Fresh osmanthus flowers should be cooked before consumption.

Fresh osmanthus flowers are usually cooked for a long time, when the astringent flavor is reduced or even completely disappeared, then it is suitable to use it to be processed into a variety of food. Picked osmanthus flowers need to go through a series of processes before they can become food that can be eaten directly. Generally, this process is called ripening. Of course this is need to have some experience and some steps to do.

In addition to this method, you can also put the fresh osmanthus, directly cleaned with a cloth, and then the water squeezed out of the water, into the sugar stirred evenly, and then put it into a glass container sealed, marinated for 4 days after you can eat, this method is relatively simple. Osmanthus can be made into osmanthus cake, osmanthus cake and so on, can also be made into some drinks, is also possible, such as osmanthus tea, osmanthus wine, etc., is also processed.

Dried osmanthus tea simple practice

1, oven method

Half a catty of freshly picked osmanthus first soaked in mineral water, then fished out and rinsed, control the water, and sift clean inside the withered flowers, flower stalks. After the treatment will be set in the oven at the appropriate temperature for baking, drying, remove the heat, and then encapsulated in a glass jar, want to drink out of the appropriate amount of brewing can be.

2, microwave method

Fresh osmanthus flowers after picking the first sorting, remove the dead flowers, flower stalks, and rinse with mineral water, dry water control. Then in the microwave oven spread a piece of gauze, evenly spread on the cinnamon, first baked once with medium heat, set the time for three minutes, to be cinnamon cooled, and then baked with medium heat for a second time, set the time for two minutes.

3, lime method

First remove the impurities in the fresh cinnamon, do not need to wash. Then choose a clean container, the bottom of the lime, the top of a layer of plastic paper, to avoid direct contact with the lime cinnamon. Finally, seal the container, wait quietly for about two days, you can take out the inside of the osmanthus to brew.