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jwinter
0
Nov 7, 2014
4g of sugar per 10g of tea...so it's 40% sugar. sounds really good though
jwinterHi J. Though you may not add sugar at all when you drink tea, think of the weight of tea in a tea bag (1.8g in one box I have), and the weight of the 2 heaping spoons of sugar customarily added to it (20g). That's 91% sugar, and that sugar isn't anything at all like Pirates Chai's Rare Dark Muscovado Sugar. Pirates Chai is blended with the best sugar on the planet in the lowest amount for the discerning, not the mainstream, palate. With a whopping ~60g of sugar in a Starbucks Grande Frappucino, the mainstream palate says "no sugar at all in Pirates Chai." If you eat ice cream and sodas, Pirates Chai will not taste sweet at all. Try as is first, it does come out properly! Stricter palates like mine (and yours it seems), can quickly pour off some undissolved sugar without losing any tea or spice: Brew Pirates; quickly pour milk with suspended brewed matcha into second cup. Some sugar pebbles remain in first cup. Voilá less sweet tea. For you: Pirates Reserve: 1/3 more tea to Dark Muscovado proportion, only in 27oz. If you want to add more: be my guest. Get some Mauritius Dark Muscovado Sugar at Whole Foods. $6-7 lb. Anything else defeats the purpose. Masala Chai is pretty much defined as tea, spice and usually some sweetener, brewed in a creamy base needed to support spices. (Masala=spice blend preparation; Chai=Tea). I don't think any chai has less sugar than Pirates Chai. Sweeteners, that get added to unsweetened chais are NOT of the quality nor do they have the properties of Dark Muscovado Sugar. White sugar, Evaporated Cane Juice, Sugar in the Raw, Turbinado, Agave, Honey are all inferior.
I FORGOT to mention that PLAIN soymilk or nut beverages have 7+ grams of white sugar per serving! "Plain" is not "Unsweetened." I get the unsweetened, always.
Dark Muscovado Sugar is 5.29/lb at my Whole Foods but on sale now! 4.39 I think. Never saw that before.
markmatley
10
Nov 7, 2014
pirateAnd this is the sort of review and/or PR I am looking for from all verified vendors. Thank you for the idea on brewing less or more sweet tea and from finding a review for us. I decided to buy 2. Cheers!