Starwest Botanicals Organic Elder Berries, 1 Pound

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.

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

Product has a pleasant taste, I grind up the berries and add it too loose tea and steep. Product arrived quickly. Pleased with the product....good alternative to juice...I don’t drink the juice up before it spoils...so this way I just used what I need when I need it ...

There's a date on the bag which would help avoid some critical issues I've read about in other reviews surrounding freshness. The bags are dated 07/2021 and my purchase was made on 9/2018. Based on that and the assumption that the Feb 2018 price hike was associated with dwindling supplies, I'm guessing that these berries were packaged 3 months before this purchase and given a 3 year shelf life. I just opened 3 bags and the product looks and smells very good. There are not too many stems or irregular berries. I've potentially received, softer, stickier berries on occasion but I've also seen quality fluctuate back and forth between brands, maybe seasonally. One brand seems to be better and then next thing, the other brand seems to be better again. So who knows? Ultimately, I have definitely received inferior berries in the past and these are not them. At least, this particular batch or harvest is not inferior. But as far as I'm concerned, the quality is going to fluctuate somewhat and there's nothing I can do to prevent that. If I receive inferior berries I'll try another brand and send the inferior ones back. But for now, I'm paying a little bit less over here and not getting an inferior product.

I the product is awesome. I have no negative thisngs about it