All eyes on nice ice: Using the right ice can make a difference to your drinks

There’s more to ice in cocktail-making than just keeping the drinks cold. – Photo: Filepic

Let's talk about ice today. To most of us, ice is just something we use to chill our drinks or keep something cold, but to a bartender, it is an essential ingredient and tool that can make or break a drink.

Just as chefs use fire and heat to come up with their culinary creations, bartenders use ice in many ways to produce their masterpieces. While the primary function of ice is still to chill a drink, a bartender can wield it in different ways.