Tokyo Company Sells Beer Mugs Made Of Ice

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A Tokyo company has begun selling beer mugs made of ice.

The mugs, which are said to last about an hour in the summer heat, may be purchased over the Internet for approximately $6 each (580 yen).

Presumably one would have to pay for refrigerated delivery, but thanks to a culture of customary gift giving that often involves food, frozen deliveries are surprisingly affordable.

The video also contains details of the newly opened Icebar Tokyo, located in upmarket Ginza.

[Japan Probe]

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
6 Comments on this post.
  • Chris Kayode Alayode-Samuel
    31 August 2009 at 1:05 am
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    行きたい! 日本にいる時本当にアイスビールを飲む。。。

  • Chris Kayode Alayode-Samuel
    30 August 2009 at 8:05 pm
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    行きたい! 日本にいる時本当にアイスビールを飲む。。。

  • Jim Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil
    1 September 2009 at 4:25 pm
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    Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a mold so you could freeze your own?

    • C. S. Magor
      6 September 2009 at 1:04 am
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      Actually there is a problem with freezing your own. Ice that is made in commercial ice machines melts slower (less air bubbles, etc.) – so it would likely end up a sloppy mess. Also, they actually have to carve these things, they can’t mold them.

  • Jim Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil
    1 September 2009 at 11:25 am
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    Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a mold so you could freeze your own?

    • C. S. Magor
      5 September 2009 at 8:04 pm
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      Actually there is a problem with freezing your own. Ice that is made in commercial ice machines melts slower (less air bubbles, etc.) – so it would likely end up a sloppy mess. Also, they actually have to carve these things, they can’t mold them.

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