HERB - stevia

[Carl/Anne Adamczyk]

Stevia can't be heated as it loses its sweetness.  In large quantities,
Stevia is rather bitter.  In its natural form it is green and it doesn't
mix well with liquids.  There is a commercial prep which is white and
granular like sugar but it has other things in it and it crystallizes
when it gets even the smallest bit damp.  It was very expensive.  The
1.85 oz. bottle of sweetener I purchased cost $12.  

I hope this helps.

Grania

On Sun, 09 Jan 2000 21:27:20 -0600 Magdalena <magdlena at earthlink.net>
writes:
>Hi!
>
>    I'm thinking about brewing with stevia as an alternative
>method to high alcohol wines.  Does anybody out there know
>how stevia interacts with either yeast fermentation or
>alcohol extraction?  I can't find mention of it in any of
>the studies I've found.
>
>Thanks!
>-Magdalena
>
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