A cold plate includes a cold plate body. A tubing system is embedded within the cold plate body. The tubing system includes a prechill circuit, a plain water postchill circuit fluidly connected to the prechill circuit, and a carbonated water postchill circuit fluidly connected to the prechill circuit.

A beverage dispenser includes a cold plate with a plurality of fluid lines running through it. A cover includes a carbonator housing and a hopper cradle, with a cover aperture extending through the hopper cradle. The cover and cold plate together define a cooling chamber. An ice hopper, which has a hopper aperture, is connected to the cover at the hopper cradle, aligning the hopper aperture with the cover aperture so that cubed ice in the ice hopper can fall through the hopper aperture onto the cold plate. A carbonator is received through the cover into the carbonator housing.