How to make your drinks more exciting? Toss in a few flavoured ice cubes to have a beautiful, tasty and colourful beverage!
- Prepare your ingredients: wash fruit and herbs and chop to your desired size.
- Place a few pieces of fruit and/or herbs into each compartment of your ice cube tray.
- Fill the ice cube tray up with water*.
- Freeze.
*For clear ice cubes, boil water before pouring it into the ice cube tray.
The sky’s the limit when it comes to flavour combinations! Here are some good ones:
- Lemon & Lime
- Watermelon & Basil
- Strawberry & Basil
- Cucumber & Mint
- Mint & Lime (ideal for mojitos)
- Blackberry & Mint
- Grapefruit & Rosemary
- Apple & Pear
- Lavender & Mint
- Blueberry & Raspberry
- Mango & Pineapple
- Grape & Cherry
- Orange & Pineapple
- Blueberry & Lemon
If you feel more adventurous, you can also try:
Floral Ice cubes: freeze edible flowers in ice cubes to brighten drinks. To suspend flowers in the cubes, work in layers: Fill an ice tray (one that makes large cubes so the ice will last longer) a quarter of the way with water, add flowers facing down, and freeze. Add more water to fill halfway, and freeze. Fill to the top, and freeze again.
Coffee ice cubes: enjoy your iced coffee till the last drop adding coffee ice cubes. If the ice is made from coffee, it won’t dilute your drink as it melts.
Lemonade cubes: freeze fresh lemonade or the fruit nectar of your choice in an ice cube tray. Top with sparkling water and lime slices for a refreshing fruit cooler.
Watermelon ice cubes: cut watermelon into cubes, place on a baking sheet and freeze. It will keep your drink cold and make a great snack.
Melon ball ice cubes: for a colourful twist to cocktails or sparkling water, freeze scoops of cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon.
Mimosa ice cubes: pour blood orange juice into an ice cube tray and freeze overnight. Add the cubes to a champagne flute and pour in your favourite bubbly. As the cubes melt into the champagne, you’ll have a juicy twist on the classic mimosa.
Mint ice cubes: incredibly versatile, mint ice cubes are ideal for everything from seltzer to mojitos. Fill an ice cube tray with a generous number of mint leaves, add water, and freeze (try basil ice cubes in lemonade and rosemary ice cubes in your sparkling water).
Glittery ice cubes: even plain old water gets exciting when you add in some glitter-infused ice cubes. Just make sure you use edible glitter!
Fun ice cubes: creepy-crawly ice cubes will make any kid (or playful adult) squirm with delight. All you need is bug-shaped gummy candies, water, and an ice cube tray!
Chocolate ice cubes: this is a quick way to give a glass of milk a makeover. As these dark chocolate cubes melt, they leave their cocoa goodness behind. Add a tablespoon of instant coffee in the melted chocolate to have a more intense chocolate flavour.
Valentine’s ice cubes: Feeling romantic? Freeze one or two rose petals in an ice cube tray and add these ice cubes to your favourite drink or cocktail to make it even more special!