How to make osmanthus flowers and steps

First: choose osmanthus varieties: osmanthus trees have gold and silver osmanthus, you should choose gold osmanthus, that is, the kind of blossom is golden yellow, this kind of osmanthus has a stronger fragrance.

Second: choose to pick osmanthus time: osmanthus flower period is relatively short, if osmanthus flower in the first bloom, due to osmanthus flower on a layer of brown shell did not fall off, osmanthus flavor is very light, if the flower period has been more than a week, osmanthus flower began to fall naturally, at this time osmanthus flower flavor also gradually recede. So the best time to collect osmanthus should be in osmanthus tree after flowering about 4 - 5 days, this time the shell has fallen off, osmanthus flavor is the strongest.

Third: the collection method: most people are the first under the tree on paper or plastic tablecloth, holding a bamboo pole or wooden stick to beat the osmanthus tree. This method of collecting osmanthus mixed with more impurities, including osmanthus branches and leaves, insects and their excrement, so the collection of osmanthus must be carefully removed from the impurities. It is recommended that at the time of osmanthus collection, the collector holds a tray in one hand and collects the osmanthus with the other hand. This method produces cleaner osmanthus, but is slower. There is another method, first of all, the osmanthus tree with a stick gently knocked, the osmanthus tree on the impurities to get rid of, and then in the osmanthus tree under the plastic tablecloth, with both hands to collect osmanthus, let osmanthus flowers fall on the plastic tablecloth. The latter collects osmanthus flowers faster while avoiding more impurities.

Fourth: production method: because the collection of osmanthus is cleaner, without the need to pass in boiling water or cold water to wash, so do not have to dry osmanthus, which can retain more osmanthus fragrance. To make it, put sugar in a clean bottle, then mix fresh osmanthus with equal amount of sugar, then a layer of osmanthus and a layer of sugar, put it into the bottle, and finally put a layer of sugar on the top of osmanthus (the traditional way of making it is to add a little bit of salt first, and mix it in osmanthus and wait for a few minutes in order to remove the bitterness of osmanthus). Close the bottle tightly and put it in the refrigerator freezer.