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.
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.
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.
That’s kind of disgusting. So southern style sweet tea is basically just tea flavored simple syrup?
I thought a supersaturated solution could easily be brought out of supersaturation by something like sticking a spoon in it? Am I misremembering?
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.
