will often feel cold to the touch. Large ice does melt slowly, and the small amount of dilution it provides is nice for certain cocktails. Aluminum is the second-best rated metal for conducting heat, ranking just below copper. I’ve been using mine for about a year and it works quite well. So thank the cocktail gods that you can get a cheap plastic Japanese ice sphere tray for $16 at the Museum of Modern Art’s store. Others are so large and complex that one wonders why all this technology went into ice balls. Some other Japanese ice ball makers are a bit more complicated: Taisin, a Japanese maker of ice ball molds, makes them for perfect spheres or soccer ball shapes. A smaller version for a 2-inch sphere is $429.

The Cirrus Press above, which makes a 2.75-inch sphere, retails for $799 and is back-ordered. The Drinksology Ice Ball Maker is another UK import, retailing for £595, about $945. The Macallan Ice Ball Instructional Video from The Edrington Group on Vimeo.

Copper meltdown ice press