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This article was originally published on The Conversation.
If ever there was a year to toast drawing to an end, it s 2020. Over the festive period, people around the world will be raising a glass to better times ahead.
Accompanying sighs of relief will likely be the subtle tinkling of ice.
In researching a book on the social, medical and moral history of gin and tonic, I have imbibed – moderately – in bars from the Raffles Hotel in Singapore to the Morse Bar in Oxford. At each venue, my G&T was always served over ice.
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The history of chilled drinks goes back to antiquity. But it was the innovative frozen water trade from New England to India in the mid-19th century that popularized ice.