It was a little too strong and sweet this time, so I dialed down the hibiscus and sugar for next time

Recipe: https://www.epimel.es/recipes/agua-de-jamaica

A glass of iced hibiscus tea. Dark purple color
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Iced tea is my daily drink, and I found that I was able to gradually cut down sugar over time, plus added a bit of substitute, like sucralose. So two sugar cubes and a packet of Splenda tastes perfectly normal to me in a Gatorade bottle of iced tea (828mL / 28fl oz / 1.75pints).

The amount of sugar commonly included in bottles & containers of iced tea in stores is absolutely insane.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    What's interesting to be is that different sugars and substitutes seem to settle at different levels and so you can actually get a more even sweetness like that

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    Sorry, what?
    Not sure I'm understand right there, sorry.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    So Splenda is lighter and tends to sit the top of the drink.

    Raw sugar tends to sit at the bottom.

    So a blend cover more drink area more evenly

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