The reason why Bartenders use so much ice?
At some point in all of our lives we’ve either asked, or heard someone ask, why do bartenders use so much ice in cocktails, spirit mixers or just in general. There seems to be a generally accepted myth amongst society that it’s purely so a customer gets less liquid and has to buy more drinks. This myth is up there with the myth that servers only ask you if your food’s ok when you’ve got a full mouth so you can’t say no.
One of the real questions here is: Do bartenders use a lot of ice to rip off their customers?
We’re going to be completely honest with you and tell you: No. No they don’t.
Simply put: Ice makes things cold. In fact, there’s not a lot of things in this world that are better at making things cold than melting ice – even blocks of steel stored in liquid nitrogen cannot chill a drink quicker than ice can. Hurray for ice.
