If you put salt in your first water, you'll kill any worms or bugs that are hanging onto the leaves. Obviously, you're gonna rinse again a few times and will wash all the salt off as well.
@@cuy50 I have heard the same thing about warm salt water killing any bugs or worm so I tried it with my artemisia and I don't know what I did wrong but my tea was very salty. Haven't tried it since so I hope I don't catch anything because I love artemisia tea 🍵
@@stardustxx278 I always use a little baking soda to wash any of my greens, etc. It causes any bugs to turn loose. This method was handed down to me from generations past and it works great. It doesn't alter the taste of your greens.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT I HAVE BEEN GROWING MY OWN STEVIA FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND HAVE NOT USED IT FOR ANYTHING. SHAME ON ME. NOT THAT I KNOW WHAT TO DO I WON'T BE BUYING STORE BRANDS ANYMORE. I PLANTED IT ONCE AND IT KEEPS COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. I JUST LET IT GO WILD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. MERRY CHRISTMAS. GOD BLESS.
Quick and easy way to remove leaves from a stem or branch. Pick the first few leaves off of end of the stem, then while griping the end / tip of the stem with one hand, with your other hand pinch the stem while sliding your hand down the stem from top to bottom. The leaves will break off in one or two passes. No need to pick off individual leaves.
I put my homemade stevia powder in a fine mesh metal tea strainer down in the top of my coffee or tea for a few minutes. It sweetens great, and only the super fine powder is left behind in the drink. This year I will try to lighten the leaf color by blocking sunlight for 2+ weeks before harvest. I'll experiment various ways to see what works best, if at all. I also will try the extract method how they make vanilla extract with cooking the plant with alcohol. I already bought the proper type of extract-making alcohol needed.
I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and have been looking for a good sugar substitute and have been cautious of the highly processed Stevia in the Raw! You've provided a wonderful option for me as I transition into this new journey in food selection and preparation. Thank you!
Hello, can you please share with me some about what you have learned about Rheumatoid Arthritis? My father is suffering from it, so I would really appreciate your help. Thank you very much.
@mediderm this isn't sugar we are talking about and it isn't highly processed like the sugar and stevia on the market today. It is pure, unprocessed stevia, which is a better alternative to the highly processed sugar. All in moderation of course, but I do not see a problem with using this as a sweetener. It is totally different than sugar.
Wow, I can't wait to try this. I use the store bought stevia tincture since I am diabetic. I spend a fortune on those tiny little bottles and I have been concerned about the processing. Great informative video, thanks!
If you have to wait to have a harvest of stevia, buy some stevia leaves online. You get started on your way to health while your plants are growing! ❤️
I've grown stevia for about ten years. I have a patch of 10-12 plants. I've read many comments. First, yes the plants have come back every year. In 2018 we had an unusual snowstorm for a week and I lost a few but replaced them. I've never been able to germinate the Tony seed which likes temp in mid 80s to germinate. ( I've found plants early in spring but they don't carry many.) I harvest stems just prior to flowering. I deleaf them first then clean them as Hallie did. I put them in a pillow case to remove most water. I also have a screen but sometimes just blow the fan on them on a towel inside. I use a similar grinder but don't go as far as powder. I make a pot of good water in a 1/2 gallon glass vessel. I turn off the burner before it boils and spoon in a heaped teaspoon. Let it steep then filter. The strength is tricky until you test it. Start on the light side because too much stevia can turn bitter. I was hoping to find info on cooking with it. I did try making a cake with raw stevia but it didn't work. I'm certain infusions are the answer but also found vodka infusion isn't good for baking. I'll try the water method next. Thanks! My daughter's name is Hali, spelled the Hawaiian way 😊
The sweet-leaved raspberry (Rubus suavissimus) also has the same use,which is also frost-resistant compared to stevia. According to traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to make a medicinal drink known as Sweet tea Tian-cha. The raspberry version of steviol, called rubusoside, provides the sweet taste of the leaves of this raspberry.
