How to Dry and Use Stevia
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Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is rapidly becoming very popular as a sugar substitute. That’s because it is natural and does not have the possible dangers to health that so many sugar substitutes have had in the past. Not only that, but it is easy to grow, as most herbalists and gardeners have discovered. Plus it has zero (0) calories! Also, it is also easy to learn…
How to Dry and Use Stevia.
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Today, we feature two videos from YouTube by Zack Tato.
The First Video of How to Dry and Use Stevia
This video shows you how to harvest and dry stevia. You’ll note that there is no narration in either of these videos. It simply shows you how to perform the tasks required to harvest and dry your stevia in the first video. Take a look.
The Second Video of How to Dry and Use Stevia
This video shows you how to prepare the dried plant so you can use it. Once again, there is no narration. In the second video, it simply shows you how to perform the tasks needed to use your dried stevia. So, take a look at that video now.
And there you have it…
How to Dry and Use Stevia.
Here are two postscripts for you, a couple of tips. As an herbalist, I would suggest that you do not dry the stevia in direct sunlight. The reason is that the sunlight can reduce the strength of the dried leaves. It’s best to tie the stems as shown in the video and then place the tied plant stems and leaves upside down in a paper bag and secure the bag opening around the base of the stevia stems. Hang the bag with stevia inside in a dry place with good air circulation and check it in a couple of days. When the leaves are crisp, they are ready to be processed.
The second suggestion I have is that you’ll need to find a store that carries tea bags that you can use to fill with the dried, ground, stevia leaves. Whenever you brew a cup of tea, you can use a stevia-filled tea bag to sweeten your tea. If you want to sweeten some cold beverage such as iced tea or lemonade, brew several stevia teabags and then let the stevia tea cool. You can add as much of the stevia tea as you like to sweeten your iced drink.
And one really delightful thing about all of this is…
…there are no calories in the stevia sweetener, one of the benefits of…
How to Dry and Use Stevia.
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