Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it.

Its co-founder Malik V Rasmussen said the ice, which has been compressed over millennia, is completely without bubbles and melts more slowly than regular ice. It is also purer than the frozen mineral water usually used in Dubai’s ice cubes.

anachronist,

I always wonder what they were thinking as they chopped down the last tree on easter island.

ZeroGravitas,

When the world starts burning, these guys will be selling marshmallows on the side. Fuck everything about this, from the bottom of my heart.

abbadon420,

You gotta make a living. Why not make a living off of those stupid idiots who value your magic ice over regular ice. It’s like selling overpriced paper cards with pretty pictures to kids who love Pokemon. Except kids are kids and these arabs are supposed to be fully capable adults. It’s a low risk, high reward game. I can’t blame them.

Zworf,

Maybe because it makes global warming much worse, shipping refridgerated ice through the air to the desert?

senseamidmadness,

What a stupid waste of resources. Ice is ice.

sqgl,

I hope Greenland just takes the orders but instead uses ice made by huge freezers in Romania.

library_napper,
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You havent drank glacier water. It’s much more than just frozen water.

aniki,

Death threats don’t go far enough.

Kalkaline,
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That’s dumb, just drink your cocktail with normal ice, or use RO water if you really can taste the mineral content.

HobbitFoot,

There are specialty companies in New York City that supply cocktail ice, but the ice is designed with a good flavor profile and is completely clear.

BingoBangoBongo,

And this is something that actually makes sense.

library_napper,
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RO water would be the opposite of what you’d want if you want all the non-water things in your ice

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