sugar down
To make something less sweet by adding more liquid or reducing the sugar in it.
Meanings
To reduce the sweetness or sugar concentration of a liquid or food by diluting it.
"The lemonade was too sweet, so she sugared it down by adding more water."
In maple syrup production, to let the sugar content of boiling sap decrease or to bring a syrup batch to a lower sugar concentration.
"If you sugar down the batch too much, you'll end up with a thinner syrup that won't keep as long."
Primarily used in cooking, food production, and maple syrup processing contexts. Not widely used in everyday speech; more technical or regional (especially in North American rural/farming communities).
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