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    How did you all carry sugar for coffee/tea on your thru hike? I have found that ziplock is less than ideal because the sugar always messes up the zipper and humidity ends up gumming the whole thing up. I'm considering just not bringing any but it is an important morning ritual of mine, any suggestions?

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    What about cubes? I wonder if they would hold up better.

    Editorial add on: Or, just lose that sugar ritual/habit... why ruin one of the tastiest drinks out there with sugar (or cream, for that matter....)?

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    I'm thinking cubes might wear through the zip bag, or just crumble and cause the same mess. A salt type shaker might work, unless it hardens into a solid block. Sugar straws might work, but I'm hesitant to recommend such overpackaging and waste.

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    I just put hot chocolate mix into my instant coffee, plus a little powdered milk for a mocha. I mix up a one pound sized peanut butter jar at a time. I've played with it and this gives me about 10-12 1/2 liter mugs of coffee.

    I've also carried pink lemonade mix for a hot drink at night without the caffeine.

    Haven't had to carry sugar.
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    This sounds kinda funny but have you all ever heard of someone using a lolly pop type thing, you know stir your hot tea which would dissolve some of the sweetener and re wrap the pop for later, just thought of this haha

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    Double-bagged in ziplocs, rubber band around the outer bag. Or a small plastic bottle with wide mouth and screw top (get 'em at REI or EMS, etc.) I'm with you, I must have my evening tea... with real sugar.

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    I make up baggies (Ziploc) with 1/4c of ground coffee and 1/4c sugar and make cowboy coffee. Any kind of sugar will work including brown and powdered.

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    Pill bottle in a ziplock.
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    When I carry sugar I carry it in the little paper individual-serving-size packets that it comes in at most restaurants. Put those in a zip-lock bag. If it's going to be humid, I might even put a desiccant packet (I make my own) in the zip-lock.

    But mostly on the trail I switch to hot chocolate. Simple.
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    little squeeze bottle of liquid sweetner

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    Plastic soda bottle full of sugar for coffee, tea and koolaid. Yes it is heavy but I bring enough to share.

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    If sugar packets is too easy and you are just dieing to make things complicated:
    You can fill plastic drinking straws with the amt you want to use, then heat seal them with an iron. You can make several segments per straw. Waterproof as well.

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    Sugar packets work. Buy them from minimus.biz or ask at a restaurant.
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    I too tried the freezer bag ziplock and artificial sweetener (only because it was so much lighter) thing. Had the exact same issues. I think next time would get a small plastic jar like an instant coffee sized jar to carry. Resupply is so easy so you wouldn't need to carry much either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcranky View Post
    Sugar packets work. Buy them from minimus.biz or ask at a restaurant.
    Grocery stores sell them, no need for Minimus.
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    The most awesome sugar container I've ever used is a simple Whirl-Pak sample bag. You'll need to find a lab at some university to get these in quantities of less than 500, but they totally rock! They seal air tight. You can carry liquids in them if you want. They come in all kinds of sizes, including very small. They work like a mini starbucks coffee bag with essentially a twist-tie type roll-top closure. They are tough enough you don't need to double bag anything. Powders don't screw with the roll-top seal. They are many times over reusable.
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    Use stevia and save yourself from rotting your teeth and insulin spike/T2D.

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    a screw top anything with rice added as a desiccant should do you just fine.

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    I use the little stevia tablets. One little tablet is more than enough for a cup of coffee. You can get them in a small tin. Simple.

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