Thank you for this! I grew stevia for the first time last year and didn’t research how to process it so I didn’t get to use any of the big beauty sweet leaves! This year I hope to follow your instructions and use what I’m growing!
I used to use white stevia every morning in my coffee. I finally realized it caused dehydration and very dry mouth. Now I blend my homegrown stevia into a fine powder and add a bit to the French press when making coffee. I no longer have that dehydrated feeling and severe cotton mouth when I drink my morning coffee. Note: I used to just add a smidgen of green powder in my coffee cup, but quickly tired of chewing the pieces. By adding homegrown stevia directly to my French press I get all the benefits and sweetness without the grit. I still use white stevia on plain yogurt with raspberries or what ever else fruit I feel like and have left from the prior season. Stevia is amazing!! (You must plant dark colored stevia seeds. The light colored seeds are not viable) Good luck and have fun!!
Thanks for the info, I planted my first stevia this year and I was wondering if it dissolves or is gritty if I make it a powder. Thanks for the French press tip
There is no white stevia seeds. It all comes from the same plant. The color changes based on how the stevia is extracted from the plant. Commercially processed is white.
There’s a couple of ways to extract it to liquid. Just mixing in water is not really turning into liquid stevia. You have to extract the plant constituents into liquid. There’s several people that show how to do that on RUclips. You can do alcohol extraction, like a tincture then simmer out the alcohol or uses the water method.
I grew the one in the video from seed, however you can easily get these plants at your home improvement store's garden center or in the herbs section of your local nursery.
Mine overwintered okay. There was def frost. It died back to the crown, but grew back nicely. This year I think I'll cover it, tho. Just to be safe. Also, in the summer, I make ice cubes with the tea. I do boil it but I don't notice the bitterness. I then let it sit in the fridge for days before straining it into ice cube trays. Then I only fill them about 1/4 full and when they're frozen, I bag them up and keep them in the freezer. They are perfect for a cup of tea.
Save yourself lots of time and strip the leaves like cane. Strip from top to bottom. Mine grow 5+ feet tall and 3ft wide. When processes with H20 how can you preserve it without canning it . By adding Everclear how much alcohol would it take it take to indefinitely preserve a quart? Also how is it bleached, For using in things like Whipped cream. I have 12% hydrogen peroxide can this be used to bleach home grown Stevia.? I have been looking for this answer for years??? I have at least 10 gallons of dried stevia leaves packed from my 5 plants last year. A vitamix dry bowl makes powder instantly from leaves. Please answer my concerns!!
Thank-you so much for the teachings on stevia, I have grown my first plant this year and was wondering how to use it besides using the fresh leaves. Yippee, now I know how :)
Thank you I have been searching how to do this without a dehydrator and was having a hard time finding it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge this was very very helpful for me. I will be subscribing to your channel.
@davidhanson888 powder stevia will last a long time. I have one batch that I did over a year ago and it still taste great and has a nice green color to it. Liquid stevia needs to be refrigerated and can have a shelf life of 2 years. Personally, I have never had any more then 5 months, I use it to quickly.
Thank you so much! I bought stevia this summer to grow since our roomate is diabetic. Trying to cook to cater to them as well. Now I know how to use this sweet sweet plant i cant stop eating everytime i go to my garden 🤣😁😋
hi I am Prabhat cultivating stevia at city Ujjain state M.P.country India upon acres of land and having ready to sow plants, seeds, dry leaves and farm fresh dry leaves powder ,for further details kindly contact 98276 38020
MY lady, Thank you first of all for video, you're going to love that Brittany, they are wonderful pups, their feelings get hurt very easily, so remember don't ever yell at them----not needed----- very easy to train, very loyal. If you only have one they have separation anxiety, better to have 2 , they keep each other company. Good Luck
Wow you really do learn something new everyday! I would much prefer growing the stevia plant and making the powder, it is simple and cost effective and best of all, you know it is pure and unprocessed. Love it. Thank you so much for this, ill be sharing with friends.
