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The tray only makes 2 ice spheres!! Have fun attending to it all day long before a cocktail party in order to get enough ice for everyone's drink.

You might check Japanese discount stores – I have an 8-sphere tray that I got for 99 cents. :)

You can definitely find these ice trays for less money. Most likely China town or even Japan town. We have a friend who brought us some from Korea last year .... love them!

I got this idea from a friend and have been reusing it ever since for beautiful cocktails and punches - I make these spherical ice cubes but drop in a few pomegranite seeds and then freeze. I make up to a day ahead of time and then pop them out after freezing, wrap each sphere in saranwrap, store in an airtight container in the freezer and use as needed during the party.

Also, I just use little silver finger bowls as my "ice tray" that we use for serving Indian food.

I bought one of these a few years ago except they are about 1 inch in size each. I also find that ours are a little smoother. I love them and they always entertain guests!

I think you mean that spheres have a lower surface area to volume ratio than cubes. The actual surface area of either depends on the radius or edge length, respectively, so it is quite possible to have a sphere with a greater surface area than a cube.

No wonder this thing is sold out on the MoMA Store website. I saw Elton Brown make these on Good Eats with a balloon and a bowl for about 1/16 of the cost.