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The morning shift was crying! A "spider web" forms inside the ice machine?!

Published: 2026-08-26 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/08/26, ▲ Click to pay attention| Daily Boutique Coffee Culture Magazine Coffee Factory Halfway through December, temperatures in various places have dropped, but many consumers who order coffee and milk tea still choose to drink iced drinks. Therefore, for tea shops, even in the cold and freezing north, the ice machine still has to operate as usual. Recently, a person in charge of morning shifts

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In the middle of December, the temperature dropped everywhere, but many consumers who ordered coffee and milk tea still chose ice drinks, so for tea shops, even in the frozen north, the ice maker still had to operate as usual.

Recently, when the overlord Chaji, who was in charge of the morning shift, hit the workers at the store, she turned on the ice maker and found that the ice compartment was covered with a "dirty spider web." This situation could frighten the shop assistant. She looked intently and found that the ice cube on the whole ice grid had frozen into a thick layer after one night, so that the ice maker could not drop chunks of frozen ice as usual.

Because of the unexpected situation, the workers could not help but let out a feeling of "the sky is falling." they had no choice but to deal with the faulty ice maker before the morning rush hour to make it work normally; and to borrow some ice from other restaurants to meet the emergency, so as to ensure that the orders in the store can be made smoothly before the ice machine returns to normal.

In this regard, the unknown onlookers looked confused when they saw the photos posted by the workers. "what is this air outlet and then all the wool clumps together", "at first glance I thought it was the dirt on the air-conditioning filter net" and "it became fierce. Think you saw the entrance to the silk hole" and "the store is full of spiders?" .

However, from the point of view of the industry, it is a common phenomenon for ice makers to have this kind of situation in winter. They exposed the ice maker of their own equipment, explaining that in winter, after a sudden drop in temperature, the ice making time and ice thickness of the ice maker in the store need to be adjusted according to the use of the equipment. If the summer equipment parameters are still used, the ice-making grid will be very easy for frozen ice cubes to stick together.

They say that as long as you pour hot water or salt water into a block of ice, you can see the ice fall off over a period of time. Or turn on the internal circulation function of the equipment, which can also dissolve the "cobwebs" on the ice grid and get the equipment back to normal.

In addition, some experienced workers remind that if the ice maker can still see the ice cubes "glued" to the ice grid after adjusting the equipment parameters, it may be due to the failure of some parts during the long-term use of the equipment. It is suggested that the shop assistant should contact professionals to check and repair the ice machine.

However, the small partner who also works in the overlord tea concubine said that the ice maker that the company equips the store may not be as good as the store equipment of other chain brands. According to employees, like the ice machine failure encountered by the poster, many stores have actually faced it. So much so that in the winter, the clerk in charge of the morning shift has to spend more time "waiting" on the ice maker to provide enough ice to the store.

They hope that store management will take note of the staff's feedback on ice-making equipment and "update the ice maker" so that employees don't have to worry about striking machines during office hours. they also have to borrow ice from competitors next door with buckets in the reminder tone.

Picture from: Xiao Hong Shu

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