It is a blade grinder....you could use any, just depends on the consistency that you are looking for. You could also crush the leaves by hand and that would work but it would be like a rough chop, but would working nicely in brewed tea and coffee
What is wrong with people like Kube Dog? Why on earth would anyone feel a need to get so upset over a well meaning comment? I thought the my lady part was cute
I think they hydro process the stevia to become white because we as a generation have grown accustomed to sugar being only white. Most people would look at the green and be off put by it.
MobileASMR lol. Official Cricket Highlights Just take a big clean pot inside, fill it with potting mix, sprinkle the stevia seeds in there, pat them down (do not cover with soil), water it with watering can or something like that evenly 3 times a week. Once it is around 3-4 inches tall, put it outside in partial shade depending on where you live. Hope this was helpful.
Thanks for the video. When you soak it in the water for twenty four hours and then put it in the refrigerator, should you or what would happen if you strain out the green bits of leaf stem, etc. at that point, so as to have just the water?
If you wanted just a pure compound (white Stevia) I'm sure you could easily dissolve the powdered Stevia into hot water (or blend with hot water) and pour through a coffee filter. Collect the filtered water and allow it to dry out (or reduce in a shallow pan over low heat) until it forms a white crystalline residue = vola! Purified Stevia. The green is just chlorophyll which will eventually decay and become a bit bitter. However there is nothing wrong with ingesting chlorophyll.
hello! i have my Stevia plant and i love it... but i want to know if instead of1 cup of sugar i need 3 or 4 minispoon of natural green stevia. thanks a lot for your video !
I have just started to grow Stevia from seed. I am looking forward to grinding the dried leaves but wondered what brand the coffee grinder is that you used. I can seem to find one like it on Amazon. Many thanks.
Why not remove the leaves like we do when pulling the leaves off of a stem of rosemary? Rather than leaf by leaf. Love that you dehydrated yours outside, because we do this as well, using a set up with our solar oven.
I ground up my stevia leaves in a coffee grinder as suggested, but the green powder did not dissolve in my hot coffee. I had green powder floating on the top of my coffee! Is that to be expected? Or would liquid stevia dissolve better in hot beverages.
Stevia has a lot of the same growing habits as a mint. I grow catnip like crazy in my upside down planter, which is also very similar to a mint. So my bet would be yes....certainly couldn't hurt to try.
it's part of the ragweed family which some people are allergic to. also if it isn't filtered down to pure rebaudioside A or B. it can become a carcinogen. as for making it pure current methods brake it down chemically. but hesperidinase (penicillin) is known to convert it naturally the sugar will fall to the bottom while the bacteria will be at the top much like yogert but no milk. dump it then drain the water with coffee filter then dry in ultraviolet light(aka sunlight) to kill any bacteria.
I have this green stevia and it has very strong side taste when I use it in my food. (it wont tast sweet at all) It is so horrible that I could not eat that food, what contains stevia. Why does it happen, do you have any advise for me? I cant eat any sweet things at all, so I really want tolearn howto use stevia :)
Can't find any cooking demonstrations with garden stevia powder, would like to see someone bake a cake and do a comparison to the same recipe with sugar
Not only Stevia is native to Paraguay but also the Yerba Mate, who came from the Sierras and Amambai Mbaracayú site northeast of Country, used in Paraguay for hundreds of years, Paraguay is the largest producer of Stevia in America today are launching a new species of Stevia called in Guarani bone eireté honey.
If you put the Stevia in brown jars the flavour should last a lot longer. I know they put scented oils in brown containers to preserve their scent, so the same might apply to the Stevia.
