On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 10:07:00 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>Jeßus wrote:
>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>coltwvu wrote:
>>>> I think stevia upsets my stomach a little.
>>>
>>>All the artificial stuff does that to me. I'm sticking with sugar or honey.
>>
>>It's a natural product.
>
>Not really, stevia is highly processed,

We quibble over the term 'processed' (I'm sure I've seen threads go
that way before on this one).

>so is granulated sugar for
>that matter... only honey is absolutely natural, directly from live
>buzzing bees, only processing is sieving off any schmutz/debris.
>Honey is an excellent sweetener for all cocktails calling for sugar;
>sours, margaretas, etc., to frost the glass use crystalized honey.
>http://www.wired.com/2014/03/crystalized-honey/
>http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...sl_1cy2546kt_b

Fair enough that it can be described as processed in that way, I'd use
the term 'refined'. You could make a case for honey also being
processed, as it is only a matter of degree. Not that I would
though... Is maple syrup considered processed, it's only tapped out
of the trees?