Last month, Starbucks announced it would be changing its ice from chips to nuggets.
In a statement to Insider, the coffee chain explained that the new ice machines will allow baristas "to focus on delivering the Starbucks experience while hand-crafting the same delicious, high-quality iced beverages our customers have come to expect from Starbucks."
Despite Starbucks saying the ice conversion would take years to fully roll out, coffee lovers have had mixed reactions to the news.
One main concern, according to Reddit commenters, is that their coffee concoctions will dilute faster with the smaller ice pieces. However, Starbucks assures that the scoop size has not changed, so there will be the same amount of ice in each drink.
But why do people care so much about ice anyway? Well, apart from its intended function to keep things cold, many enjoy eating ice, with some social media commenters saying they can't wait to snack on the little pebbles.
Given all this ice discourse, I decided to see what all the fuss was about, and ordered water at five different food chains so that I could rank their ice myself, from worst to best.
Here's what I found.