Hi Halle, Do you know how long do stevia powder lasts after you grind it? I’ve had mine for 6 years now, haha and hopefully it’s still safe to eat and sweet? Also, how long is your liquid stevia recipe good for after you put it in the fridge? And do you recommend using distilled water to make it? How about an essential oil as preservative ( say lemon or orange, or grape seed oil to preserve it longer? Thank you so much in advance! 😃
They sell live stevia at my local co-op every spring and I've always wondered how one would use it. The fact that the garden-fresh powder is actually less bitter than the processed store-bought stevia really intrigues me, I figured it would be the opposite. Can anybody else confirm? Side note: Not sure if anybody has ever mentioned this to you before Miss Cottis, but your Wisconsin accent is adorable. I also live in WI, but in Madison, so you don't hear that "Wisconsin" accent too much down here.
Nice puppy, my stevia sure is slow growing and it looks different from yours it has smaller leaves (Philippines). Do you have any lesson's learned on how to make grow faster, thanks for video.
If you put salt in your first water, you'll kill any worms or bugs that are hanging onto the leaves. Obviously, you're gonna rinse again a few times and will wash all the salt off as well.
@@cuy50 I have heard the same thing about warm salt water killing any bugs or worm so I tried it with my artemisia and I don't know what I did wrong but my tea was very salty. Haven't tried it since so I hope I don't catch anything because I love artemisia tea 🍵
@@stardustxx278 did you rinse the salt off lol
@@Mel-qr5ob lol yes I think I left it in the salt water too long
@@stardustxx278 I always use a little baking soda to wash any of my greens, etc. It causes any bugs to turn loose. This method was handed down to me from generations past and it works great. It doesn't alter the taste of your greens.
@@SmutchyBritches Baking soda works best as a disinfectant.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT I HAVE BEEN GROWING MY OWN STEVIA FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND HAVE NOT USED IT FOR ANYTHING. SHAME ON ME. NOT THAT I KNOW WHAT TO DO I WON'T BE BUYING STORE BRANDS ANYMORE. I PLANTED IT ONCE AND IT KEEPS COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. I JUST LET IT GO WILD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. MERRY CHRISTMAS. GOD BLESS.
Grandma Liz's Kisses lol you should make tea it's really good ...
NICE. I WANT TO TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM YELLING OUT OF EXCITEMENT!!!!
thanks grandma you made me laugh
Quick and easy way to remove leaves from a stem or branch. Pick the first few leaves off of end of the stem, then while griping the end / tip of the stem with one hand, with your other hand pinch the stem while sliding your hand down the stem from top to bottom. The leaves will break off in one or two passes. No need to pick off individual leaves.
I subbed ya . :) I just got a Stevia plant this year so trying to learn all I can about the uses of it. Thank you for sharing.
I put my homemade stevia powder in a fine mesh metal tea strainer down in the top of my coffee or tea for a few minutes. It sweetens great, and only the super fine powder is left behind in the drink. This year I will try to lighten the leaf color by blocking sunlight for 2+ weeks before harvest. I'll experiment various ways to see what works best, if at all. I also will try the extract method how they make vanilla extract with cooking the plant with alcohol. I already bought the proper type of extract-making alcohol needed.
Do you know what to do with the grounded stevia leaves she put in water? Is it enough to let it infuse and then sieve to get the liquid sweetener?
I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and have been looking for a good sugar substitute and have been cautious of the highly processed Stevia in the Raw! You've provided a wonderful option for me as I transition into this new journey in food selection and preparation. Thank you!
Hello, can you please share with me some about what you have learned about Rheumatoid Arthritis? My father is suffering from it, so I would really appreciate your help. Thank you very much.
@@inpsydout it's useful to eliminate gluten and dairy from the diet. Also, any other inflammatory food and healing leaky gut.
Hi Halle! Love your video! I wanted to know that after putting the liquid stevia in the fridge, how long does it keep before going bad? Thank You.
