Ginseng blooms in May and June every year, and if ginseng is picked at this time, ginseng farmers will pick the ginseng flowers in advance to dry and sell them.
At present, there are two kinds of ginseng flowers on the market, garden ginseng flowers and forest ginseng flowers, and the price of forest ginseng flowers is higher than that of garden ginseng flowers.
Garden ginseng flowers
Understory ginseng flowers
The following Xiaobian uses these two kinds of ginseng flowers to make a comparison, to give you a reference. Among them, the understory ginseng flower is the ginseng flower of the second-class forest ginseng 15-21 years old ginseng, and the garden ginseng flower is the ginseng flower of the 5-year garden ginseng. As shown in the following figure
Ginseng flowers
Smell, the ginseng smell of the garden ginseng flowers is heavier, and the ginseng flowers under the forest are lighter.
It seems that the ginseng flowers under the above Turin are small, and the garden ginseng flowers are thick. Fresh ginseng flowers are emerald green in color (such as the forest ginseng flowers in the picture above), and the ginseng flowers that are no longer fresh will be slightly yellowish (such as the garden ginseng flowers in the picture above).
Let's take a look at the size comparison of the two flowers:
It is not difficult to see the difference, the forest ginseng flowers, the flower head is smaller, the flower stem is thinner; the garden ginseng flower, the flower head is larger, the flower stem is thicker.
Randomly pick two to see the size comparison:
Garden ginseng flowers are compared with the size of the understory ginseng flowers
The larger and smaller of the two kinds of ginseng flowers were selected separately to make a comparison of sizes:
Garden ginseng flowers are compared with understory ginseng flowers
It can be seen that the size of the flower head of the forest ginseng flower is about 0.5cm-1cm, while the flower head size of the garden ginseng flower is about 1cm-2cm.
Let's take another look at the brew:
The garden ginseng flowers are full and there are many flowers in the flower head; the forest ginseng is slender, and the number of flowers in the flower head is relatively small.
Take a drink and taste the taste:
Xiaobian drank the ginseng tea in the cup above, the garden ginseng flower has a bitter taste, the forest ginseng flower does not drink the bitter taste, perhaps the forest ginseng flower is small, a ginseng flower bubble out of the taste is not so strong, and then re-used the cup to brew 6 forest ginseng flowers
When you first enter the mouth, there is a very light bitter taste, after drinking it, the bitter taste is gone, only a faint ginseng taste, and the bitter taste of the garden ginseng flower is longer.
Preservation of ginseng flowers:
Ginseng flowers are best sealed and put in the refrigerator for refrigeration, if it is at room temperature, it is easy to turn yellow and deteriorate, affecting consumption.
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