Among the citrus varieties, the most authentic tangerine peel is Chazhi Citrus, which is widely distributed in Guangdong. But generally speaking, you can choose ordinary oranges to make dried oranges at home, and you should use mature oranges to make them. Ripe oranges taste sweeter.

Oranges will taste sour if they are not ripe. Not dried tangerine peel, but green tangerine peel. When making dried tangerine peel, you must choose a thinner skin to make it, because dried tangerine peel at home is usually dried in the sun. If it is too thick, it is easy to get moldy if it is not exposed.

Choice of dried tangerine peel:

Dried tangerine peel has three smells (fragrance, aging and alcohol). 3-8-year-old tangerine peel is pungent, sour and fruity, sweet and sour; 9 to 20 years old tangerine peel smells fragrant, refreshing and pleasant, and has no sour taste.

The skin of 20 to 40 years old smells mellow, sweet and mellow; More than 50 years old tangerine peel is more precious. You can pick up a piece of dried tangerine peel at will, look at it and smell it. It is old and detached, extraordinary and free from vulgarity.