@mediderm this isn't sugar we are talking about and it isn't highly processed like the sugar and stevia on the market today. It is pure, unprocessed stevia, which is a better alternative to the highly processed sugar. All in moderation of course, but I do not see a problem with using this as a sweetener. It is totally different than sugar.
Wow, I can't wait to try this. I use the store bought stevia tincture since I am diabetic. I spend a fortune on those tiny little bottles and I have been concerned about the processing. Great informative video, thanks!
If you have to wait to have a harvest of stevia, buy some stevia leaves online. You get started on your way to health while your plants are growing! ❤️
I've grown stevia for about ten years. I have a patch of 10-12 plants. I've read many comments. First, yes the plants have come back every year. In 2018 we had an unusual snowstorm for a week and I lost a few but replaced them. I've never been able to germinate the Tony seed which likes temp in mid 80s to germinate. ( I've found plants early in spring but they don't carry many.)
I harvest stems just prior to flowering. I deleaf them first then clean them as Hallie did. I put them in a pillow case to remove most water. I also have a screen but sometimes just blow the fan on them on a towel inside. I use a similar grinder but don't go as far as powder.
I make a pot of good water in a 1/2 gallon glass vessel. I turn off the burner before it boils and spoon in a heaped teaspoon. Let it steep then filter.
The strength is tricky until you test it. Start on the light side because too much stevia can turn bitter.
I was hoping to find info on cooking with it. I did try making a cake with raw stevia but it didn't work. I'm certain infusions are the answer but also found vodka infusion isn't good for baking. I'll try the water method next. Thanks! My daughter's name is Hali, spelled the Hawaiian way 😊
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The sweet-leaved raspberry (Rubus suavissimus) also has the same use,which is also frost-resistant compared to stevia. According to traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to make a medicinal drink known as Sweet tea Tian-cha. The raspberry version of steviol, called rubusoside, provides the sweet taste of the leaves of this raspberry.
Thank you for telling me about the raspberry leaves!
Thank you for this! I grew stevia for the first time last year and didn’t research how to process it so I didn’t get to use any of the big beauty sweet leaves! This year I hope to follow your instructions and use what I’m growing!
I used to use white stevia every morning in my coffee. I finally realized it caused dehydration and very dry mouth. Now I blend my homegrown stevia into a fine powder and add a bit to the French press when making coffee. I no longer have that dehydrated feeling and severe cotton mouth when I drink my morning coffee.
Note: I used to just add a smidgen of green powder in my coffee cup, but quickly tired of chewing the pieces. By adding homegrown stevia directly to my French press I get all the benefits and sweetness without the grit.
I still use white stevia on plain yogurt with raspberries or what ever else fruit I feel like and have left from the prior season. Stevia is amazing!! (You must plant dark colored stevia seeds. The light colored seeds are not viable) Good luck and have fun!!
Thanks for the info, I planted my first stevia this year and I was wondering if it dissolves or is gritty if I make it a powder. Thanks for the French press tip
There is no white stevia seeds. It all comes from the same plant. The color changes based on how the stevia is extracted from the plant. Commercially processed is white.
There’s a couple of ways to extract it to liquid. Just mixing in water is not really turning into liquid stevia. You have to extract the plant constituents into liquid. There’s several people that show how to do that on RUclips. You can do alcohol extraction, like a tincture then simmer out the alcohol or uses the water method.
Thank you! Most often I have found videos that don't really make sense. Yours was very informative and easy to understand.
I grew the one in the video from seed, however you can easily get these plants at your home improvement store's garden center or in the herbs section of your local nursery.
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Thanks Halle🌹
what to do with the grounded stevia leaves she put in water? Is it enough to let it infuse and then sieve to get the liquid sweetener?
Mine overwintered okay. There was def frost. It died back to the crown, but grew back nicely. This year I think I'll cover it, tho. Just to be safe.
