Best Blender - Tiki Drinks and Food

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 1:30 PM Interesting topic. I use a Ice-o-Mat hand crank ice crusher for cracked ice (for cocktail shaker drinks), and in the other direction for finer ice (when the recipe calls for crushed ice as in Sippin' Safari). However, I don't think it makes good crushed ice (like they use in the best tiki bars) because the pieces vary in size. Wen I blend Sippin' Safari tropical drinks for a few seconds in my Waring Blendor single speed like this one: using the exact quantity of ice called for and briefly blended, there are just some larger chunks of ice left, and the rest of the ice disappears. I am inclined to believe a top mixer would be more effective as it wouldn't pulverize the ice as much, thus diluting the drink less. But I have not compared both methods. Someone send me a top mixer and I'll do some testing. :wink:

Interesting topic.

I use a Ice-o-Mat hand crank ice crusher for cracked ice (for cocktail shaker drinks), and in the other direction for finer ice (when the recipe calls for crushed ice as in Sippin' Safari). However, I don't think it makes good crushed ice (like they use in the best tiki bars) because the pieces vary in size. Wen I blend Sippin' Safari tropical drinks for a few seconds in my Waring Blendor single speed like this one:

using the exact quantity of ice called for and briefly blended, there are just some larger chunks of ice left, and the rest of the ice disappears. I am inclined to believe a top mixer would be more effective as it wouldn't pulverize the ice as much, thus diluting the drink less. But I have not compared both methods.

Someone send me a top mixer and I'll do some testing. :wink:

Post #356333 by thejab on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 1:30 PM