r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 28d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/nalaloveslumpy 28d ago

Ounce for ounce, sweet tea in most restaurants in the US has way more sugar than soda. The soda is at least regulated and formulaic. The sweet tea decanter at Bojangles often depends on how many cups of sugar Laronda chose to add that morning.

It's crazy common for restaurants to go whole hog on sugar in the sweet tea because that absolutely builds customer retention.

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u/Unusualnamer 28d ago

I’ve never liked sweet tea. But I had to make it on morning shift at a restaurant.

We had to put in an entire pitcher of white sugar. Made me feel sick. And then people would ask for sugar packets to put in!

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 27d ago

I think if someone asked me for sugar packets to add to sweet tea, I'd just ask if they want a glass of pure sugar syrup.

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u/gzr4dr 28d ago

That's insane, as a 16oz Coke has around 60 grams of sugar. I encourage someone to measure out a gram of sugar, let alone 60, and still ask themselves if they should drink it.

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 27d ago

I remember an episode of Super Nanny (or similar show) where the kid pretty much only drank Mountain Dew. The whole family drank it, but one kid ONLY drank soda.

The nanny had the dad get a regular glass, calculated out how much sugar was in that size serving and then put that much sugar in the glass and actually look it in the face. It was over half a glass of sugar.

It was a lot easier for the parents to say no after that.