# Hawthorn Berry Cordial

> A garnet-dark cordial of frost-picked hawthorn berries from the Carpathian foothills, rounded with raw honey: plummy, tart and faintly of the hedgerow. Ask your doctor first if you take heart medication.

Price: 24.00 USD · in stock

## About
A spoonful in warm water on a gray morning, the color of old garnet held up to the light. Hawthorn has marked the field boundaries of Europe for a thousand years, a thorned hedge that ripens small, tart, dark red berries, a plainer cousin to the rosehip.These berries are hand-harvested in the Carpathian foothills after the first frost, when the cold is said to concentrate their character, then dried slowly and extracted in small batches. A touch of raw honey rounds the cordial, which is syrupy enough to coat a spoon and carries none of the raw bitterness of a fresh infusion, only a plummy tartness beneath the honey. In European folk tradition, herbalists have long called hawthorn the heart's own friend.DetailsHawthorn berry cordial with raw honeyBerries hand-harvested after the first frost, Carpathian foothillsDried slowly, extracted in small batchesHow to useTake a spoonful in warm water each morning, or stir it into tea. If you take heart medication, ask your doctor first.A taste of the old hedgerow, kept for the long view of the years ahead.