How to make delicious dried sweet-scented osmanthus?

Osmanthus fragrans is one of the ten famous traditional flowers in China. It is an excellent garden tree with ornamental and practical value, which can be used for beautifying, greening and fragrance. Osmanthus fragrans grows in subtropical climates, likes warm and humid environments, can withstand high temperatures and cold, and is widely cultivated in southern China. Osmanthus is pale yellow and has a fragrant smell.

Osmanthus fragrans not only has ornamental value but also medicinal value. Osmanthus fragrans is warm in nature and pungent in taste. Osmanthus fragrans has the function of warming middle cold, resolving phlegm and dispersing blood stasis. It has certain curative effect on loss of appetite, gastrointestinal digestive diseases, etc. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach can eat osmanthus fragrans properly. Osmanthus can also alleviate emotional tension problems, can refresh the mind, calm the mood, but also can clear away heat and detoxify, achieve the effect of health. However, because osmanthus has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, pregnant women are not suitable for eating osmanthus, which may cause abortion problems, and the sugar content of osmanthus products is also high, and diabetic patients are not suitable for eating.

General osmanthus autumn flowering, flowering osmanthus can be picked from the branches can be made osmanthus dried, then how do we make osmanthus dried?

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First of all, we can start picking osmanthus flowers after they bloom in autumn. We try our best to pick fresh and clean osmanthus flowers, so we try not to pick osmanthus flowers on the roadside. The osmanthus flowers on the roadside are dusty and have the possibility of applying medicine. Such osmanthus flowers are not healthy enough. It is suggested to pick osmanthus flowers in the community or away from the roadside. You can take a small ladder and climb to the osmanthus tree for picking. In this way, the flowers picked are relatively clean and complete, and the time for picking osmanthus flowers can also be saved.

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After osmanthus is picked back, it can be stored in hollow and breathable containers, which is beneficial to the ventilation of osmanthus to prevent the osmanthus picked back from being stuffy and deteriorated. After that, we can use a sieve to screen osmanthus flowers, remove impurities and pedicels, and then wash osmanthus flowers with clean water. Spread the cleaned osmanthus flowers evenly on a plate and dry the moisture on the surface of osmanthus flowers slightly.

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Pre-coat the baking tray with oil-absorbing paper, which not only absorbs moisture but also keeps osmanthus color. Then set the temperature at about 40 degrees Celsius, bake for four to five hours and take out to cool.

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The dried osmanthus can be bagged and stored in the refrigerator to ensure that the dried osmanthus will not deteriorate and can be taken out conveniently. From the appearance of general color, uniform size, less debris impurities dried osmanthus is of good quality; good dried osmanthus should also have a delicate taste in taste, smell pleasant, without some impurities or strange taste; in the bubble osmanthus tea, if the color change of the bubble water is not obvious, the smell is also lasting fragrance, it is high-quality dried osmanthus.

The above is the manufacturing method of dried osmanthus. I hope this helps everyone.