Classeq Ice-O-Matic’s blender-friendly ‘half-dice’ ice makes for easy and refreshing iced coffees.
Ice adds a whole different dimension to drinks, changing coffee into an alternative, refreshing spring/summer thirst-quencher. Classeq’s Ice-O-Matic ice machines cater for all requirements, including machines that produce a ‘half-dice’ blender-friendly cube, ideal for using in delicious iced drinks.
With the popularity of blended drinks continuing to rise, iced coffees are set to be a spring/summer hit on any menu, delivering both refreshment and a caffeine hit. Blended drinks offer options to tantalise most taste buds with a choice of iced coffees, Greek-style frappés, or iced teas.
Half-dice ice is effectively a regular ‘square’ (or ‘dice’) cube, cut in half. Looked at from one side it’s a square, from the other a rectangle, measuring 9 x 28 x 22mm (as opposed to the ‘dice’, which is 22 x 22 x 22mm). Half-dice ice is perfect for using in a blender or mixer, with its shape and structure being kinder to the blades. Meaning it’s the ice that breaks, not the blender blade!
Half-dice is also ideal for spirits ‘on the rocks’, where there’s a small amount of liquor in the glass, it’s good with soft drinks, particularly in tall, narrow glasses where it gives a good-looking ‘pack-ice’ effect, and it’s easier to scoop than full-size cubes.
Machines available with the half-dice option include some of the ICE Series self-contained cubers with integral storage bins, perfect for undercounter application.
Ice-O-Matic ice machines are distributed in the UK by Classeq, part of the Winterhalter UK group. The Ice-O-Matic range includes the ICE Series cube ice machines, which make premium quality cube and half cube ice; flake ice machines, producing high quality flake ice suitable for medical use or for presentation and preservation of fresh meat, poultry and fish, and, pearl ice machines, producing soft, chewable ice crystals. Ice-O-Matic machines are available as modular machines with separate storage bins or as self-contained machines with inbuilt storage.
For information on the Classeq Ice-O-Matic range of ice machines, including details of your nearest stockist, call 0870 224 7288.