Also, in the summer, I make ice cubes with the tea. I do boil it but I don't notice the bitterness. I then let it sit in the fridge for days before straining it into ice cube trays. Then I only fill them about 1/4 full and when they're frozen, I bag them up and keep them in the freezer. They are perfect for a cup of tea.
Great idea.
Save yourself lots of time and strip the leaves like cane. Strip from top to bottom. Mine grow 5+ feet tall and 3ft wide.
When processes with H20 how can you preserve it without canning it . By adding Everclear how much alcohol would it take it take to indefinitely preserve a quart?
Also how is it bleached, For using in things like Whipped cream. I have 12% hydrogen peroxide can this be used to bleach home grown Stevia.? I have been looking for this answer for years??? I have at least 10 gallons of dried stevia leaves packed from my 5 plants last year.
A vitamix dry bowl makes powder instantly from leaves.
Please answer my concerns!!
Have you ever freeze dried it.
Got my stevia plant today cant wait to grow and harvest and make my own extract!!
Thank-you so much for the teachings on stevia, I have grown my first plant this year and was wondering how to use it besides using the fresh leaves. Yippee, now I know how :)
Thank you I have been searching how to do this without a dehydrator and was having a hard time finding it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge this was very very helpful for me. I will be subscribing to your channel.
Thanks for easy to follow instructions. I am growing stevia, and now know what to do when it’s a bit bigger.
Thank you for this. I'm growing stevia for the first time this year and this is very helpful. Can't wait to try it.
How did it go?
Hello dandy
@davidhanson888 powder stevia will last a long time. I have one batch that I did over a year ago and it still taste great and has a nice green color to it. Liquid stevia needs to be refrigerated and can have a shelf life of 2 years. Personally, I have never had any more then 5 months, I use it to quickly.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this with my small harvest this year!
Thank you so much! I bought stevia this summer to grow since our roomate is diabetic. Trying to cook to cater to them as well.
Now I know how to use this sweet sweet plant i cant stop eating everytime i go to my garden 🤣😁😋
Thanks for the info on how to harvest Stevia. I'm looking forward to processing some I started growing recently in the future.
hi I am Prabhat cultivating stevia at city Ujjain state M.P.country India upon acres of land and having ready to sow plants, seeds, dry leaves and farm fresh dry leaves powder ,for further details kindly contact 98276 38020
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Thanks Halle. I have stevia in my garden and was looking up how to harvest. Many thanks. Hope all is well with you and your family. Regards -- Randall
Thank you for making this video! I hae seen these plants at the nursery and wondered how t use them. Now I know.
Hello Cindy
I just got a plant. So ill be doing this next year. thanks for sharing. I just found you today, so ill be watching your other videos.
Amazing ! Great job ! Thank you so much for your effort & help !!
Thanks for your time and showing how to harvest and store
Thank you, for providing such a simple and direct honest video describing the process!
Bravo, exceptionally well done!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you. I want to try this.
MY lady, Thank you first of all for video, you're going to love that Brittany, they are wonderful pups, their feelings get hurt very easily, so remember don't ever yell at them----not needed----- very easy to train, very loyal. If you only have one they have separation anxiety, better to have 2 , they keep each other company.
Good Luck
THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR EXCELLENT EXPLANATIONS.
Or you can probably just put water and leaves in a blender and if anything left strain it for the liquid version
Leo's Universe I would definitely would strain it out.
Such a great video. So informative and pleasant to watch. Thank you!
I am the artist :) I created it myself so that I wasn't infringing on any copyright laws.
Wow you really do learn something new everyday! I would much prefer growing the stevia plant and making the powder, it is simple and cost effective and best of all, you know it is pure and unprocessed. Love it. Thank you so much for this, ill be sharing with friends.
You have to process it into a powder to be a powder, otherwise its just leaves
Thanks for sharing now i will do the same you did growing stevia plant 🌱 now in my backyard
I am very happy and my soul is dancing for such creativity you are engaged in you are serving to supreme God bless you Krishna Kant ojha
THANK YOU for the information! ♡
Well put together video!
