When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a slab of aesthetically pleasing, perfectly clear ice.

Camper English has, let’s just say, strong feelings about ice. “There’s not a huge difference between clear and cloudy ice in taste or melting speed,” he says. “But aesthetically, it’s a gargantuan ...

Crystal clear ice filled with fruit and herbs turns simple drinks into celebrations, where beauty melts slowly and flavor ...

Pierce finds that the process of making ice sharpens her own sense of presence. Part of this is attributable to an awareness ...

A cup of water with ice in a natural background - P-fotography/Shutterstock When it comes to serving drinks at your dinner party, mastering the perfect cocktail ...

That's right. Enough of the cloudy cubes that look like plastic shapes floating in ice tea. Or blobs bobbing around in bourbon. Perfectly clear ice. So clear it's "read-a-newspaper-though-it" ice.

Back in the day, if you ordered a Harvey Wallbanger or a Long Island iced tea, nobody cared about how the ice cubes looked. Now that block of solid H2O, enjoyed in drinks by Americans since the early ...

Once your ice cubes are fully frozen, they’re ready to use at your next holiday party. Pop your favorite bottled drinks into an ice bucket, serving dish, or even your kitchen sink—then fill it up with ...