ELDERBERRY SPICE

Dried elderberries, whole and powdered cloves, ginger root, cinnamon stick.  FEELING:  TART, JAMMY, WARMING BENEFITS: IMMUNE BOOSTING, VITAMIN + ANTIOXIDANT POWERHOUSE, AIDS CIRCULATION, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY BLEND: This syrup makes a sweet, tart and delightfully fizzy fruit forward kombucha combines powerful immune boosters with warming spices to create a tonic we’ve been told “tastes like pie”. _________ Casa Tales: This flavor is inspired by my sister Marian who makes a delicious elderberry honey tincture from her homestead in VT. When I first tried her mulled berry medicine I was inspired to make my own syrup for kombucha. Elderberries grow in much of the US so I planned a foraging trip in the Sierras. It proved to be one of the most gratifying forages as the infamous elderberries were weighing the branches of the beautiful shrubs down. With a few close friends we harvested a few bags full from the winding scenic roads just outside of Sierra National park. The following day while caref