Martha Stewarts beautiful, over the top party trick promises to keep your vodka ice-cold for hours

With the Kentucky Derby here and summer entertaining season ramping up, a decades-old icy vodka hack from Martha Stewart is resurfacing for being eye-catching and practical, keeping the bottle ice-cold for hours while on display.The lifestyle icon’s signature “iced vodka” presentation — a bottle of liquor frozen inside a block of flower-studded ice — is making the rounds online again, drawing millions of views and inspiring hosts to try the pretty and practical hack themselves.“Iced vodka is one of my favorites, and I like to make a very beautiful presentation of the bottle of vodka encased in a block of flower-studded ice,” Stewart says in a resurfaced clip of the technique.“It’s real easy to do.”To do it, she places a 750-milliliter bottle of vodka inside a half-gallon milk carton with the top removed, arranges flowers around it, then fills the container with cold water before freezing.“A fifth of vodka fits perfectly into a half-gallon container like this,” Stewart notes, as she demonstrates inserting cherry blossoms and quince branches around the bottle.Once frozen solid, the carton is peeled away, revealing a clear ice block studded with florals around the bottle.Beyond aesthetics, there’s a functional benefit, Stewart says.

Keeping vodka extremely cold can subtly change its texture and taste.“The freezing really does enhance the flavor of this almost tasteless liquor,” Stewart says.Beverage experts say chilling vodka can soften the “burn” that comes with hard liquor, resulting in a smoother drink.Fans praised the trick online.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.“Leave it to Martha to come up with this great presentation,” one TikToker said on Martha Stewart Living’s post.

“That is so over the top Martha I love it,�...