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[1] There were at least two —ing cold Februarys amongst the aforementioned fifteen months. Persistence and the occasional blank stare eventually led to triumph.

[2] Not a typo. Same ingredients as an LIIT, but all start at >0°C. Tastes better and is slightly less debilitating.

[3] Alas, other bar patrons will inevitably compensate for mine host’s aplomb by asking “What the **** are you drinking?”

I feel like I’ve fallen into a parallel universe: The World Of Mandatory Ice.”

I don’t hate ice in beverages unequivocally. A few cubes can be nice in summertime. And I think ice might disguise the taste of less-than-great water, actually. But I really dislike being frozen from the center of my body on out all year round. And it’s completely unsatisfying to have more ice than water, and then have to wait 20 minutes for the stuff to melt in order to get any thirst-quenching done.

I don’t really care if I get ice or not. If the drink wasn’t refrigerated it’s good, but if the drink was already cold, I don’t care. I don’t even bother to keep ice trays around at home any more.

I wonder why “water, no ice” is such a hard thing to get in restaurants. Possibly an interesting research topic (this is the psych major in me talking)

How goes the lindy hopping?

Any statement to the otherwise is a vile calumny against our great nation. You hate us because of our freedom, and ice.

Speaking of Starbucks, I had a friend who would order a hot coffee with a free cup of ice. She made her own iced coffee, just *more* of it. ^_^

Lower lip covers front bottom teeth – tongue forms funnel to esophagus – I do not see the challenge. The less talented may simply use alien technology called “straw”.

I will neither confirm nor deny freak status.

I don’t know why there is so much ice here except for in one circumstance: I have heard that movie theaters use obscene amounts of ice because it’s cheaper than soda. I assume this is true but I don’t know if it applies to other places.

*please note this does not apply to alcoholic drinks as I am underage!

I used to not drink water unless it were absolutely ice-cold, but now I’ve developed a taste for room-temperature stuff. In fact, I was at a sandwich shop a few weeks ago that had run out of ice, so they only had room-temperature water. I was so happy! I think I drank about a quart of it.

On the pro-ice side, though, although I don’t usually drink anything other than water, I would say that lots of beverages– definitely any cocktail-type mixed drink– tastes better ice-cold.

In general, though, once I’ve asked for no ice, people are pretty good about remembering.

On the other hand, I like to carefully calibrate the sweetness of my iced tea and have to guard my glass against waitstaff eager to top it off for me. Wandering a little off-topic, I’m in a state where unsweetened iced tea is usually the default and if you want sweet tea, you need to sweeten it yourself (unless you order a ‘plantation’ iced tea, made with fruit juice). I am mildly entertained by noting how visitors order iced tea because it can tell me things about where they are from and how much traveling they do.

I don’t make special requests regarding ice in my drink, but when eating at a place where I fill my own cup I fill it halfway with ice and the rest is drink. It’s enough ice to float on the top and keep the drink cool without watering it down. I don’t think I’d be happy with ice-less soda, but I rarely drink soda at all so it wouldn’t be much of an issue.

~Mary