What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?

[MrsD'ville mkII]

I have a feeling that's gloriously ungrammatical but anyway... I have 8 litres of elderflower in the fridge - make that seven, we've blitzed one already - and I'd quite like to get something else on the go. I've heard of nettle cordial but never manage to find young tips of nettle - ours are all old and tough. Is lavender cordial potable, and are there any herbs that lend themselves to cordial? If anyone knows I'd love to hear.

Thanks

[Milims]

I make rosehip syrup - which is essentially a cordial

[red]

i make lemon cordial.. not foraging.. but still its lovely.

[Millymollymandy]

I'm going to make some with blackcurrants to have my own R1bena.

[Muscroj]

I've done rhubarb & raspberry so far this year. I guess you could pretty much use any fruit simmer it down, add sugar & strain it through a fine sieve or muslin. I need to play with the amounts of sugar though as I seem to be making a pink looking sugar syrup, which is too sweet to get the flavour of the fruit through

[MrsD'ville mkII]

Those are all wonderful ideas. The lemon sounds particularly delicious and what my husband wouldn't do for rhubarb cordial! Ideal as a friend has a huge rhubarb patch and doesn't like it so she's always giving us more than we can carry. Thanks for the link too. A cordialtastic summer coming up and good news for our dentist with all that sugar!

[ina]

I've heard somebody mention lemon balm - kind of lemon cordial done the local way...

[thesunflowergal]

I was thinking just the same thing, as the elderflower cordial has gone down a storm here.

I have seen Clara mention Lemon Balm cordial, but it also had something else with it. But I can not remember what.

[Zaf]

I'm sure you can make elderberry and blackberry cordial too