If sweet tea is a mixture and mixtures can be separated by physical means, then can sweet tea but unsweetened?
2007-03-22 01:03:03 · 6 answers · asked by TTC 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Certainly it can, but if you're trying to do it in a restaurant you are pretty much out of luck. Cheesecloth might work as a filter, but then again you may need something with smaller holes.
2007-03-22 01:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably...
My first thought would be to exploit the difference in solubility between sugar and tea (if there is a difference.) Evaporate off most of the water, then crystallize out the less soluble one. Not sure what else you could do if that doesn't work... adsorption?
Probably easier just to make yourself another cup of tea...
2007-03-22 01:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by tgypoi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you boil it and recuperate the water, the glucose (C6H12O6) and and the residue of whatever type of tea will remain in the boiling container,( parts of it mixed with the glucose, which will have hardened by now) but all you will have left is H2O or distilled WATER in the other container!
Better make another cup;)
2007-03-22 03:10:08 · answer #3 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try Distillation method.
2007-03-22 01:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by nc/^\teej 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so, don't you just evaporate the tea? oh, but you don't get the drink the gas...lol
2007-03-22 02:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by connielee9477 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think gravity filtration may work.
2007-03-22 02:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