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How To Make Your Own Pure Stevia & Liquid Stevia ~ Part 2

 Is Your Stevia Real?

 

Today I want to expand a little on a post I did 6 months ago. In this video, featured below, I show you how to make your own pure stevia and liquid stevia. Making and growing your own stevia is very simple. You can save a lot of money by making your own stevia and take comfort in knowing that this is the “real” thing and not the fake stevia that is all over our markets today!

Since stevia has taken off in the health food markets, a lot of fake and un pure stevia has shown up on the shelves. A clear example would be Truvia made by the Coca Cola Company. It is made to taste like sugar and look like sugar to sell like sugar.

Stevia is not supposed to taste like sugar and a true stevia is actually green, not white. Stevia has a very sweet taste, yes, but if you use too much it can quickly become bitter.

Does Your Stevia Have Added “Hidden” Sugar?

 

A lot of stevia for sale today has added ingredients and hidden sugars added. Remember “ose” on the end of a word is usually another form of sugar. One of these ingredients that you see often in this so called pure stevia is dextrose! Stay away from this, it is sugar and there is nothing pure about it.

When purchasing stevia, make sure the ingredients are OLNY pure stevia (no artificial colors, flavors or added preservatives) then you would probably be okay to consume this.

How To Make Your Own Pure Stevia & Liquid Stevia

 

If you are wanting to make sure your stevia is pure, then try making it yourself. Growing stevia is super easy. You can pick up a stevia plant at your local nursery and I have also seen them at home improvement stores in their garden centers. Stevia plants have become very easy to find these days.

Stevia can be grown in pots, in landscapes, and in gardens. You can even grow stevia indoors. It requires very little maintenance. It can be harvested all summer long but is sweetest in the fall when the temperatures become cooler.

When your stevia is ready to harvest (you can view my stevia that is ready for harvest in the video below) then follow these simple steps to make your own pure stevia and liquid stevia.

  1. Harvest your stevia plant by cutting off the branches at the base of the plant.
  2. Wash the branches/leaves in clean filter water.
  3. Pick leaves off stevia plant, discard the stems, and dry the leaves for 12 hours in the sun.
  4. Once your leaves are dry, grind them in a food processor or coffee grinder to make pure stevia. I find that a coffee grinder makes for the finest powder and works very nicely.
  5. Note ~ homegrown stevia powder is not as sweet as store bought stevia (300 times sweeter than sugar). To cook with home grown stevia simply replace every 1 cup of sugar with 3-4 teaspoons of homegrown stevia.
  6. To make liquid stevia, dissolve 1/4 cup pure homegrown stevia powder with 1 cup hot filtered water. Stir and leave out at room temperature for 24 hours. After 24 hours strain the stevia out of the liquid and store the liquid stevia in the refrigerator.

That is it. It tastes amazing and you will never buy store bought stevia again. One plant usually supplies enough stevia to last me a year. Remember, a little goes a long way!! 🙂 So head on out and get yourself a stevia plant and try this for yourself. You won’t be disappointed!

 

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How To Make Your Own Pure Stevia & Liquid Stevia ~ Part 2

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Ingredients

  • Leaves from a stevia plant
  • 1/4 cup pure homegrown stevia
  • 1 cup hot filtered water

Instructions

  1. Harvest your stevia plant by cutting off the branches at the base of the plant.
  2. Wash the branches/leaves in clean filter water.
  3. Pick leaves off stevia plant, discard the stems, and dry the leaves for 12 hours in the sun.
  4. Once your leaves are dry, grind them in a food processor or coffee grinder to make pure stevia. I find that a coffee grinder makes for the finest powder and works very nicely.
  5. Note ~ homegrown stevia powder is not as sweet as store bought stevia (300 times sweeter than sugar). To cook with home grown stevia simply replace every 1 cup of sugar with 3-4 teaspoons of homegrown stevia.
  6. To make liquid stevia, dissolve 1/4 cup pure homegrown stevia powder with 1 cup hot filtered water. Stir and leave out at room temperature for 24 hours. After 24 hours strain the stevia out of the liquid and store the liquid stevia in the refrigerator.

Share Your Thoughts

 

Have you grown your own stevia?

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Comments

  1. tothewealthofhealth says

    You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome for this recipe!! I have been aching to learn the best method for making my green powdered stevia into a sweet and grain-free extract, and I think I have finally hit the chord! Forever grateful to you here 🙂

  2. Nico Carstens says

    I am from South Africa and I just saw your site today. I immediately phoned the nursery and they said they have steviaplants stock. I cannot wait to try this. Anything to get rid of Canderal and something that will help with lowering my blood sugar. Thank you for this article.

  3. jamie Trettel says

    Once I ground up my Stevia it smelt and tasted like old medicine. It did not dissolve in my coffee either it kinda kept separating then finding its way back together in a puddle in my cup it also had a strong medicine taste to it too. Did I do something wrong? In did let it dry in my kitchen for about 2 weeks will this affect the flavor?

  5. Jo Ann Murray says

    I have an older recepie that States to combine a measured amount of leaves with pure Usp grain alcohol.I can’t find that web site again.Are you familiar with this way of making liquid stevia?

  6. Iryna B. says

    Thank you! You probably were a pioneer in Stevia growing! Only this year I saw young plants for sale at the local nursery and I bought them. Super excited to make my own for the tea blends, that I also grow in my small patch. As with any herbs, I would still recommend to dry them away from sun – dehydrator would work too.

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  7. Linda Stradley says

    I learned, too late last year, that I could buy and grow my own Stevia. This past Spring, I put in two plants. When it came time to dry them and make powder and liquid, you were the ONLY posting I found that used water rather than Vodka!

    I have made four 2-oz. bottles (recycled from previously purchased Stevia drops) of my own and still have about 1/2 cup of the green Stevia powder. I’m loving it!!!

  9. Resa says

    I ground my own leaves, but when I tried it for the first time in my coffee it’s not dissolving very well. It actually clumps to the side of my cup. Did I grind it to fine?

  10. Mary Beth says

    Hi. Thanks so much for this. Question. When using the leaf To sweeten tea or coffee or lemonade do you us a dried leaf or fresh? My daughter has crohns and trying to do all things organic and I’m very new to his way of life.

  11. Michelle says

    Wondering if I Could make the liquid stevia using dries stevia leaves? Will the recipe instructions change? I’ve yet to find anything made with stevia that didn’t have an artificial aftertaste similar to the diet drinks. But I would love to cut down on our sugar intake, so maybe if I make it myself it will taste better. We drink a lot of sweet tea.

  12. Michelle says

    Wanted to clarify the above question, I’m asking if it will make a difference buying dried stevia leaves vs growing the plant and drying the leaves myself- will either option give the same result?

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