06-24-2024, 06:41 AM
The Case of the Funky Flakes
I now consider this case closed, but it did remain a case of clueless concern off and on for a couple years anyway.
The first time I noticed it I was finishing a drink and saw something in the bottom of the glass. I held the glass up to the light so I could observe more clearly, and I could see what appeared to be these little white flaky things - it was disgusting.
What on Gods' green Earth are these little white flaky things, and what could be causing them? I believe my initial thought way back when was that someone drank milk from a glass and then that glass was not cleaned thoroughly, but that turned out not to be the "case".
My next conclusion was that it must have something to do with the water, but I'm using a Pur water filter, and the filter is still good. I did realize however that the common denominator here was the ice. This only occurred when I was using ice that I froze myself which again naturally points to a problem with the water.
So, to finally resolve this problem once and for all I just need to use store bought water? Not so fast. So, I did begin using the store-bought water but still checking for those pesky flakes just to be sure and then it happened, there they were, again!? WTF!?
Anyway, by process of elimination there was only one thing left, it must be the ice cube trays themselves. I don't know how old exactly those trays are, but they have to be at least a couple decades, and yes, they are also solid white.
I figure the trays must be breaking down in some way and the freezing/frozen ice is pulling up/off or attaching to minute but detectable amounts of the tray material.
I was also buying store bought ice for a while, but it can be a bit of a pain having to make a special trip back to the house just for the ice. I do still purchase the store bought water and the purified is my first choice, distilled second, and spring third, and for ice lately I just use a couple of freezer-safe cups and put a couple inches of water in them and freeze those; I call them ice cups and just pour my drink on top of the ice using them as is, and yes, those are also plastic but quite a bit newer.
THE END
I now consider this case closed, but it did remain a case of clueless concern off and on for a couple years anyway.
The first time I noticed it I was finishing a drink and saw something in the bottom of the glass. I held the glass up to the light so I could observe more clearly, and I could see what appeared to be these little white flaky things - it was disgusting.
What on Gods' green Earth are these little white flaky things, and what could be causing them? I believe my initial thought way back when was that someone drank milk from a glass and then that glass was not cleaned thoroughly, but that turned out not to be the "case".
My next conclusion was that it must have something to do with the water, but I'm using a Pur water filter, and the filter is still good. I did realize however that the common denominator here was the ice. This only occurred when I was using ice that I froze myself which again naturally points to a problem with the water.
So, to finally resolve this problem once and for all I just need to use store bought water? Not so fast. So, I did begin using the store-bought water but still checking for those pesky flakes just to be sure and then it happened, there they were, again!? WTF!?
Anyway, by process of elimination there was only one thing left, it must be the ice cube trays themselves. I don't know how old exactly those trays are, but they have to be at least a couple decades, and yes, they are also solid white.
I figure the trays must be breaking down in some way and the freezing/frozen ice is pulling up/off or attaching to minute but detectable amounts of the tray material.
I was also buying store bought ice for a while, but it can be a bit of a pain having to make a special trip back to the house just for the ice. I do still purchase the store bought water and the purified is my first choice, distilled second, and spring third, and for ice lately I just use a couple of freezer-safe cups and put a couple inches of water in them and freeze those; I call them ice cups and just pour my drink on top of the ice using them as is, and yes, those are also plastic but quite a bit newer.
THE END
