Cracked…

I’m busting out last fall’s dried hawthorn berries for a project today, and realizing that I cracked them before drying. Fun!

It’s my first time trying this method. Hopefully they will steep faster than intact berries, so they work better in herbal tea blends.

Close-up photo of five dried hawthorn berries in a white ceramic bowl. The berries are dark red-brown and somewhat smashed, with the seeds showing. A few have long thin stems attached.