In the crisp autumn season, sweet-scented osmanthus smells fragrant, and it can also be used as sweet-scented osmanthus tea to soak in water, which has a certain health care effect. So many people like to make osmanthus tea with osmanthus in autumn, so do you know the simple method of osmanthus?
Method for making osmanthus tea
1, prepare osmanthus fragrans
Collect fresh osmanthus fragrans, pick them back and choose them. Remove impurities and pedicels from flowers, and you can't want poor quality osmanthus. You should get rid of them all, leaving only the fine products in osmanthus.
Step 2 wash osmanthus
Osmanthus fragrans cannot be washed directly with tap water. Be sure to wash it with cold white water, so that osmanthus tea will not go bad easily. In addition, you should not use too much force when washing osmanthus, so as not to damage the petals of osmanthus.
3. dried osmanthus fragrans
After cleaning osmanthus fragrans, put it in a sieve to drain the water, first put it in a cool and ventilated place, dry it in the shade, then dry it in the sun, and then pick it up after drying. At this time, the homemade osmanthus tea is ready.
Step 4 drink osmanthus tea
After the osmanthus tea is soaked, you can take three to five grams at a time and put it in a teacup, add boiling water for brewing, and then you can also add a proper amount of black tea for brewing together. Adding honey or brown sugar to taste after soaking will make the taste of osmanthus tea more attractive.
Is it better to dry osmanthus in the sun or in the shade?
Osmanthus fragrans is naturally dried in the shade, not dried. After drying, it will not only change color, but also lose its edible value and become completely nutritious. In daily life, the common methods are natural drying method and normal temperature pressing method.
Natural drying method is to put fresh osmanthus fragrans in a dry place, keep it ventilated and naturally dry. Normal temperature pressing method is to put it in absorbent paper, press a heavy object on it, change the absorbent paper once every two days, and dry it twice.
Tips for removing pedicels from osmanthus flowers
If you want to separate the flowers and stems of osmanthus fragrans, collect them and put them in a sieve. They can be separated after repeated filtration. Or it can be soaked in clear water or easily separated, but it should be treated as soon as possible after separation.
Store it as soon as possible after drying, otherwise the fragrance will fade and the color will change, which will affect the edible value and taste.