Complex sentence: After you had poured out the water you needed for coffee, you would remove the icyball from the chest, and upend it, hot ball downward, and pour a few cups of boiling water over the cold ball.
Split into simpler sentences: After you had poured out the water you needed for coffee, you would remove the icyball from the chest, and upend it, hot ball downward. You would pour a few cups of boiling water over the cold ball.