Understandable. Same with stevia. I can tolerate a tiny bit, but any more and it tastes metallic/chemical-like to me. I just tried the powder with unsweetened almond milk. I think if I had just got plain vanilla, it wouldn't be bad. This one has greens and I can taste them, lol. It's not awful, though. I think I will stick to using it mostly in smoothies. The banana idea is good, too. I might try that.I think my expectations were unrealistic...as if I really thought it was going to taste like peppermint hot chocolate only cold lol.
I think it's the stevia that turns me off. And it tastes...salty? So weird. I'm going to try less and add half of a banana...banana usually masks unpleasant tastes.
I can handle stevia in really small amounts...maybe 1-2 drops in my coffee and instead of a full tsp of sugar I can do 1/2. So the stevia isn't overpowering when mixed with real sugar.