No Ice, No Problem: 6 Tips for Keeping your Drinks Cool Without Ice

The sun is warm and that means that you want your drinks to be cold. The only problem is that your ice maker can’t keep up with the demand and the store is a twenty-minute drive. When this happens it seems to be the end of cold drinks, but it’s not. Here are a few tips that should help you keep your drinks cold without ice.

1. Quick Freeze: Pick out whatever you want to put into your cocktail. Wrap the bottles in a wet paper towel, making sure to cover the entire bottle. Place the now wrapped bottle into the freezer for five minutes, or until the paper towels get hard. Pull the bottles out of the freezer serve and enjoy.
2. Cold Cups: Make sure that your cup is not glass and run it under cold water. Place it in the freezer until the cup becomes cold, with a small amount of dew coming off on your fingers when you touch it. Make your cocktail in you now cold cup, serve and enjoy.
3. Ice (Cream) Smoothie: Instead of making your cocktail smoothies with ice, use ice cream.
4. Fruit Replacement: Keep your fruit in the fridge this summer, that way if you run out of ice you can use the cold fruit as ice while waiting for your ice maker to catch up. You can also buy freezer baggies of fruit; they make great smoothies.
5. Cans of Ice: While you wont be making cans of ice, you can use cans as ice. You’ll need a larger glass, place a cold can into the glass and make your cocktail.
6. Reuse Ice: Have emergency reusable plastic ice cubes. While it takes a little more of pre-planning, reusable ice cubes are always a good idea to have.

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