Convertible ice maker appliance for making infused ice or water ice

A method of operating an ice maker appliance, the ice maker appliance comprising a mold body comprising a mold cavity, the mold cavity configured for receiving liquid water therein and retaining the liquid water to form an ice piece in the mold cavity, and a pod receiver upstream of the mold cavity along a flow path of the liquid water, the pod receiver configured to hold a pod containing an additive, the method comprising:

• determining an infused ice making mode of the ice maker appliance, the infused ice making mode comprising forming an infused ice piece from the liquid water and the additive;
• flowing a volume of liquid water through the pod in the pod receiver, whereby the additive mixes with the volume of liquid water;
• flowing the additive and the volume of liquid water into the mold cavity;
• retaining the additive and the volume of liquid water in the mold cavity to form the infused ice piece from the additive and the volume of liquid water;
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• operating the ice maker appliance to provide a predetermined temperature at the mold body while retaining the additive and the volume of liquid water in the mold cavity to form the infused ice piece from the additive and the volume of liquid water, wherein the predetermined temperature at the mold body is based on the infused ice making mode.