Raspberry Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is a deciduous shrub of the rose family, Rosaceae, native to Europe and northern Asia and cultivated in temperate regions worldwide. It produces biennial canes 1.5 to 2.5 meters tall from a perennial root, armed with fine prickles and bearing pinnate leaves of three to seven toothed leaflets that are dark green above and whitish beneath. Small white flowers give way to the aggregate red fruit that slips free of its core when ripe. The leaves are slightly astringent and faintly fruity when dried. We extract the dried leaf.