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Make an elder flower or berry tincture - PEP BB medicine.sand.eldertincture

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This is  a Badge Bit (BB) that is part of the PEP Curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB you will create a tincture out of elder flower or elder berries.

Mountain Rose Herbs video on how to make a tincture:



To show you've completed this BB you must post pictures of the following:

- picture of the elder flowers or elder berries, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.
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I made blue elderberry tincture.  It is quite amazing how dark colored the tincture became without cooking or smashing any of the berries.
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Harvesting.
Harvesting.
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Freshly harvested and cleaned of stems.
Freshly harvested and cleaned of stems.
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Placed into a jar.
Placed into a jar.
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Added vodka.
Added vodka.
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Sealed and dated, put in paper bag in pantry.
Sealed and dated, put in paper bag in pantry.
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Strained 5 weeks later.
Strained 5 weeks later.
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Finished blue elderberry tincture.
Finished blue elderberry tincture.

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I found elder flowers by the lake, picked them, and tinctured them.
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picking elder flower
picking elder flower
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flowers in jar, seeping
flowers in jar, seeping
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straining
straining
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rebottled, labeled
rebottled, labeled

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I got these in the last days of ripeness, set them to tincture and completely forgot about it until yesterday, but now I've got an awesome looking tincture.

In the wild

Plucking the berries off

Berries in a jar, and adding the vodka

Last night when I remembered I'd made it (ie. a few months later)

After straining out the berries

Finished and labeled

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I infused fresh elder flowers in vodka for a couple of months. It amazes me that I can start with clear vodka and white/yellow flowers and end up with such a pretty orange tincture.
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Freshly picked elder flowers
Freshly picked elder flowers
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Ingredients
Ingredients
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Flowers and vodka in jar
Flowers and vodka in jar
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The finished strained elderflower tincture
The finished strained elderflower tincture

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Elderberry tincture
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harvesting
harvesting
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berries plus vodka
berries plus vodka
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completed tincture
completed tincture

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My elderberry tincture is finally done, after a month of infusion. Any ideas what I can do with the leftover vodka-infused fruit? Some kind of boozy jam?


Berries on the tree



Harvest


Covering with vodka


Final labelled product (date is the harvest date)
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Hooray, tincture finally done!
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Fresh harvest
Fresh harvest
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In progress
In progress
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Done!
Done!
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