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How to cool down in the sweltering summer? With a well-chilled drink! In the summer heat drinks warm up very quickly and the refrigerator can’t cool them sufficiently. What to do so they’re always cold and within reach regardless of summer temperatures? Try this ingenious trick for always-cold bottles or cans.
Bottle in water or on the 7th step?
How should drinks be chilled for summer refreshment. Some recommend putting a crate of drinks into fresh well water, many cool drinks while lounging in the pool in special inflatable rings. In the cult film Vesničko má středisková the perfectly chilled beer was from the 7th step, because from the 6th it was too warm and from the 8th already overcooled. But you can chill drinks much more simply too — just use an ingenious trick you definitely must try during this summer’s heat!
Chilled drinks always within reach
What will you need to cool the drinks? Prepare:
- a bowl,
- ice,
- salt,
- water.
The secret lies in salt
Salt can disrupt the structure and helps in this case as well, so pour water to one-third of the bowl and put ice into it, then add several tablespoons of salt. Mix the mixture well. Insert the can or bottle into the bowl and let it sit. After a few minutes stir the mixture again. Done! The salt solution will break the crystalline structure of the ice. The solution causes the temperature to start dropping quickly and thus cools the inserted can or bottle. The temperature of the drink by this method will drop from 25 to 5°C.
Wrap the bottle with a paper towel
A paper towel works very effectively when wrapped in several layers around the bottle or can. Wet the paper surface and put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. Then enjoy your chilled drink, which will be further cooled by the frozen towel. Besides paper towels you can also use toilet paper or napkins. The cooling works on the principle of heat exchange between the individual poorly conductive layers; the wet towel particularly helps the exchange of cold air.
