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Elderflowers, gathered when fully open (late May to late June), are steeped with sugar, lemon and citric acid for 5 days, before the cordial is strained and bottled. Commercial producers use methods which are a scaled-up version of this. There are differences in the treatment of the flowers after picking: one producer mills and presses them to produce a juice which is used to flavour the essence; another stores them in a solution of sugar and citric acid. Dried flowers are also used in some cordials.