Why has the "sugar cube", once a luxury of the upper class, now become a very humble "sugar cube"?

The production process of cube sugar is complex, and cube sugar is the product of modern industry. Sugar could not have appeared like this before large-scale machine production. The steps of making sugar cubes are not complicated. Select refined sugar with appropriate crystal size and granularity, mix it with a small amount of refined sugar concentrated solution or crystal water to form wet sugar with water content of 1.5-2.5%, then make it into a semi-cubic shape with a molding machine, dry it with a dryer until the water content is below 0.5%, and then cool and package it. But every link can't get rid of the environment of large-scale mechanized production.

Sugar replaced sugar cubes. When sugar becomes an ordinary household item, it becomes a part of social etiquette for the reason of stimulating consumption. In the religious and social fields, the frequency of sweets and desserts is increasing. Finally, sugar is combined with two other hobbies in Britain, namely tea and coffee. Afternoon tea has become a habit, and sugar has its own main battlefield.

The beverage industry does not need sugar cubes. At present, there are many hidden worries in the explosive development of domestic milk tea industry, especially the quality problems. A cup of milk tea worth 20 to 30 yuan, the cost of raw materials is actually quite low, and the main costs are concentrated in franchise fees, labor costs, rent and so on. On the other hand, operators often have to reduce the cost of milk tea itself because of the relatively high franchise fee, labor cost and rent.

If we pay attention to quality, then the sugar content must be strictly controlled. Nowadays, milk tea usually adds syrup to adjust the sweetness. Syrup is a high-concentration sugar solution, which is made of sugarcane juice, fruit juice or other plant juice by boiling or other techniques. The most common is fructose syrup, which tastes fresh. Syrup is used because of its low cost, only half that of white sugar, and because of its high sweetness but moderate taste, it is very suitable for making drinks. But this kind of syrup is unhealthy because of its high sugar content.