Craftscout's Stevia
Stevia rebaudiana

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  Nax wrote:

  What is this? It comes up here every now and then, but I never heard of it before.

  Posted on 07 Oct 08 (about 1 months ago)

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  Craftscout wrote:

  It’s an herb, apparently grows great as a perennial down here and is extremely root hardy. According to wikipedia, it’s native to South America, and is also known as sweetleaf, among others. The herb lady at the Farmers’ Market I went to was offering sample leaves off the plants she was selling. So I gave it a try. Holy cow!! It doesn’t hit you right away, but the sweetness of the leaves is completely unreal. The herb lady said she often uses it to sweeten hot and sun teas, and just includes stevia leaves in with the other herbs she is infusing. I have got to try that with this rosemary tea/lemonade recipe I have. hth!

  Posted on 07 Oct 08 (about 1 months ago)

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  7thswan wrote: I have Stevia growing, harvested quit a bit of it for drying then put the plant in my Greenhouse. It seems to like it in there. It is a great Herb as I do not use Sugar(headakes). The place I got it at claims that it is 300 times sweeter than Sugar. I don’t think so but it is sweet and in the 4 mons.I’ve had it it grew quite large;about 3’ and bushy.

  Posted on 07 Oct 08 (about 1 months ago)

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  Jolantru wrote:

  I have tasted stevia. Very sweet… :)

  Posted on 07 Oct 08 (about 1 months ago)

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