In a particularly impressive feat, we’ve even seen a spiral-cut lime skin delicately frozen into a clear ice ball. If you’re looking for a way to justify charging $50 for a cocktail, this is it.

But such ice makers are pricey: The Luma Comfort IM200, the only pick in our ice-maker guide that makes clear ice, costs about $230, a little over $100 more than our top-pick bullet-ice maker.

Even before faloodeh, Persians were creating frozen treats by harvesting snow from the nearby mountains and pouring grape ...

This is a cool video. Literally. Two hikers came across a frozen lake with ice so clear that it appears as if they are walking on water. Tap to see video if viewing on News app. Tomas Nunuk, from ...

Then we lob the frozen misshapen cubes into a beer and enjoy a quite literally ice-cold beverage. However, there’s so much more fun to be had with ice if you really get into it.

Now, with Mr. English’s new tome, “ The Ice Book,” out May 23 from Red Lightning Books, he’s made it possible for every cocktail enthusiast to master clear-ice at home.

These two guys were hiking in the High Tatras Mountains, in Slovakia, when they bumped into this frozen lake with crystal clear ice. The water is so transparent that they seem to be floating a few ...