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Time to Buy the Elderberries

By Phebe Phillips 4 Comments

If you make Elderberry Syrup, it’s time to order your Organic Dried Elderberries. If you wait much longer they’re usually sold out for the season. Elderberry is one of the most commonly used plants for fighting flu and colds. It’s rich in folklore and historically goes back as long as plant medicines can be documented. In this post I will attach purchasing links, and research links to make this quicker and easier.

I make several batches every Fall / Winter, and take it November through Mid-March. I use an easy, common recipe. You only need 1 cup of dried elderberries per recipe batch. 

Grab a saucepan, toss in the ingredients, and simmer for about 45 minutes. Your house will smell awesome, and when you go for a visit, or have visitors instead of taking or sending friends home with cookies, send them with a bottle of freshly made Elderberry Syrup.

Here’s a research link to The Weston A. Price Foundation about the use of Elderberry Syrup.

Order online Organic Dried Elderberries. Please buy organic.

Frontier Co-op

Mountain Rose Herbs

If a Natural Grocer is in your neighborhood they generally stock them.

If you don’t want to make it yourself here’s a few links to trusted brands not loaded with sugary fillers.

True Botanica, Elderberry Thyme Syrup

Gaia Herbs Black Elderberry Syrup

A Quick and Simple Elderberry Syrup Recipe

From the blog of Wellness Mama

The Ingredient List

2/3 – 1 cup Organic Dried Elderberries

3 1/2 cups water

1 organic Cinnamon Stick, or 1 heaped teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

1 heaped teaspoon fresh grated organic ginger or organic Dried Ginger Powder.

Raw local honey

The Preparation Method

  • Combine the berries, herbs and water in a pot and bring to a high boil.
  • Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes, or until original volume is about half reduced.
  • Remove from the heat and mash the berries in the liquid mixture.
  • Strain the mixture, squeezing and pressing out the juice.
  • While still warm measure the liquid and add an equal amount of good local honey.
  • Stir until well combined.
  • Bottle in a clean glass jar, and refrigerate.

This mixture should keep refrigerated for up to three months (if it lasts that long). Take 1 teaspoon twice daily to ward off colds and build immunity. If sick, take 1 tablespoon every two-to-three hours, 1 tablespoon four times per day. For a child, read the Wellness Mama Blog linked above.

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Comments

  1. Mac Hargrove says

    October 8, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    Elderberry syrup seems to work and tastes great!

    Reply
  2. Amorette Burch says

    October 10, 2019 at 8:14 pm

    Love it, thanks. Happy Yamboree!!

    Reply
  3. Patti Brayton says

    October 11, 2019 at 7:22 am

    Will be purchasing dried elderberries but would also love to buy fresh berrys for pies. Any info about ability to purchase those?

    Reply
    • Phebe Phillips says

      November 12, 2019 at 10:15 am

      Hi Patti,

      I have no information about fresh elderberries for pies. I have never heard of an elderberry pie. There is a safe limit on the amount of elderberry syrup that should be taken daily. I would not advise making an elderberry pie.

      ~~Phebe

      Reply

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Phebe Phillips, 2021, Podcaster, Cat Lover, Poet, Storyteller

Phebe Phillips is best known for whimsical plush toys that filled the shelves of Neiman Marcus, FAO, and many fine retailers for 25-years. Today, she creates The Literary Catcast Podcast—dedicated to the preservation of vintage books and writings with cats as main characters, bringing them into the modern awareness of a podcast. She writes poetry and short essays for publication in journals. She has two upcoming books, Sleeping With Louie—a daughter’s soul journey as an only child of a mother with Borderline Personality Disorder, who was also an only child, and Upper East Side of The Pines—growing up in East Texas during the sweetness of the 1960s. She is married to Mac. They live with six cats! For now, they live in Dallas, Texas until they move deep into the East Texas piney woods in 2022.

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