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Why Americans can’t chill out about ice-free European beverages

EUROPE AND UNITED STATES, JUL 25 – The American preference for ice stems from 19th-century marketing by Frederick Tudor, making ice a status symbol, while Europeans generally avoid it as unnecessary or unappealing.

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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s a sticky, boiling hot day in Paris, London, Rome, Athens or any other heatwave-stricken European destination. You flop down in a cafe after a morning spent on your feet. You order a refreshing cold drink. The beverage arrives and it’s lukewarm. No ice cubes to be seen. You flag down the server and ask for the same again, this time with ice. It arrives with a solitary, sad-looking ice cube that melts before t…

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Why Americans can’t chill out about ice-free European beverages

Order an ice cold drink in Europe and you could be in for a chilling surprise. CNN Travel spoke to ice experts to find out why the US obsession with ice doesn’t translate across the pond.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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