Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Stevia and Zevia have a fine new peach tea

A trip by the tea aisle at Ingles over the weekend revealed that there are several new ready-to-drink (RTD) teas on the market, and I grabbed the one that most appealed to me, this skinny can of peach-flavored black tea from Zevia, a new name in tea to me.

"No sugar, zero calories," it says. Well, that's good, but what about the peach flavor? I was delighted to find that the tea did indeed taste like juicy peaches, so I was quite happy with the flavor and will buy this tea again.

And as is clearly hinted at in the company name, the sweetener is stevia leaf extract. I remember when a friend first told me about the stevia plant years ago, and today I find stevia in more and more products. I don't actually require sweetener very often since I've learned to enjoy my teas au naturel, but for a bit of sweetness, stevia seems like a smart way to go, and I was happy to find it in this tasty new tea. Are any of you stevia fans?

5 comments:

  1. I've tried stevia in hot tea, and it's not bad. It's much better than the artificial sweeteners, but I still like plain old sugar best. I prefer my iced tea unsweetened, but I do like sugar in my hot tea.

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  2. I’ll have to look for this tea. I like stevia and use it occasionally. I prefer my hot tea unsweetened.

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  3. I use stevia on things that I need to sweeten as I'm prediabetic. It seems like a good way to go with it being natural. I don't sweeten my tea though, whether hot or cold.

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  4. I'm trying to learn to like Stevia. Trying to switch to a more Keto friendly diet. Stevia is definitely better than the artificial sweeteners, but it can't beat good old honey. Talk about a hard habit to break...

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  5. I recently tried Stevia in my hot tea, but wasn't keen on the flavor. If I really want a sweetened cup of tea, I'll just count the extra calories in a teaspoon of honey. :-) The cold peach tea would be good, as the stevia flavor might not be as noticeable to me.

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