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IIRC some of the other artificial sweeteners (like saccharine) have a pretty harsh taste if eaten raw. Maybe it's a matter of dosage? It's supposed to be 300 times sweeter, so you need to make sure you only taste the smallest amount or the pleasure turns to pain. Try putting just a little bit in a glass of water.

 

Hmm.. Wikipedia mentions "some of its extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations", so maybe it's what you got or how it was processed.

It's supposed to be 300 times sweeter, so you need to make sure you only taste the smallest amount or the pleasure turns to pain.

 

I would second that recommendation. There's only a certain level of sweetness one can perceive; doubling the concentration of a sweetener beyond that point will double the other tastes without improving sweetness.

I only tried a tiny amount and there was no licorice aftertaste. It just had a nasty immediate bitter taste like some plants and medicines have.