I began traveling the world in my teens to visit family and explore Europe during college. As a travel agent, I visited sixty-five more countries and noticed different sweeteners served with coffee and tea. In some hot, humid regions, sweeteners had higher melting points. Other countries offered unique sugars that were very different from the standard white sugar I knew from rural Kankakee County, Illinois. I started bringing these sugars home as souvenirs for family and friends. By 2012, many of these sugars were in specialty shops. I love to mix and experiment, so I gave jars of my unique blends as holiday gifts, and everyone loved them! I discovered that coffee tastes much better with the right sugar. Over the years, I experimented with spices, fresh citrus, and unique flavors to find the best combinations. One day, an ex-bartender called me a Gourmet Sugar Mixologist for blending culinary tradition with innovative ideas. That's how Bellflower Blends began in 2024.

Now I work with a small creative team of people who help me in the kitchen and in the office. They make the days that much sweeter!

At Bellflower Blends, my goal is to create sugars that dazzle the eye, delight the palate, smell pleasing to the noise, and bring you joy.

Myra McWethy- Owner

Fun Facts:

• Sugar Mixologist, Retired Teacher, Professional Actor, Writer, Wife, Mom, Lifelong Learner.

• Myra has lived in Northern Illinois, Southern California, New York City, Boston, Massachusetts, and Nashville, TN.

• She has her BA in both Theatre Arts and in Journalism from Bradley University in Peoria, IL.

• She has a Master’s Degree in Critical and Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts - Boston, and a Master’s Degree in Religion from Harvard University, with ten extra classes in Social Justice and the Humanities. 

• She starred as “Earth Mother” in “Menopause, the Musical,” in Los Angeles, and Off-Broadway in New York!