Spoon for Enjoy Soft Serve at Home - AIHOI SPOON

This original spoon, named ‘AIHOI SPOON’, makes it easy to turn the texture of commercially available ice cream in cups into a soft-serve-like texture at home by simply mixing it. It is manufactured in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, known for its excellent cutlery.

Why mix it?
To begin with, what is the main difference between ice cream and soft serve?
It is the temperature. Ice cream is considered to be about -18°C, while soft serve is about -7°C.
However, raising the temperature of ice cream in a room does not make it soft serve. This is because only the outside of the ice cream will melt, leaving the centre hard. The role of the ‘AIHOI SPOON’ is to bring the temperature of the ice cream as a whole closer to -7 °C by mixing ice cream with uneven temperatures!

4 features of AIHOI SPOON!
Point 1: Shaped specifically for mixing and eating ice cream.
Point 2: Manufactured in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, a famous cutlery production area.
Point 3: Design rights have been granted in Japan!
Point 4: Daringly made of stainless steel with low thermal conductivity.

Point 1: Shaped specifically for mixing ice cream
It is possible to mix ice cream with a normal spoon. However, the holes in the spoon eliminate clumps of ice cream, resulting in ice cream with a texture closer to that of soft serves with less textural bias.
Another feature of this spoon is its straight shape when viewed from the side. Whereas ordinary spoons focus on ease of scooping, AIHOI SPOON focuses on ease of mixing. The flat tip also allows the bottom of the cup to be scooped cleanly.

Point 2: Manufactured in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, a renowned cutlery production area
Tsubame City in Niigata Prefecture boasts a 90% share of the domestic cutlery production market. AIHOI SPOON is manufactured at a factory in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, which is also recognised worldwide. We are confident in our quality!

Point 3: Design rights have been granted in Japan!
AIHOI SPOON has never been seen before and is recognised as a new form of spoon.

Point 4: Daringly made of stainless steel with low thermal conductivity
In recent years, many ice cream spoons have been launched in Japan. Most of them are made of aluminium. Aluminium has high thermal conductivity and allows you to eat ice cream while melting it at the temperature of your hand.
In contrast, AIHOI SPOON is made of stainless steel (18-8 stainless steel), with low thermal conductivity. The purpose of this is to bring the ice cream closer to the soft serve. As soft serve is hotter than ice cream, a metal spoon with a high thermal conductivity would quickly melt the ice cream, which is why it is made of stainless steel with low thermal conductivity.

How to use.
(1) Warm ice cream in a microwave (approximate time: 200W for 60 seconds for 150ml ice cream). Do not heat the spoon in the microwave.
(2) Mix the ice cream (a little tricky at first).
(3) When the ice cream is like soft serve, it is ready to serve!
*Taste the ice cream as it is when it's frozen, and mix it when it's naturally melted. This is also a great way to taste two different textures.
You can enjoy various flavours by making adjustments to the vanilla ice cream, such as adding chocolate sauce or cinnamon powder. A little bit of soy sauce is also delicious.

You can also use the soft serve you make to dip cookies, put on bread, or add the same amount of milk as the ice cream to make a shake, to name but a few arrangements.

We hope you enjoy various soft serves at home, using your favourite ice cream!