I found it rather amusing that the sugar all dissolved, but stayed saturated at the bottom of the jar, segregating itself from the tea above it.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Fluid Density Separation
I was making a batch of iced tea, and was pretty amused by what happened to it. I first heated the water, dumped in a tablespoon of sugar without stirring it, and steeped the tea for five minutes. I came back to this:
I found it rather amusing that the sugar all dissolved, but stayed saturated at the bottom of the jar, segregating itself from the tea above it.
I found it rather amusing that the sugar all dissolved, but stayed saturated at the bottom of the jar, segregating itself from the tea above it.
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Pfft! Sugar! I always knew it was a snob.
Yeah yeah. Between the milk, premixed sugar, and heating it in the microwave, I can hardly call it tea at all, can I? May as well go down and buy a tin of caffeine pills and call it a day.
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