From flower to a drink

Elderberry or Sambucus, the loved one have many names. This is some nice tasting flowers from the Elderberry bush, also called Sambucus nigra. In Swedish we call it Fläder.

I have a lot of them in my garden and use them every summer for making a syrup that I mix with water and then drink with a lot of ice. I pick the flowers and together with a lemon in pieces and some sugar and water I leave it in a big bowl for 3 days. Then I pour it in a sieve and the remains become a nice tasting syrup.