Starwest Botanicals Organic Elderberries for Tea, Non-GMO - Bulk 1 lb Bag

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I love these dried elderberries! I have been buying these for years and making my own elderberry syrup. It’s so much cheaper for my large family than buying readymade. I have been pleased with the items I’ve purchased and the shipping speed from Starwest. In addition to elderberry syrup they can be used for making teas and tinctures. The quality is top notch, they sift out all of the extras you don’t want so you get just berries. I buy the 1 lb bag and especially when you get the subscribe and save discount, it’s a great value.

I love the brand of Organic Dried Elder Berries for teas. If you have a cold and want to build your immune system, this is a must have. The is worth the money. It only takes a tablespoon to make a good cup of tea - teaspoon for children - 8 oz. As soon as I feel a cold is coming on or my throat is feeling funny, I make me a cup of Elder Berries tea. The taste is excellent. You can add honey and lemon to your tea and enjoy. Picture showing what the berries and the tea look like.

So far great!

works like described, easy to cook into a syrup

The quality seems good.

Elderberries are popular for their unusual taste in pies, jellies, wine, and jams. Elderberry juice was used to treat a flu epidemic in Panama in 1995. We use these dried berries to make homemade elderberry syrup due to its immune boosting properties and save LOTS of money over purchasing ready made syrups. We can the syrup via water bath method to make it more shelf stable. Open containers of the syrup should be safe for consumption for 90 days when stored properly in a refrigerator. We take anywhere from 1/2 TB to 1 TB dose daily. When ill, we take 1 T every 3 hours, up to 6 times per day. Our recipe is as follows: Homemade Elderberry Syrup Ingredients: 4 cup black elderberries (1 lb dried) 12 cups of water 4-6 cinnamon sticks cinnamon powder 1/2 - 1 Tb whole cloves 48 oz local organic honey How to Make Elderberry Syrup: Pour water into medium saucepan and add elderberries, cinnamon and cloves (do not add honey yet!) Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce to a simmer for about an hour until the liquid has reduced by almost half. At that point, remove from heat and let cool enough to be handled. Pour through a strainer into a large mixing bowl. Press the berries to extract as much liquid as possible from them. Discard the elderberries, cloves, and cinnamon sticks by composting them! Add honey to the liquid. When honey is well mixed into the elderberry mixture, proceed to can it in 8 or 16 oz canning jars via water bath method. Store open containers in the fridge (for up to 90 days) and take daily for its immune boosting properties. (Some sources recommend taking only during the week and not on the weekends to boost immunity) Standard dose is 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp for kids and 1/2 Tbsp to 1 Tbsp for adults. If the flu or a cold does strike, take the normal dose every 2-3 hours instead of once a day until symptoms disappear. *Recipe has been Modified from Wellness Mama Cost comparison for 1 TB Serving size: Homemade is $.166/ounce & Store Bought $2.625/ounce. -STORE VERSION: $21 for 16 servings (1 TB servings) $2.625 per ounce or $1.3125 per serving. -ORGANIC HOMEMADE: 93 oz, $31 for 186 servings (1 TB servings) $.33 per ounce or $.166 per serving Cost of Ingredients: Honey $11, $19 Elderberries $1.00 for spice to make 93 ounces. Each ounce is 2 servings.

Ill pack 3-4 tea bags and put them into a pot full of water and boil it for 20 mins. It makes the entire room smell of elderberry. When its done I have a thick purplish liquid. I then add a bit of honey to make a smooth drink. Also I ran a ballpark potency test - 20 min boils, 3 bags each, 3-4 cups of water, never change bags. I took note on the darkness of the liquid after 20 mins, hot taste, cool down taste. Pot 1 - 10 Score (Placer) Pot 2 - 9.2 Pot 3 - 6.5 I didn't bother to go any further as the drop down will only increase. I also ran another test. I boiled 5 bags in 4 cups of water for 30 mins. I then let them sit over night. In the morning, I simmered it for another 30 mins. It wasn't even a tea anymore. It was more like a tonic.

I bought 2 of these bags of Elder Berries Whole Wildcrafted 1 Lb (453 G) - Starwest Botanicals. I make my own herbal remedies and have found Starwest Botanicals to be a trusted source with high quality organic inventory. I mix one cup of dried Elder Berries with 2 pints of water in a sauce pan, add one or 2 sticks of organic cinnamon sticks (to taste) Bring to a boil, turn off the heat and let sit until cooled down. Still warm but not HOT. Mix one cup of raw honey, stir, bottle right away and put in fridge. Works great for our family. Do not give honey to babies or very young children. Do your research before following my instructions. Just because it works for my family, doesn't necessarily mean it will be safe for yours.

Made elderberry honey works great!

5 stars because it is what it is. Dried elderberries and nothing else. Good value for the price. I boil/steep 3/4 cup at a time with 2 cups water to make elderberry gummies to boost my immune system. Mixed with some lemon juice and stevia to sweeten it, they taste decent. This product is exactly what I wanted. I will repurchase.

Starwest Botanicals brand was recommended to me by a couple of different nutritionists, so I feel confident in the quality of the elder berries. I bought the dried elder berries to make an immunity-boosting elderberry syrup, which worked out really well with these ones. I did still get a very bad cold, but I'm crossing my fingers that I just need to get it in to my system for a longer amount of time to reap the immunity-boosting benefits! Would buy again :)

These work great for making elderberry syrup. Quality is consistent. Good flavour.