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The present invention is a frozen drink machine and a method for making frozen drinks from a frozen substance which has been frozen into a block. According to the method of the present invention, a block of frozen substance is held in a vessel while a rotatable blade having features for grinding the

The present invention is a frozen drink machine and a method for making frozen drinks from a frozen substance which has been frozen into a block. According to the method of the present invention, a block of frozen substance is held in a vessel while a rotatable blade having features for grinding the frozen substance and, if desirable, for aerating the ground frozen substance, acts on the block, grinding the frozen substance while a heated liquid is simultaneously introduced into the vessel. An apparatus according to the present invention supports a cup containing the frozen substance, and includes a rotatable blade which is lowered into the cup and means for pumping a heated liquid into the cup.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method of making a milkshake or smoothie, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a cup containing a block of milkshake or smoothie ingredients frozen to substantially conform to the interior of the cup;(b) grinding the block in the cup to form a ground frozen substance;(c) adding

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method of making a milkshake or smoothie, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a cup containing a block of milkshake or smoothie ingredients frozen to substantially conform to the interior of the cup;(b) grinding the block in the cup to form a ground frozen substance;(c) adding a liquid heated to at least approximately 100.degree. F. to the ground frozen substance in the cup; and(d) whipping to incorporate air into a mixture of the heated liquid and the ground frozen substance in the cup, so that the incorporated air, heated liquid, and ground frozen substance form a milkshake or smoothie which has a total volume that exceeds the volume of the mixture of the heated liquid and block of frozen ingredients alone, andwherein steps (b), (c), and (d) are completed in about 30 seconds or less.