On 07/05/2013 10:18 AM, Billy wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Got to love the subject line. I really worked on it!
>>
>> Okay, silliness aside, Her Thropyness bought me two
>> boxes of flavored Stevia: vanilla and passion flower.
>>
>> http://www.cidbotanicals.com/Cid-Bot...ia-Packets-Van
>> illa-Flavor--100-Packets_p_9.html#
>> http://www.vitacost.com/cid-botanica...la-100-packets
>>
>> http://www.cidbotanicals.com/Cid-Bot...ia-Packets-Pas
>> sion-Fruit-Flavor--100-Packets_p_11.html
>> http://www.vitacost.com/cid-botanica...on-100-packets
>>
>> Disclaimer: I am use to the taste of Stevia and the gasoline
>> overtones don't bother me so much. If you are not use to it,
>> you may gag a bit.
>>
>> This stevia is actually really good and natural: no sugar alcohols,
>> no maltodextrin (liar's glucose). The flavors are the real thing
>> too: no chemicals.
>>
>> My favorite is the vanilla. I adore it in my Paleo cocoa.
>> I use it as a substitute for vanilla in my recipes. (I always
>> sweeten things when using vanilla, so this works perfectly.)
>> Although, the vanilla is rather strong -- try diluting it 1/2
>> and 1/2 with regular stevia. (They make a regular stevia too.)
>> I can't taste the stevia taste (gasoline) in this one.
>>
>> I mixed the passion flower with melted butter to make a
>> berry topping. (This one have a "tiny" stevia/gasonline taste,
>> but does not bother me in the slightest.)
>>
>> -T
>
> I've grown stevia, and I don't understand this gasoline flavor of which
> you speak. To me, habaneros have more of a petroleum flavor. Different
> cultivars of stevia have different flavors to be sure from green leaf to
> slight bitterness. Try growing some, and maybe you'll be happier with it.

Hi Billy,

I think it has something to do with the process of making
it into a powder. Did you just crush the leaves?

-T

>
> Remember that old saying about gasoline and alcohol not mixing? Well
> actually they do, it just tastes horrible ;O)

:-)