# What Happened To Sugar Cubes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 9, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922 "2010-03-09T23:21:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/21 "2010-03-10T16:41:41Z")

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I, for one, don’t miss them. They take FOREVER to dissolve in coffee. Of course, I’ve now gotten totally spoiled by the near-instant dissolving of Splenda.

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**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/22 "2010-03-10T16:52:25Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> I blame the demise of [absinthe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Preparation)

We buy sugar cues at the supper market. They come in a 2 pound box they are not individually wrapped. My wife uses them for champagne cocktails.

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**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/23 "2010-03-10T17:07:28Z")

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When I was young (60’s) my moms bank would have them out and I loved them.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/24 "2010-03-10T17:34:45Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> We buy sugar cues at the supper market. They come in a 2 pound box they are not individually wrapped. My wife uses them for champagne cocktails.

That explains why I can’t find them - I’ve been looking at the _Lunch_ market.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/25 "2010-03-12T13:26:00Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> My wife uses them for champagne cocktails.

That is 3 drops bitters on a sugar cube, place in the flute, fill with bubbly.

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**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922/26 "2010-03-12T13:59:47Z")

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I buy at least a box a month. My horse gets 10 every time we go for a ride.

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