About this Herbal:
350. That's how many times sweeter than sugar, stevia is. Which is remarkable when you consider that another number associated with stevia, zero, is exactly how many calories it contains. Known to the Guaraní people of South America for hundreds, if not thousands of years, stevia was categorized scientifically in the late 1800s by Italian botanist, Moises Santiago Bertoni.
For the Guaraní, stevia (known as Ka'a or 'sweet herb') functioned as more than a simple way to sweeten foods. Rather, in communities throughout Paraguay and Brazil, it was used it as a healing herb, usually by chewing the raw leaves, as a treatment to counter the effects of colic and stomach ailments.
We love these organic stevia leaves for their ability to naturally sweeten up tea or herbal blends with no additional calories required.
Try out stevia leaf tea with mint:
You'll need: 1 tsp stevia leaves, 1 tsp mint leaves, Infuse in a cup as you would tea, Steep 3 to 5 minutes, strain and enjoy! No further sweetener required!
