Anybody not hate stevia?

hemlock2010
hemlock2010 Posts: 422 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
If you don't hate stevia, did it take you a while to get used to it?
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  • lynnsf
    lynnsf Posts: 20 Member
    I like it. I confess to only using it in coffee. But I think it is the safest of the artificial sweeteners.
  • hemlock2010
    hemlock2010 Posts: 422 Member
    I like it. I confess to only using it in coffee. But I think it is the safest of the artificial sweeteners.

    Did you like it the first time you tried it? I'm wondering if I'll get used to it if I keep trying.
  • SunSun36
    SunSun36 Posts: 2
    I tried it today for the first time in some yogurt I got at my local grocery store..... I didn't much like it.....
  • ElectricMayhem
    ElectricMayhem Posts: 214 Member
    ugh i hate it! especially in hot drinks such as coffee, leaves a very funky aftertaste. I'd rather save up my calories and use agave nectar or nothing at all vs. using stevia. Just sayin :happy:
  • iishnova
    iishnova Posts: 259 Member
    I liked it right off...maybe I'm strange..
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    My fave - right off the bat...
  • xonikitashafferxo
    xonikitashafferxo Posts: 150 Member
    i like it but i don't use a lot bc i think it's very sweet
  • fitniknik
    fitniknik Posts: 713 Member
    I like it in tea. Unfortunately I don't like it in much else. I think its just because of a kind of strange after taste?
  • Depends on who makes it. Health food store years ago~ tasted bad~
    from the grocery store as Truvia~ tastes great
  • PixelTreason
    PixelTreason Posts: 226 Member
    I like it. Liked the truvia right away -also bought the sweetleaf liquid stevia and that took a bit longer to appreciate but I like it fine now.
  • samhelen
    samhelen Posts: 98
    Personally I've never developed a taste for it over the years -- if I have to use a sweetener in something I tend to us splenda or real sugar depending on the application...
  • liquid stevia in french vanilla flavor. Loved it from day 1. Someone had mentioned previously that it's artificial... but it's not. It's all natural.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    I'll admit I've only tried Stevia once, but considering the almost rotten sugar taste it gave off and how long it lingered on my tongue despite eating something else and even brushing my tongue, I can't say I'd willingly try it again.

    But then again I hate all alternatives to sugar. They either leave bitter aftertastes or churn my stomach and have me on the toilet for a while.

    My weird tastebuds aside I've never actually heard anything bad about Stevia or heard anyone with the same complaints as me. So I guess so long as a percentage like it and don't find it harmful to them in any way then hey. Go for it.
  • finchest
    finchest Posts: 245 Member
    i love stevia, but i use the liquid type in hot beverages. the alcohol from the tincture evaporates in hot water, and the taste is completely non-bitter. i find powdered stevia gross.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    it tastes good at first then it has this bitter aftertaste...i have gotten used to it though. i add it to my oatmeal when its not too warm...im beginning to find it tastes better in cold things than warm . i like it ok...its not the best taste but i will take it over artificial sweeteners any day
  • luhluhlaura
    luhluhlaura Posts: 278 Member
    I bought Truvia the other day and used some in my iced coffee today....maybe I used too much, but it tasted HORRIBLE...but I've always been super-sensitive to that "artificial" sweet taste...I hope I find a way to use it.
  • bskupien
    bskupien Posts: 58 Member
    I don't mind it and haven't noticed any weird tastes, but I've only ever used it in my coffee.
  • BeetleChe13
    BeetleChe13 Posts: 498 Member
    Stevia is the only artificial sweetener I've found that isn't completely disgusting. I only use it in my coffee, and even sometimes use real sugar instead because of the slight after taste, but it's much better than Splenda or Sweet-n-Low in my opinion.
  • ToBeCountry
    ToBeCountry Posts: 81 Member
    I did not like it in coffee. I do use it on my strawberries and taste good to me now.
    It is an acquired taste. However, I cut out a lot of items with sugar in it, so maybe after a while it was "sweet" to me.
    Stevia in the Raw is what I use.
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I like it, I have only used in drinks, so far. It taste diff. than sugar, but it don't taste weird or gross, in my opinion.
  • yasmine36
    yasmine36 Posts: 41 Member
    I love it and have sence I first started using it. Tastes good on everything to me. I guess I'm lucky :)
  • karisma81
    karisma81 Posts: 71 Member
    I hate the taste of stevia in my coffee but ok with it in yogurt. Maybe the difference is the temperature.

    You can try gradually reducing the amount of real sugar you put in your coffee until you acquire a taste for coffee with little to no sugar. I'm down to 1 teaspoon of brown sugar or 0.5 tbsp creamer which is only about 15 calories.
  • kokaneesailor
    kokaneesailor Posts: 337 Member
    The cheaper varieties/ brands have an aftertaste. The costlier brands don't. Only a very small percentage of the plant has no aftertaste. The more expensive brands only use the part of the plant that doesn't have an aftertaste. Not sure what the brand name is though. I bought it at Safeway, and the package explains the reason for the aftertaste.

    It tasted GOOD, not funky like the other stuff. I believe that it was packaged in smaller packets like sugar packets. I don't use it anymore. I just use honey or pure maple syrup.

    Stevia is a natural plant that grows in the wild, it's not a Frankin Food dreamed up in a lab. If I still had a craving for sugar I would still be using it.:smile:
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    I like it. I just use it in small doses only. :) Truvia is pretty good. But a lot of people say it tastes soapy to them. I don't taste it. Apparently my palate isn't great? haha
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    I use it and like it. One thing is to use less of it than you think you need. Too much is definitely bitter. I've slowly reduced my sweet tooth by cutting back on added sugar/stevia in my coffee, etc.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    I like it and liked it the first time I tried it. I used the liquid type at first. The next batch I got I didn't like, but then after doing some research I discovered there are different types of stevia with varying levels of after taste. Most today are the type with little after taste, at least it seems that way to me as I doesn't seem to matter any more which brand I get.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    I like it. I confess to only using it in coffee. But I think it is the safest of the artificial sweeteners.

    It's not artificial.

    And it is safe.

    Table sugar is the evaporated solids of the sugar cane stalk.

    Stevia is the evaporated solids of the stevia leaf.

    :)

    Not fake.
  • rlprlp7
    rlprlp7 Posts: 3
    Not really it may be the kind you are using
  • Coyotemama
    Coyotemama Posts: 206 Member
    I love stevia with my Greek yogurt and a few other items. I can tolerate it in my coffee although I still prefer the taste of Splenda in my coffee instead. I love the fact that it is a natural sweetener though and generally use it before anything else at home especially since I was recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes and I have to watch my carbs.
  • cressievargo
    cressievargo Posts: 392 Member
    The cheaper varieties/ brands have an aftertaste. The costlier brands don't. Only a very small percentage of the plant has no aftertaste. The more expensive brands only use the part of the plant that doesn't have an aftertaste. Not sure what the brand name is though. I bought it at Safeway, and the package explains the reason for the aftertaste. It tasted GOOD, not funky like the other stuff. I believe that it was packaged in smaller packets like sugar packets. I don't use it anymore. I just use honey or pure maple syrup.

    Maybe Stevia in the Raw?
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