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[starlagurl]

I just saw a picture of these sugar cubes in packets. Apparently, they are pretty common in Europe, but I can't seem to remember having any when I was there.

Is this a common occurrence?

[mmbcross]

They were certainly common in my day. You always asked "how many cubes in your tea?". You need a bit of patience though, as they don't disintegrate immediately, and you have to stir them quite a bit. They are certainly more efficient that the fiddly little 4 gram packets of sugar we get here in North America. Sugar packets in other countries seem so much bigger.

Jakub Kryštof Rad invented sugarcubes in 1841 in the Austrian Empire (what is now the Czech Republic).

[starlagurl]

I was meaning more the ones wrapped in paper.

I have seen the cubes, but I have never seen them wrapped so prettily.

[polydemic]

I've seen them in a few diners in the US. It's not common but some cafe owners find them quaint.

[kathryn77]

I've seen them with 'Tate & Lyle' blue & white packaging! Not as pretty as butterflies!

Those things remind me of primary school - when they put a vaccination in them and you had to eat it! Do they still do that? It was definitely better than a jag, but I seem to remember getting a jag as well as the 'spiked' sugar cube! That is just mean!!

[littlekate]

In Russia sugar cubs are very common, 1 kg in a pack, packed but not prettily. I remember the packs of two cubes in my childhood. Now mostly crystal sugar is used for small (1 cup)packages.

[greekcypriot]

I've seen them in coffee shops in France.
Yes, I have to admit they are nicely packed.


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[travelmonster]

They were a very regular thing until a couple of years ago - a few places still use them, but mostly its just small packets of granules now - or at least that has been my experience.