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good way to sweeten tea.


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Ive been drinking tea for 4 years now. Ive been off and on between regular sugar and splenda. I dont want to use either one. Im not too worried about the calories- but i drink the tea for health benefits and energy and i would rather not use somthing that will defeat that purpose. Ive tried drinking it wihtout anything added but i want somthing to add to it that will make it taste better and is healthy for me.

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Have you tried honey

Use a tiny amount of brown sugar?

I've been trying to figure that out myself because I am a big sweet tea person. I have read a lot about Agave Nectar or cane juice but I am unable to find it anywhere!!

Agave nectar has a nice sweetness to it, so that's something you might try.  I also like to use a little fruit juice (especially pomegranate) as a sweetener in iced tea.

check out stevia!

Stevia, definitely. No calories, and is directly from the plant. So no weird chemicals either. I use the powder form, but it also comes in a liquid. It's excellent in tea.

I use Stevia right now. My only complaint is that you need 4 powder packets to achieve same results as one packet of Splenda.

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thanks guys...i think im going to try stevia...i might try honey too.

 

Stevia is such a healthy sweetener with no calories, carbs & will not spike your blood sugar at all. 

Sweetleaf Stevia & NuNatural Stevia are 2 of my favorites! 

Pure stevia extract.  I buy Herbal Select or Now brand.  Forget the packages, they are a scam.  Overpriced and not pure, they are loaded with fillers and little stevia.  One tiny, tiny little scoop of the pure stuff is equal to about 1 tsp of sugar.   There are 900 of these little spoonfuls in one small 28 gram bottle and it replaces about 13, 500 calories of sugar, brown sugar, agave nectar...etc.

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