Originally posted by: zinfamous
I'm sure the members here would know. Lot of Kool-aid drinkers in P&N
That stuff is downright toxic though. It's like sarin nerve gas, except it never loses its potency, and it continually rots away the brain.
The packets of Kool-Aid + your own sugar is probably a much better deal. I haven't priced out the pre-mixed powder + sugar, but I imagine that you take a hit from a huge markup from them mixing the flavor powder (the real "value-added" component) to plain sugar.
$2.75 for 5lbs of sugar = 11.25 cups
<$0.22 for each packet of flavoring = $2.42.
maybe 5 cents of water for all 22 quarts?
$5.22 of supplies for 22 quarts (88 cups) of flavored drink.
How much does a canister of the pre-mixed powder & sugar cost, and how much drink does it make?
(Funny thing - buy the packets in "large quantities" at Amazon, and you get to pay more than 2x what it costs to buy them at the store individually. It's not just epic fail, it's bulk fail.)