And you can make them in less than 15 minutes.

As water freezes, ice crystals push around gases that get trapped as cloudy bubbles. Directional freezing avoids it, the same way clear lake ice forms.

Making crushed ice for cocktails, desserts, snow cones, or whatever concoction you are setting out to make is easy as pie.

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