1. Generally, newly picked osmanthus fragrans are not eaten directly after being dried in the sun, because fresh osmanthus fragrans contain tannin, which is bitter and tasteless, and can only be eaten after being cooked for a long time to reduce the astringency or even completely disappear.

Second, the drying method of osmanthus fragrans

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 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, quicklime 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 flowers, control the clean water and then dry it with a hair dryer. Never put it in the sun to dry.