✔ Check all the berries and throw away all the spoiled, damaged, not fresh, and overripe ones. These berries are not right for freezing.

✔ Wash the berries in tap water. Let them fully dry on a paper towel.

✔ Tender berries, like raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries shouldn’t be washed in a stream of water. Instead, put them in a strainer and into a pot of clean, cold water. Move the strainer around. Get rid of the water you used to wash the berries in.

✔ Remove the sepals in strawberries, the peduncles in raspberries, and the same in currants.

✔ Remove the pits from the berries that have them (like cherries).

✔ Freeze the berries in small separate plastic containers (they should state that they can be used for freezing) or plastic Ziploc bags.

✔ Store the frozen berries in the back part of the freezer so that they don’t thaw when you open the freezer door.

✔ It is not a good idea to freeze unfrozen berries again. The appearance and the quality really take a hit when you freeze and unfreeze something more than once.

✔ Use the frozen berries within 8-12 months. The berries that are stored for a longer time are safe to eat but their taste, color, and texture might change.

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