To make good quality dried cinnamon, cinnamon raw material is very critical Oh. Osmanthus flowers before and after the flowering period is only 4 to 5 days, not a lot of time. If you want to ensure the quality of dried osmanthus, must be harvested at the right time, if too late or too early are not suitable. Try to pick osmanthus flowers in the morning, and if they are with a little dew they are of even better quality. Picked fresh osmanthus flowers with breathable storage baskets to put away, not squeeze, otherwise it will damage the fresh osmanthus flowers. Fresh osmanthus flowers should be processed into dry osmanthus flowers in time after picking, do not store for too long.

Many people think that all they need to do to make dried osmanthus is to dry it on the balcony. In fact, osmanthus must be dried in order to lock in the flavor, simply sun-dried osmanthus is not fragrant. Let's learn how to do it.

1: drying in the oven

First of all, soak fresh osmanthus flowers in pure water, and when the osmanthus flowers are fished out and rinsed a few times with mineral water, and then control the water to dry out the withered flowers and stalks to pick them out. Finally, put the fresh osmanthus flowers in the oven to dry, take out and let cool to become dry osmanthus flowers.

2: Use microwave oven to dry

Select out the dead flowers and flower stalks, wash the fresh osmanthus flowers with water, and then control the water. Get a clean piece of gauze, pour the cinnamon flowers on the gauze and prepare to bake in the microwave. You need to bake it twice, the first time for 3 minutes, then cool it down and bake it again on medium heat for 2 minutes. This makes a very nice color of dried cinnamon, just the right amount of old and tender.

3: lime drying method

Fresh cinnamon pick impurities, but do not need to clean cinnamon. If you have to clean, control dry water and then blow dry with a hair dryer, but not in the sun to dry osmanthus. Then take a sufficient amount of quicklime blocks and put them in the bottom of the container, lay a layer of plastic paper on top of it, the paper must cover the bottom and all around the container completely, this can prevent the osmanthus and lime from direct contact. The amount of lime is preferably more than two times the amount of fresh cinnamon, and the more the better.

Then put them into the container, and then tightly sealed with the lid of the container for 1 to 2 days, open the lid, the fresh osmanthus flowers will become very dry and crispy, and do not lose the flavor and will not change color.