Comment on Sweet tea
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 1 year agoSweet tea usually has 2 cups (400 grams) of sugar per gallon (some “real southerners” use more… a lot more)- so a 16 ounce glass (11 ounces of liquid, accounting for ice) will have (at least) 34.37 grams of sugar (about the same as a coke). A sugar packet has 2-4 grams of sugar. So, if you get the small ones, you’d need to sit there an open and pour about 17 packets of sugar.
They will dissolve. The saturation limit for sugar in 0℃ water is 180 grams per 100ml. There are 29.57mls per ounce, so 325.27mls in 11oz. 180gms * 3.2527= 585.486gms. So, you can dissolve 585.486 grams of sugar (or 292 sugar packets) in 11 ounces of 0℃ water.
You could do more if it were boiling- 490g of sugar can dissolve in 100ml of boiling water, so 490 * 3.2527 = 1593.823 or 796 sugar packets in 11 oz of water, but honestly, that seems excessive, even for the south.
DJVIIIMan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In Arkansas, the standard is a cup and a half per gallon unless you’re at a restaurant with a majority of black employees. Then it’s two cups per gallon. I agree with the op on adding sugar to cold unsweetened tea. Fucking Yankee heathens.
HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or, you know, don’t add sugar at all. Iced tea doesn’t need it.
When you stop guzzling that sort of syrupy sludge drinks start becoming refreshing. They quench your thirst instead of making you want to grab some pork rinds and a side of insulin.
DJVIIIMan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah. Take your Yankee heathen shit elsewhere.