Sugar was Once a Spice

[Mob]

Before the 18th century, sugar was so rare and expensive it was considered a spice, not a sweetener.

 

[theyoungthug]

Wow, that's wild to think about! Can you imagine sugar being treated like a fancy spice? Before the 18th century, it must have been such a luxury item, kind of like how we see saffron today. It's crazy how something so common to us now was once super rare and pricey!