Question

We can separate tea leaves from tea but can’t separate tea other components milk and sugar. Why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Once you have dissolved a spoonful of sugar into your tea or coffee or milk is there any way you can "undissolve" and remove it, or at least neutralise the sugar completely.

Answer 2

We can separate tea leaves from tea but cannot separate other components of tea because-

• The mixture of tea leaves in tea is a heterogeneous mixture that is not equally distributed throughout. As the components of a heterogeneous mixture are visible, we can easily separate tea leaves from tea by using physical methods such as sieving.
• The mixture of sugar and milk forms a homogeneous mixture as it is equally distributed throughout and the components are not visible. Hence, we cannot separate sugar and milk by using physical methods such as sieving.