Bird Cherry Floral Water
Make a deliciously scented bird cherry floral water with this simple recipe! The floral water smells like a combination of floral honey and sweet almond. Use it as a facial toner, room freshener spray or body mist.
Materials
- 1 litre water
- 1 litre bird cherry blossoms
Instructions
- Find a bird cherry tree in blossom. Make sure the tree doesn't grow in a polluted place, like in the city or next to a big road.
- Collect one litre of bird cherry blossoms. Cut off the cluster with the blossoms from the branches and make sure no green leaves follow along.
- Rinse the bird cherry blossoms in cold water to get rid of possible bugs that have followed along. Then put the rinsed blossoms in a saucepan.
- Boil one litre of water and then let it cool to 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Pour over the warm water over the blossoms in the saucepan. Stir and then put on a lid. Let the mixture cool down to room temperature (takes 1-2 hours).
- Strain the flower water through a fine mesh strainer. Squeeze all the water from the blossoms through the strainer with a spoon.
- Now the bird cherry flower water is ready! Pour it in dark glass bottles and store the bottle you are going to use in the fridge. It will keep fresh for about a week.