What Is Black Elder?

Elder was once nicknamed "the country people's pharmacy." Very popular in Europe, its berries and flowers are used in herbalism, fine cooking and alternative medicine. These elderflowers are carefully hand-harvested and shade-dried to preserve their quality and natural properties.

How to Use Black Elderflowers

1. As herbal tea: Steep them on their own for a pure flavour, or create your own blend with your favourite bulk herbs.
2. In cooking: They have a thousand and one uses, so let your creativity flow! Add them to jams, jellies, compotes, pies and desserts, and they make excellent cocktail syrups and lemonades. Elderflowers are also prized in the food industry to flavour sparkling wines, premium tonics, teas, syrups and all kinds of drinks.
3. In herbalism: In modern herbalism, the flowers are the main part used. According to the monographs of Germany's Commission E, a recognized body that researches and publishes a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, black elder helps with coughs, bronchitis, fever and colds. An infusion of the dried flowers is also said to act as a tonic, expectorant and diuretic. Externally, it can be used as a poultice to reduce inflammation and relieve pain, or in an ointment to soothe burns and scalds.

Size: 18 g bulk bag.