Why ice size matters: how cube size sets chill and dilution

Ice does two jobs in every drink: it chills the liquid and it waters it down, and both happen at the ice's surface. So the real choice is not "ice or no ice" but how much surface you give the drink.

Slide the cube size in the interactive to see why crushed ice races, a large cube crawls, and standard cubes sit in the sweet spot for shaking and stirring.