
It's tea time!
Well anytime is tea time for me because I love tea but after
receiving the
Truvia Sweetener as part of my
Influenster Love
VoxBox I was very excited to try out
Truvia!
I usually always have my tea the same way. Black tea, with lemon, and about 2 teaspoons of sugar. Yum. I am not a fan of coffee so it rules out that for me.
I had tried tea before with Sweet-n-Low and
Splenda and I have to say I wasn't a very big fan. With
Splenda because of it's powdery
consistency I ended up getting a weird powdery froth on my tea and also little balls of powder which didn't wanna
dissolve worth a damn floated around randomly. It was gross. Sweet-n-Low was a little better but still gave me that weird "diet" taste to my tea. As you can see I have never been a fan of
sweeteners, I always prefer regular sugar. I am not on a diet so I don't really care too much about the calories. However I was eager to try out
Truvia because it is natural and made from the
Stevia plant.
So I made my usual cup of tea and I put in one packet of
Truvia. It tasted as if I needed more sweetness so I added another packet. The packets were quite small, about a half a teaspoon I would think. After tasting it again, it was quite sweet. A little too sweet I think. It seemed as if I needed 1 1/2 packets instead of using 2. So I am assuming that the
sweetener is quite strong compared to sugar.
It dissolved great, did not create a froth or weird bits floating around. Which was nice. However my tea just still didn't taste the same as it usually does when I use sugar. So for me...I could tell that it wasn't sugar immediately. It had that "fake sugar"
taste. In my opinion if you're not on a diet or watching calories this does not make a good sugar substitute.
However this being a no calorie
sweetener most people who use it will be on a diet, watching calories, or allergic to sugar in which I have this to say...it makes a damn good alternative for those who can't have sugar. It dissolves well, it tastes halfway decent, and it has zero calories. I believe just like diet soda...it's simply a acquired taste. And after drinking a few cups of tea or coffee with
sweetener like this I too could get used to it.
And I can see various uses for this
sweetener, baking, tea, coffee, other kinds of drinks. It has multiple uses for sure.
Overall I believe it is a good product. It does the job, and it does it well. Even though I may taste the difference I believe for those who need
sweeteners instead of sugar this is a great substitute!
Thanks to
Influenster for providing me with the opportunity to try it!
Stay tuned for more reviews and blogs coming soon!
For more info on Truvia please check out their site
HERE!