Chenpi usually refers to orange peel.

Pericarp is made after drying the peel of tangerines, however, the labeled tangerines used to make pericarp must be chosen to be ripe, and unripe tangerines made are not pericarp but green pericarp.

The most authentic tangerine peel among the tangerine varieties is made from chaji mandarin, which is a kind of tangerine varieties with more distribution in Guangdong area, but you can choose common tangerine to make tangerine peel by yourself at home in general.

When making the peel, you must choose a thinner skin to make it, because making the peel at home is usually done under the sun, and it is not tasty if it is not tanned through. Compared to thick-skinned oranges, thin-skinned ones are easier to tan through.

Pick the notes of the Chenpi:

1, from the feel of the distinction

Special in the moldy rainy days when the hand to feel the Chenpi, the shorter the year, the skin body will be the softer, because it is easy to moisture soft body. The longer the year, the harder the skin feels, and the easier it is to crack.

2. Distinguish from the color

The inner surface of the short year Chenpi is snow-white or yellow-white, and the outer surface is bright red or dark red. The inner surface of high year Chenpi is ancient red or brownish red, and the outer surface is brown or black.

3. Distinguish from the taste

The taste of short vintage peel is bitter, sour and astringent, while the taste of high vintage peel is sweet, mellow and old.