Overview
- The method freezes water in a cup, places a coin on the ice, and uses the coin’s final position to indicate whether a long outage caused thawing and refreezing.
- If the coin remains on top, outlets say the freezer held temperature; if it sinks to the bottom, they advise discarding stored food due to a likely loss of the cold chain.
- TN.com.ar and LA NACION published step-by-step explainers on December 30 after the tip spread widely on social platforms.
- Coverage notes the trend was amplified by influencers, including a video referenced from the account @paulina_cocina.
- Reports present the trick as an accessible, no-cost option for summer blackout season, while citing no named experts or technical validation of its reliability.