Post #355308 by The Gnomon on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 1:05 PM

Unfortunately my current ice shaver doesn't shave as finely as the one I had previously. It leaves the ice rather coarse so that after lots of shaking there are still little ice nuggetrines floating around, causing a very thin slush. Ideally, the shaved ice comes out more like snow powder. When you shake that, it melts into the drink quickly and easily and does its chill thing to perfection.

For those of you in New England and other fresh snowy places, it's better to use snow than shaved ice. The thing is, you have to wait for the first 30 – 60 minutes of snowfall, long enough to clean the crap out of the atmosphere. Once the air is clean, then set your snow receptacles out. Snow is far superior to any shaved ice I've ever used.