Do you ever drink your first cup of hot morning beverage before it gets cold?

[Barriehie]

Lipton doesn't brew dark enough for sweet tea to suit me. Up here in NE Ohio the iced tea served in most restaurants is a pale tan color and you can see through it. Sweet tea is more available here than it used to be but not the right color. When I first moved up here if I asked for sweet tea they pointed at the packets in the caddy on the table. That will not do.

Took a minute but I remembered why it's dark as it is. Piloncillo.

What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

 

[karadekoolaid]

Took a minute but I remembered why it's dark as it is. Piloncillo.

Raw cane sugar. It's called papelón over here.Same stuff, different name.

 

[Barriehie]

Raw cane sugar. It's called papelón over here.Same stuff, different name.

Good stuff even though it's pricey.

 

[TastyReuben]

Good stuff even though it's pricey.

I bought a fairly large bag of pure can sugar from Aldi and it wasn’t too expensive.

 

[Barriehie]

I bought a fairly large bag of pure can sugar from Aldi and it wasn’t too expensive.

The ones I'm getting might be a bit different than a bag of loose sugar crystals. The sugar cane juice is extracted and then boiled down so that when it cools it forms whatever shape the mold is. Mine is typically a cone shape. That's the extent of processing. I recall it's around $3.49/lb.

Looks about like this:

I put one cone in my pitcher of sweet tea for the stuff it has that's *not* sugar.