Whitworths Demerera Sugar Cubes

Being an avid absinthe drinker, I need sugar cubes (you pour the absinthe over a sugar cube).Whitworths are one of the few varieties of boxes of sugar cubes you will still see for sale in your average supermarket. Whitworths Raw Cane Demerera Sugar Cubes sell for 500g for £1.05. Once opened the box will not re-seal so you will need some form of tin to keep these in. Sugar cubes in drinks is something of a lost art unfortunately, it looks great when someone uses a pair of tongs to put a cube of sugar into a drink. Tea, coffee... You get more of a measure of how much sugar you are using (a heaped teaspoon is hardly an accurate measure...) and the cubes ...  Read the complete review

Demerera Sugar is a very useful ingredient for baking as it has very large particles and tends to be crunchier than other sugars. It is brown in colour which puts some people off it as they are used to the bright white of normal sugar but brown is actually the natural colour. As far as I know it isn't any better for you than white sugar but it's used because it is courser for baking recipies that require course sugar such as a crumble topping. However it can also be used in tea and coffee. I mainly use this product in my tea because I cannot bake with sugar cubes and need granulated suagr for that. However for sweetening tea these work very well. ...  Read the complete review