Fresh osmanthus flowers are processed as follows:

1, petal cleaning

Osmanthus flowers in the impurities cleaned up after the use of tap water over two times, do not use your hands to go fishing or stirring, as long as the stirring of a few times, fresh petals inside the injury of a large part of the flower. Over water just to remove dust, use a slotted spoon to drain the water in the petals.

2, medium heat cooking

With a small bowl of water, the pot boiled, add the cinnamon, medium heat cooking 2 minutes. In addition to this after the cinnamon, the toxic ingredients inside will be greatly reduced.

Osmanthus how to dry

1, oven drying method

Use a large box to take the mineral water will be fresh osmanthus soaked (half a pound of fresh osmanthus). Osmanthus fish out with mineral water and then rinse a few times, control the water, hand-sorting off the dead flowers, flower stalks, and so on. Put it in the oven to dry, take it out and let it cool.

2, microwave drying method

The fresh osmanthus pick off the dead flowers, flower stalks, wash with water, control the water. Find a clean piece of gauze, pour cinnamon on the gauze, ready to microwave baking.

Bake twice in the microwave on medium heat, the first time for 3 minutes, and then again on medium heat for 2 minutes after it cools down. This produces the best color of dried cinnamon, just the right amount of old and tender.

3, lime drying method

Will pick down the fresh osmanthus pick impurities, but never wash osmanthus with water. If you have to clean it to rest assured, you can use the flower sprinkle fresh osmanthus flowers rinse clean, water control and then blow dry with a hair dryer, can not be put into the sun to dry osmanthus flowers.

Take a sufficient amount of lime block in the bottom of the container, lay a layer of plastic paper on top, and then take a large sheet of paper into the container, the paper should be able to completely cover the bottom and all around the container, which is mainly to prevent direct contact between the osmanthus flowers and lime. The amount of lime block is about 2 times the weight of fresh osmanthus flowers, the more the better.

After doing so, the fresh osmanthus flowers sprinkled into the container, and then the container lid tightly sealed 1 to 2 days, at this time open to see it, the fresh osmanthus flowers have become very dry and crispy, and do not go away to lose the flavor will not be discolored.