• ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    I’m no expert but a single bean that’s already been scraped of seeds can flavour about 5 kilos of sugar by just leaving it in the box for a day or two. I imagine they use a mix of real vanilla extract and synthetic vanillin to save money though.

    • GrafZahl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Oh yea that’s helpful.

      Vanilla beanis weighs 3-6 gram, I’m gonna go with 3 gram.

      3 gram vanilla -> 5 kilogram flavoured sugar

      0.0175 gram vanilla -> 30 gram flavoured sugar (I’m rounding this a little much maybe but I’m too lazy)

      I’ll assume syrup will be something like 2 parts sugar to 1 part water - but I dont really know, probably less water.

      So I get about 45 gram syrup, or 1.6 ounces. So I got 10 teaspoons of vanilla syrup for one Starbucks for a whole day, don’t use it all at once.