Can you get sugar back out of a cup of tea?

[jojothemonkey69]

If so how. If not - why not?
That is all

 

[JodieO]

You've lost me.

 

[Dreadi]

You've lost me.

as in the same way you can get salt from sea water i think he means

 

[Gaygle]

course you can. Evaporate the water!

 

[Muffin`]

Evaporate the liquid, filter whats left. Thats a Year 7 question, come on man!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Boil off the water then sive the Tea sugar mix

 

[WillyNelson]

Chemically, probably somehow yes.
In your kitchen if you've made a mistake with the tea-making, no.

 

[Kerplunk]

God I love OCUK

 

[jojothemonkey69]

So you boil the tea until its all evapourated. Then what are you left with the pure sugar?

 

[WillyNelson]

Evaporate the liquid, filter whats left. Thats a Year 7 question, come on man!

Elaborate on 'filter'. How would you separate the sugar from the rest of the dry residue?

Boil off the water then sive the Tea sugar mix

Yes, that's right. You'd be left with a mixture of tea leaves and sugar crystals

 

[JodieO]

as in the same way you can get salt from sea water i think he means

Ah now I see. Odd question.

 

[tom_e]

So you boil the tea until its all evapourated. Then what are you left with the pure sugar?

Not totally pure but about as pure as you will get without over complicating things

 

[platypus]

Drink it.

 

[MookJong]

Does this have any practical use to you or did you just wonder?

5 Stars

 

[jojothemonkey69]

Does this have any practical use to you or did you just wonder?

5 Stars

Practical - it's for an assignment for uni. Children's misconceptions about science. in this case they're discussing how to extract sugar from a cup of tea.

Thanks this is what forums are for

 

[Majago]

It's a lot easier to get out if you haven't already added the boiling water - remove teabag then pour out sugar.

Here to help.

 

[JodieO]

Practical - it's for an assignment for uni. Children's misconceptions about science. in this case they're discussing how to extract sugar from a cup of tea.

Thanks this is what forums are for

So the people here are the children you're writing about? Perhaps updating your op with a full explanation would be better so people know what you are asking for. I don't think you'll find many children here either, teens and older yes but not children.

 

[jojothemonkey69]

So the people here are the children you're writing about? Perhaps updating your op with a full explanation would be better so people know what you are asking for. I don't think you'll find many children here either, teens and older yes but not children.

Well it was just a quick question to reinforce my point of view that you can get it back out. I do primary teaching and we have to learn how to teach all subjects. For our science assignment we have to look at a concept cartoon.

The problem is that they want to get sugar back out of the tea.

I have to discuss the misconceptions that each child is showing in their method of getting the sugar back out. Which are;

Put it through a strainer
Stir it really hard
Put it in the freezer
Boil it up so that the water evapourates
I don't think that you can get the sugar back

I wanted to check for my peace of mind that you could get it back. I don't have time to try it for real

 

[DJMK4]

Pour contents of cup into a non-sticky saucepan, place ontop of a gas/electric cooker hob, boil gently, eventually it will evapourate the water and the crystals will be stuck to the bottom of the pan.

 

[Sic]

actually the best thread title ever. I move that all threads on OcUK should bear this title from now on