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Posted On: October 28th 2026, 12:32 pm
In 1833 a ship carried ice from Boston to Calcutta. Four months at sea, across the equator, and more than half of it arrived. 🧊
The man behind it was Frederic Tudor, a Boston businessman people laughed at for years. He cut ice from frozen New England ponds, packed it in sawdust, and shipped it to hot places that had never had cold drinks. He ended up in debtors' prison before it worked.
By the mid-1800s ice was cheap enough in American cities for bartenders to use every night. That's when crushed-ice drinks like the Mint Julep and the Sherry Cobbler took off.
Make a Mint Julep at home:
60 ml bourbon
10 ml sugar syrup
8 to 10 mint leaves
Press the mint gently with the syrup, add the bourbon, pack the glass with crushed ice, and stir until the glass frosts.
Would you have bet on that ice making it? 👇
Save this for summer, and send it to someone who takes ice for granted.
Please drink responsibly.
#cocktailhistory #mintjulep #bourbon #mixology
The man behind it was Frederic Tudor, a Boston businessman people laughed at for years. He cut ice from frozen New England ponds, packed it in sawdust, and shipped it to hot places that had never had cold drinks. He ended up in debtors' prison before it worked.
By the mid-1800s ice was cheap enough in American cities for bartenders to use every night. That's when crushed-ice drinks like the Mint Julep and the Sherry Cobbler took off.
Make a Mint Julep at home:
60 ml bourbon
10 ml sugar syrup
8 to 10 mint leaves
Press the mint gently with the syrup, add the bourbon, pack the glass with crushed ice, and stir until the glass frosts.
Would you have bet on that ice making it? 👇
Save this for summer, and send it to someone who takes ice for granted.
Please drink responsibly.
#cocktailhistory #mintjulep #bourbon #mixology
Comments (1)
3 days agotrolleyd
Gentle with the mint, generous with the crushed ice. A rather better pre-flight checklist than bruising the leaves into submission.
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