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[–] 34 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Sugar will dissolve in unsweet tea, it's just slower. If you can't dissolve it in cold tea, then it wouldn't stay in solution in hot tea that was cooled down.

For someone complaining about northerners not knowing 9th grade chemistry, it sure sounds like they weren't paying attention themselves.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Chemistry knowledge! Sweet tea is actually a supersaturated solution. That means there more sugar in the water than could normally be held in suspension. This is achieved by heating the water so you can dissolve more solute in and then chilling it. Remember theres at least 2 diabetes worth of sugar per glass.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That's kind of disgusting. So southern style sweet tea is basically just tea flavored simple syrup?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, yes it is. To be fair, what do you think soda is though?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    According to Wikipedia:

    it is not unusual to find sweet tea with a sugar level as high as 22 degrees Brix, or 22 g per 100 g of liquid, a level twice that of Coca-Cola."

    Coca-Cola already has a disgusting amount of sugar. The mere idea of this makes me queasy.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Masshole that lives in the south I have no idea how everyone I know isn't on insulin. Sweet tea is an abomination of sugar.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Where did you get that? It would be like honey if that was correct. Also, that is not called suspension but solution, since the particles dissolve (unlike fat in milk, but that is an emulsion since the fat is a liquid).

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're technically correct, but completely missing the point that folks want to be able to actually drink it a reasonably short time after it's been served.

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