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Amber Sugar Crystals

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Description

An ideal tea sweetener, these crystals are sugar in its purest form. If you like your tea sweet, there's no better way to impart savory notes to your favorite cup. Adding a few sugar crystals will sweeten tea without distorting its flavor profile, pleasing both your sweet tooth and taste buds.

Story

Sugar crystals are widely used in India with aniseed as a mouth freshener, especially after meals. The two are often served alongside the check or bill in Indian restaurants. In Thailand, sugar crystals served the function of money, being easy to weight and divide into small increments. Sugar crystals were also used to make Sugar Skulls in Mexico to celebrate the Day of the Dead. Mexican children would make rock candy in the shapes of skulls by special strings and then decorate them with icing and jewels.

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Robert P.
Feb 13th '10

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"I enjoy these in comparison to the white for a mellower flavor, however don't fall into my trap of tasting them alone when you get them. Reason being they taste like rock candy and you will want to snack on them all day!"
4 votes
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Starr H.
Feb 2nd '10

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"It's great! It's sugar that's amber colored and looks like crystals. Is that not enough, world?"
2 votes
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Kyle M.
Feb 4th '10

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"These Amber sugar crystals are wonderful! Both my wife and I love them and they smell great, too! There is a very soft carmel-like scent to them and they don't dissolve instantly so they are great for use in your teapot. Their taste is subtle but sweet enough to add that extra "umph" to any cup of tea."
1 vote
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Dianne T.
Mar 14th '10

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"Interesting addition to my cups of tea, but nothing more than that. My daughter really just wanted to munch on them like candy more than I wanted to use them in tea."
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Joe N.
Mar 11th '10

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"I bought these for my mom, since she likes sugar in her tea and I don't. I gave it a shot anyway. It sweetened it slightly without destroying the flavor, so it earns points with me. I tended to grab a few and eat them like candy - they're great."
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Silva C.
Mar 8th '10

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"Provides a sweet addition to any cup of tea. Use in large amounts."
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