Question from Barbara Shuts
I have read that the best way to make a liquid stevia, from the green leaf or green powdered leaf,is to steep it in grain alcohol. The alcohol can be reduced by simmering the “brew” until the alcoholic taste evaporates. The article also said brewing your own liquid stevia from the green leaves in water would not produce as sweet a taste as doing so in alcohol. Do you agree with this theory?
Debra’s Answer
I don’t have any experience making stevia with grain alcohol.
I grow stevia plants in my backyard and use the leaves to sweeten tea, or just eat them. I don’t attempt to use stevia tea as a sweetener for anything else.
