You open the freezer. No ice. Panic sets in. Your water is warm. Do not despair. Look in your produce drawer for frozen grapes. They are nature’s perfect ice cubes.
Pop a few in your glass. They chill the water without diluting it—unlike ice, which turns your drink into watery sadness. Plus, once you’re done, you get to eat a grape that tastes vaguely like iced wine. It’s a two-for-one deal at the flavor store.
The Table Fan Hustle
This is for the physics nerds and the desperate. Fill a shallow pan (like a pie plate) with water and stick it in the freezer for an hour. You get a thin sheet of ice. Now, take that sheet and hold it in front of a table fan.
Blow the cold air from the ice across your glass. The ice evaporates just a tiny bit, and that evaporation sucks heat right out of your water. It’s like using a miniature air conditioner for one glass. Your roommates will think you’ve lost your mind. You have. But your water is cold.
