If you know why the ice comes out frosty, cloudy, and ugly, you can counteract that to get prettier results. Ice cubes tend to look all cloudy because of the way they freeze.

Camper English has strong feelings about ice. “Aesthetically, it's a gargantuan difference between ugly, cloudy, garbage ice and slick-and-glossy, diamond-style clear ice.

Forget cloudy cubes. This science-backed freezing method produces the kind of flawless, slow-melting ice typically found only at fancy cocktail bars. Making the kind of crystal-clear ice that ...

Use this science-based technique!Most ice makers and ice cube trays make ice that’s cloudy at the center, which is why plunking a perfectly clear cube or sphere into a glass can really set it ...

This May, English ventured out of the freezer and onto the coffee table with “The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts” (Red Lightning Books, $22).

Forget cloudy cubes. This science-backed freezing method produces the kind of flawless, slow-melting ice typically found only at fancy cocktail bars.