It's summer which means it's time to dress up your drink.
Whether you're planning cocktails with the girls or hosting a BBQ with Pimms-a-plenty, floral ice cubes are the perfect way to pretty-up-your-plonk.
How to make floral ice cubes
Here's what you need to make your own flower ice cubes...
And here's how to make them...
Step 1
For flowers that are perfectly suspended in ice, you need to work in layers. Take your ice cube tray and add a very small amount of water to each empty block.
Here's a top tip for you: use distilled water that has been boiled and then cooled. This helps dissolve air bubbles and any impurities for crystal clear ice cubes every time.
Step 2
Add flowers to each ice cube block, placing them face down in the water. The key is making sure they're floating and not submerged - you don't want petals poking out of your ice cubes.
Step 3
Freeze the first layer (20 minutes in the freezer should do the trick).
Step 4
Now fill the ice cube blocks to completely submerge the flowers and freeze as normal or, if you're feeling fancy, add a small amount of water and flowers again and keep building up the layers, freezing after each floral addition.
