I have become very particular about nugget ice. It is the small, chewable kind, and I like a glass filled right to the top before anything goes in. Sparkling water is perfectly good on it.
We have a machine under the counter now. It makes ice all day, which sounds excessive until people are over and everyone wants another glass. I find the sound of the scoop going in extremely pleasant. The machine does have a name, but that is staying in the house.
I understand the women who bring cups of it home from a drive-through. There are occasions when I would rather have the ice than the drink, although I generally order both.
The refrigerator cubes mostly go into the doodle's water bowl now. He has tried the nugget ice and appears to prefer it too. I was hoping he wouldn't notice.