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The 'clink clink' of your New Year's Eve toast has an icy backstory

The 'clink clink" of your New Year's Eve toast has an icy backstory

The clink clink of your New Year s Eve toast has an icy backstory CNN 12/31/2020 © Shutterstock 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.

The icy backstory to that 'clink clink' you'll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020

The History of Chilled Drinks

The innovative “frozen water” trade popularized ice. Dec 23rd, 2020 iStock 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. 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.