It's similar to making powdered moringa! Very easy... Thank you for the demo!
Very interesting! Thank you for the video. I think I may try to grow Stevia next Spring!
how did it go?
It is a blade grinder....you could use any, just depends on the consistency that you are looking for. You could also crush the leaves by hand and that would work but it would be like a rough chop, but would working nicely in brewed tea and coffee
Thanks for showing us how to do this!
great help i am growing it too right now though they are quite small right now ....
Thanks for the wonderful information
Good morning
Enjoyed video. We're can I get that little spoon you showed in your videos? Thanks...
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The little spoon is from tupperware . It comes in a set of 3
Thank you my lady. I'm not falling for the refined sugar in the stores. Why do they do that to Stevia!
What is wrong with people like Kube Dog? Why on earth would anyone feel a need to get so upset over a well meaning comment? I thought the my lady part was cute
I think they hydro process the stevia to become white because we as a generation have grown accustomed to sugar being only white. Most people would look at the green and be off put by it.
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Thanks alot. Very nice to watch.
But l like your stevia more than the one from the store. I love that beautiful color as well. Great job!!
This was very helpful! Thanks for sharing 💜
can u show us how to grow a stevia plant?
Plant it in the ground. It grows. There. You've grown stevia
MobileASMR lol. Official Cricket Highlights Just take a big clean pot inside, fill it with potting mix, sprinkle the stevia seeds in there, pat them down (do not cover with soil), water it with watering can or something like that evenly 3 times a week. Once it is around 3-4 inches tall, put it outside in partial shade depending on where you live. Hope this was helpful.
Thank you very much for the helpful information Halle
It gets really cold in Wisconsin, that’s why summer is my favorite season
It's hot in here, so I beg to have winters lol :P
Because depending on the brand, sometimes store bought stevia is not 100% stevia. They put erythritol, maltodextrine, and sometimes more other.
That's why I quit buying it.
Any ideas on how you could process fresh stevia for baking with?
Thanks for sharing. Gemma is cute.
Thanks for the video. When you soak it in the water for twenty four hours and then put it in the refrigerator, should you or what would happen if you strain out the green bits of leaf stem, etc. at that point, so as to have just the water?
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Very informative vedio
i just looked at your video, its looked you incuded stevia flowers? best regards.
In Wisconsin, what do you do to over winter your stevia plant?
If you wanted just a pure compound (white Stevia) I'm sure you could easily dissolve the powdered Stevia into hot water (or blend with hot water) and pour through a coffee filter. Collect the filtered water and allow it to dry out (or reduce in a shallow pan over low heat) until it forms a white crystalline residue = vola! Purified Stevia. The green is just chlorophyll which will eventually decay and become a bit bitter. However there is nothing wrong with ingesting chlorophyll.
Great video and thanks
hello! i have my Stevia plant and i love it... but i want to know if instead of1 cup of sugar i need 3 or 4 minispoon of natural green stevia. thanks a lot for your video !
Could I dehydrate the stevia instead of drying outside and thank you for the wonderful information I had wondered why stevia in the shops was white
Glad to know it's milder than store bought.
Wow! Thank you for sharing!
I have just started to grow Stevia from seed. I am looking forward to grinding the dried leaves but wondered what brand the coffee grinder is that you used. I can seem to find one like it on Amazon. Many thanks.
Hi Sharon, in what month do we plant the seeds of stevia?
@@fiesalalawar7796 I treated them the same as you do growing tomatoes :)
AWESOME video! Thank you for posting this!:)
Why not remove the leaves like we do when pulling the leaves off of a stem of rosemary? Rather than leaf by leaf. Love that you dehydrated yours outside, because we do this as well, using a set up with our solar oven.
Wow you made that look really simple!
