Picked fresh osmanthus flowers are not recommended to be dried to make dried flowers. On the one hand, long-term sun exposure will make most of the fragrance disappear. On the other hand, fresh osmanthus flowers are not as hygienic as dried flowers. Dried osmanthus tea can be directly used for soaking water.

Can osmanthus be soaked in water directly? Generally, newly picked osmanthus fragrans are not eaten directly, because fresh osmanthus fragrans contain tannins, taste bitter and lack fragrance.

If you are in a hurry to eat, you can put fresh osmanthus in a cloth bag, squeeze out bitter water, mix well with white sugar, tightly seal it in a bottle or jar, and put it in a few days before eating.

3 how to dry osmanthus tea first: the dry method is to make high-quality dried osmanthus, and picking is also very important. Because the flowering period of osmanthus fragrans is relatively short, only 4 ~ 5 days before and after. In order to ensure the quality and yield of products, timely harvesting is not good, neither is it too late nor too early. Generally speaking, it should be picked within 3 ~ 4 days after flowering. Generally speaking, it is better to pick osmanthus in the morning, especially when there is some dew in the morning. Fresh osmanthus fragrans should be packed in a breathable bamboo basket, which should not be pressed or piled higher than 1 m, otherwise it will damage fresh osmanthus fragrans. Picked osmanthus fragrans should be processed into dried osmanthus fragrans in time, and should not be placed for a long time to avoid excessive fragrance loss. With regard to homemade dried osmanthus, many friends think very simply that fresh osmanthus can be dried on the balcony. This practice is absolutely wrong. Because osmanthus fragrans must be dried to retain its fragrance, dried osmanthus fragrans has no fragrance.

Second: drying method 1, drying method:

Soak fresh osmanthus in a big box with mineral water (half a catty of fresh osmanthus). Take out osmanthus fragrans, wash it with mineral water several times, control the water, and manually arrange dead flowers and pedicels. Put it in the oven to dry and take it out to cool.

2, microwave oven drying method:

Pick off the dead flowers and pedicels of fresh osmanthus fragrans, wash them with clear water and control the moisture. Find a clean gauze, pour osmanthus on the gauze, and prepare to bake it in the microwave oven. First, bake it twice in microwave oven, the first time is 3 minutes, and then bake it twice in medium heat after cooling, the time is 2 minutes. This dried osmanthus fragrans has the best color, and it is just right when it is old and tender.

3, lime drying method:

Remove impurities from fresh osmanthus, but never wash it with water. If you have to clean it, you can rinse the fresh osmanthus with a shower, and then dry it with a hair dryer after controlling the clean water. Never put it in the sun to dry. Put enough quicklime blocks at the bottom of the container, spread a layer of plastic paper on it, and then put a large piece of paper in the container. The paper should completely cover the bottom and periphery of the container to avoid direct contact between osmanthus and quicklime. The amount of quicklime blocks is about twice the weight of fresh osmanthus, and the more the better. After finishing, sprinkle fresh osmanthus into the container, and then tightly seal the container cover 1 ~ 2 days. Now open it and have a look. Fresh osmanthus becomes very dry and brittle, and will not lose its fragrance or change its color.

Third, preservation: put the processed fresh osmanthus into a plastic bag, tie the bag tightly and put it in the freezer. Whenever it is taken out, it is the same as the fresh osmanthus just picked.

What's the use of soaking osmanthus in water 1? Osmanthus fragrans has the functions of whitening skin, dissolving toxins in the body, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, preserving health and moistening lung. In summer, many people will feel dry skin or hoarse voice because of getting angry. Adding osmanthus into green tea or oolong tea can alleviate this problem.

2. It can prevent and treat halitosis, blurred vision, urticaria, duodenal ulcer, stomach cold and stomachache.

Osmanthus fragrans is a specialty of Guilin. Tea made from fresh sweet-scented osmanthus pits has both the true taste of tea and the rich fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus. After drinking, it has the function of ventilation and stomach strengthening, which is very suitable for the elderly with weak gastrointestinal function.