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A Detailed Guide to Goji Berry Cultivation Techniques and Harvesting and Processing Methods
Goji berries are a commonly used traditional Chinese medicinal material and also a tonic food, with effects such as nourishing the kidneys, moistening the lungs, tonifying the liver, and improving eyesight. They are a good medicine for treating liver-kidney yin deficiency, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness and blurred vision, excessive tearing, consumptive cough, and seminal emission. In recent years, they have also been used to make health foods such as candies, wine, canned goods, and beverages, and they are also the main raw material for producing Chinese patent medicines such as "Qiju Dihuang Wan." Their uses are becoming increasingly widespread, and sales are growing day by day. In places with suitable conditions, cultivating goji berries has broad prospects. Goji berries are mainly produced in Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, **
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What are the processing methods for goji berries? A detailed explanation
The harvested fruit is usually sun-dried or oven-dried. ① Sun-drying: Spread the fresh fruit on a bamboo mat or bamboo sieve to a thickness of 2-3 cm. During the first two days of drying, it should not be exposed to strong direct sunlight; dry it in the sun before 10 a.m. and after 3 p.m., and at noon place it in a sunny, well-ventilated spot to air-dry. By the third day, it can be placed in the sun to dry completely. Do not turn it with your hands while drying; generally dry for 8-10 days. ② Oven-drying: Spread the fresh fruit in a bamboo mat or bamboo sieve and place it in a drying room. First dry at 40-50°C for 24-36 hours, until
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Detailed Guide to Dried Goji Berry Production: Processing Methods from Fresh Fruit to Dried Fruit
I. Sun-Drying Method 1. Mix freshly picked goji berries evenly with alkaline water, then spread them evenly in goji trays ("goji tray": a specialized tool for sun-drying or oven-drying goji berries. Generally, it is a wooden frame nailed together from wooden strips, 90 cm long and 60 cm wide, with window screen nailed to the bottom of the wooden frame, and a crossbar nailed below the window screen. The goji berries are spread on top of the window screen. Note: some use cardboard or bamboo mats, but none have better breathability and ventilation than window screen). Dry in a shaded, well-ventilated place (one day is preferable). Wait
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Detailed Explanation of Low-Sugar Processing Technology for Candied Lion's Mane Mushroom
This product is a new type of candied mushroom, and also a health food with a unique flavor suitable for all ages. The process is as follows: (1) Select fresh mushrooms of a variety with smaller caps, plump fruiting bodies, at 80-90% maturity, with normal color, no off-odor, no damage, and no pests or diseases, as raw material. Immediately put the selected raw material into a 0.03% sodium sulfite solution, and use a stainless steel knife to remove the browned part at the lower part of the cap, so that the lengths are uniform and the sizes are even. (2) Put the trimmed fresh mushrooms into boiling water, heat and boil for 1-3 min, remove them and immediately put them into cold water to cool
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Processing Methods and Technical Points for Candied Lion's Mane Mushroom
1. Material selection and handling. Select fresh lion's mane mushrooms (Hericium erinaceus) with normal shape, white or slightly yellow color, no mold, and no scars or damage as raw materials. Mycelium no more than 0.8 cm and diameter no greater than 5 cm is optimal. After harvesting, cut off the base, remove debris and impurities adhering to the spines, and immediately immerse in 2% saline solution; process as quickly as possible. 2. Blanching. Put clean water in a pot, add an appropriate amount of citric acid, place the lion's mane mushrooms in and boil for 5-6 minutes, then scoop out and quickly rinse with cold water. For larger specimens, cut them appropriately to make the mushroom bodies uniform
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How is lion's mane mushroom processed? A detailed explanation of methods and steps
After the lion's mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) has grown to marketable size and is harvested, promptly place the fruiting bodies on a well-ventilated bamboo curtain to sun-dry, or string them together with thread and hang them in a ventilated, sunny spot to air-dry; if rainy weather occurs and the harvest is large, they should be dried over a fire pit (kang) using low heat. However, care should be taken to keep the spines intact so as not to reduce the product quality. Once thoroughly dried, they can be sealed in plastic bags for storage. They can also be preserved by soaking in brine; the method is: trim off the bitter-tasting stem base of the fresh lion's mane mushroom, wash clean with water, remove impurities, place in 0.1% citric acid water and boil for about 10 minutes, then remove
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How to Process and Handle Stropharia rugosoannulata After Harvest
Stropharia rugosoannulata, also known as the wine cap stropharia, is a domesticated wild mushroom species, and in recent years there has been a trend of gradual expansion. Its mushrooms have a delicate fragrance, crisp and tender flesh, good palatability, high yield, high selling price, and very considerable economic benefits. However, its fresh product has a short storage life and is not easy to store, and if not sold fresh in time, huge losses will be caused. In order to ensure that economic benefits are not lost, the salt-preservation processing and dried-product processing techniques for Stropharia rugosoannulata are now introduced. I. Salt-preservation processing of Stropharia rugosoannulata 1. Harvesting. The fruiting bodies of Stropharia rugosoannulata used for salt-preserved export should be at 6~7 maturity, that is,
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Detailed Explanation of the Processing Technology of Fangping Xiangming Tea
Fresh leaf harvesting standard: During the one month before and after Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day), harvest Fuding Dabaicha (Fuding Great White Tea) from whole buds to one bud with one leaf initially unfurled. Buds are required to be plump, uniform, and fresh. Do not harvest rain-soaked leaves, pest-damaged or diseased buds, or purple buds. Scales, stems, old leaves, and foreign matter must not be included. Spreading: After the buds and leaves arrive at the factory, they must be thinly spread 1-2cm thick on clean bamboo trays. The time should be controlled at 6-8 hours to promote the release of some moisture and grassy odor, until a fresh fragrance emerges. Fixation: Use a Model 50 famous tea fixation machine. When the temperature at 1/3 of the cylinder mouth reaches 12
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Detailed Explanation of the Dark Tea Manufacturing Process and Processing Methods
The manufacturing process of dark tea consists of fixation, rolling, pile fermentation, and drying. Among these, pile fermentation is a unique step in dark tea manufacturing and the key step that forms the quality of dark tea. (1) Fixation: Because the leaves picked for dark tea are coarse and old with low moisture content, they require high-temperature quick-frying with fast and even turning until they turn dark green. (2) Rolling: After the fixation leaves are removed from the wok, they should be rolled immediately while hot, which makes it easier to shape a good appearance. The rolling method is the same as that for ordinary black and green tea. (3) Pile fermentation: The rolled leaves are piled on a bamboo mat to a thickness of 15
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A Detailed Guide to the Processing and Making of Persimmon Leaf Tea
Persimmon leaf tea is a new type of health drink made from persimmon leaves. Persimmon leaves contain tannins, choline, protein, minerals, sugars, flavonoids and other substances useful to the human body, and are especially rich in vitamin C, with 1s of vitamin C per 100g of fresh persimmon leaves. Regular drinking of persimmon leaf tea has various health functions such as relieving constipation and promoting urination, purifying the blood, and resisting bacteria and reducing swelling. The key processing techniques are as follows: 1. Harvest leaves at the right time. The best time to collect persimmon leaves is summer and autumn, when the fruit has basically taken shape and the persimmon leaves are thick and large
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