Hello beautiful
Thank you for teaching us . Thank you!!! :) ps. Where can i buy the seed of stevia? And is it save to buy from theiternet?
And the video was amazing.Thanks a lot😍😘
Have you tried brewing the leaves like a tea and using the water to sweeten drinks? If so does it remain green then too?
Very informative vedio , indeed 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽!!
Hey Halle, thanks for posting the video up. In regards to the green vs store-bought white stevia, May I know which one leaves an after-taste?
store bought white extract leaves more after taste
@@gregc9946 Awesome. Thanks Greg!
thank you so much for the video :)
Hello Brenda
Good I don’t have a dehydrated machine it’s good to see this would love for you to hit my button. Thanks
Thanks just a question does the liquid ever go off?
I ground up my stevia leaves in a coffee grinder as suggested, but the green powder did not dissolve in my hot coffee. I had green powder floating on the top of my coffee! Is that to be expected? Or would liquid stevia dissolve better in hot beverages.
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Stevia has a lot of the same growing habits as a mint. I grow catnip like crazy in my upside down planter, which is also very similar to a mint. So my bet would be yes....certainly couldn't hurt to try.
How well will the stevia plant handle hot weather? I just got a couple plants and it gets pretty hot here in the summer.
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it's part of the ragweed family which some people are allergic to. also if it isn't filtered down to pure rebaudioside A or B. it can become a carcinogen. as for making it pure current methods brake it down chemically. but hesperidinase (penicillin) is known to convert it naturally the sugar will fall to the bottom while the bacteria will be at the top much like yogert but no milk. dump it then drain the water with coffee filter then dry in ultraviolet light(aka sunlight) to kill any bacteria.
Thank you for the great video! I learned alot!
I cant wait to do the process for my stevia plant!😁😁
Hello Anne
What’s your opinion of juicing fresh stevia to get it into liquid form ?
I have this green stevia and it has very strong side taste when I use it in my food. (it wont tast sweet at all) It is so horrible that I could not eat that food, what contains stevia. Why does it happen, do you have any advise for me? I cant eat any sweet things at all, so I really want tolearn howto use stevia :)
Can't find any cooking demonstrations with garden stevia powder, would like to see someone bake a cake and do a comparison to the same recipe with sugar
Not only Stevia is native to Paraguay but also the Yerba Mate, who came from the Sierras and Amambai Mbaracayú site northeast of Country, used in Paraguay for hundreds of years, Paraguay is the largest producer of Stevia in America today are launching a new species of Stevia called in Guarani bone eireté honey.
If you put the Stevia in brown jars the flavour should last a lot longer. I know they put scented oils in brown containers to preserve their scent, so the same might apply to the Stevia.
Hi Halle,
Do you know how long do stevia powder lasts after you grind it? I’ve had mine for 6 years now, haha and hopefully it’s still safe to eat and sweet?
Also, how long is your liquid stevia recipe good for after you put it in the fridge? And do you recommend using distilled water to make it? How about an essential oil as preservative ( say lemon or orange, or grape seed oil to preserve it longer? Thank you so much in advance! 😃
Hi what coffee grinder do you use
Thanks for sharing this info!
They sell live stevia at my local co-op every spring and I've always wondered how one would use it. The fact that the garden-fresh powder is actually less bitter than the processed store-bought stevia really intrigues me, I figured it would be the opposite. Can anybody else confirm?
Side note: Not sure if anybody has ever mentioned this to you before Miss Cottis, but your Wisconsin accent is adorable. I also live in WI, but in Madison, so you don't hear that "Wisconsin" accent too much down here.
Since the "store bought" stevia is processed and concentrated, I'm guessing that's why it's more likely to be bitter.
Nice puppy, my stevia sure is slow growing and it looks different from yours it has smaller leaves (Philippines). Do you have any lesson's learned on how to make grow faster, thanks for video.
Can I use the whole green leaf stevia powder in hot beverages? Will the green powder form sweeten hot beverages?