Comments on: The Best Lemonade

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:04:08 +0000

When we were on vacation this year, I boiled some honey in purified water and made my own “syrup.” I refrigerated the syrup until cool, added fresh lemon juice, water and ice to taste, and wha-la…it was great!!!

I didn’t write down the exact measurements, and I know this destroys the goodness of raw honey, but for those of you who don’t really like stevia-sweetened lemonade, try it!

By: PF

PF — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:41:35 +0000

I’ve been trying to use both stevia and lemons because of the beneficial affect they have on the body’s pH level. For medical reasons I am trying to move to a more alkaline pH level. Sugar is very acidic, but stevia is alkaline. Lemons, although acidic themselves, have an alkaline affect on the body. So, this recipe is great for me.

My question is, does anyone know if bottled lemon juice has the same alkaline affect as real lemons do? Usually when they add preservatives the product becomes much more acidic. I would really like to have the option of using bottled when real lemons are not available.

By: EF

EF — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:20:48 +0000

I have been given a whole bag of Meyer’s lemons. Will use it all for my Thanksgiving crowd of 20. Can’t wait to get to the store and find the dk liquid form of Stevia. Thanks so much!

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:45:44 +0000

Thank you for the recipe. I never respond to sites I’m a watcher. Anyway, this was great. The kids loved it. I used 5 packs (.035 oz/1g) to the ratio indicated above with NuNaturals NuStevia. Got it from the health food store~ it’s not supposed to be bitter and in the lemonade….It wasn’t ~Yahoo! Brands do make a difference. I’ve used Sooo Sweet that says it’s non-bitter but was. Thanks for the great tips.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:16:05 +0000

Kathy, I am going to try the lavender lemonade. I’ll see how it goes and come back to let you know.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:44:19 +0000

I am curious about the addition of the lavendar. How much do you add to the lemonade?

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:07:42 +0000

Not quite as nutritionally beautiful as fresh lemons, but this works great with bottled lemon juice, too. If anything, stevia makes better-tasting lemonade than sugar!

By: KimiHarris

KimiHarris — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:28:08 +0000

The type of stevia you use does make a huge difference! If it tastes bitter, you know it’s not high quality! Thanks for sharing!

By: wisd0m

wisd0m — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:20:20 +0000

I tried making lemonade with stevia this week. A guy a work told me about it. It was ok, a little gross.

I then tried using it in tea, also gross.

I then found the issue. Some brands of liquid stevia contain GSE which makes them very bitter tasting. If you are having issues, check to see if your stevia contains GSE.

I am going to purchase some pure stevia and try this again. The sample I had from the guy at work was great.

By: Andy Sullivan

Andy Sullivan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:12:40 +0000

I don’t think what I am using is concetrated enough. It says one packet = 1 teaspoon of sugar. I went to Trader Joe’s and Sprouts and they have nothing with the word organic in it, They even looked on their computer. I find Stevia to be slightly bitter with a bad after taste. Everybody that I know feels the same way. It makes coffee and tea taste terrible.