Alcademics

In this experiment, I started with ice spheres made in a thermos. These come out pretty great in general, but not perfect.

So I decided to compare smoothing them to see if I could make them perfectly round and with a smooth surface using these Cocktail Kingdom ice ball presses.

The large first one, as you can see, is too big for the ice sphere, and although the surface becomes smooth, it’s still kind of egg shaped. (You can also see the initial ice sphere was a little cloudy- I think the fan was blowing on it in my freezer; I should know better.)

The smaller second ice ball press, on the other hand, comes out a bunch smaller, but it’s a perfect ping pong ball sized sphere. 

If only I had one in between the two sizes! 65mm I think would be about right.