• slaacaa@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This seems like a US thing I’m too European to understand

    (aka. they bring us the ingredients, and we make our own tea at the restaurant table)

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      1 year ago

      What’s called sweet tea in the US is overwhelmingly sweet. That was my reaction to it the first time I tried it. It’s so sweet, the only way you can get that much sugar in it is if you dissolve that sugar in hot tea.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t know if you need to be told this.

          Pay the money and buy real maple syrup, not ‘pancake syrup.’ Real maple syrup is one of the best tastes on the planet.

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        1 year ago

        Sweet tea can have as much sugar as soda. You would need to add 10-15 sugar packets to a single glass of iced tea to have the equivalent amount of sugar.

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        1 year ago

        Not true about being able to only dissolve the sugar in hot tea, because if it was, the sugar would fall out once it cooled. You can dissolve the sugar into cold tea, it just takes more effort (so time and mixing) than doing it with hot tea and then cooling it. Cold water can hold approx. 1.7g of sugar per gram of water.

        • sorebuttfromsitting@sopuli.xyz
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          1 year ago

          well it ain’t no PG TIPS but it will make a gallon of oddly flavored water cooked in the sun, which when chilled and enhanced with fresh lemon juice and served over ice, is dope

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            well it ain’t no PG TIPS but it will make a gallon of oddly flavored water

            Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

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              1 year ago

              Listen, you stupid machine. It tastes filthy! Here take this cup back!

              [He throws cup at NutriMatic]

              NUTRIMATIC DRINK DISPENSER: If you have enjoyed the experience of this drink, why not share it with your friends?

              ARTHUR: Because I want to keep them! Will you try and comprehend what I’m telling you? That drink -

              NUTRIMATIC DRINK DISPENSER: …that drink was individually tailored to meet your personal requirements for nutrition and pleasure

              ARTHUR: Ah! So I’m a masochist on a diet, am I?!

              NUTRIMATIC DRINK DISPENSER: Share and enjoy.

              ARTHUR: Oh shut up.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Yeah in the US they have this thing called sweet tea (some places have a choice between sweet and unsweetened tea).

      To make sweet tea they just unload a tanker truck full of gum syrup into cold tea. That’s what it tastes like to me.

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      1 year ago

      Sweet tea is a drink prepared hot but consumed cold. The cold part is best done via refrigeration. Bringing hot water, tea, and sugar are not going to achieve the same results.