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Leave in the dehydrator until the herbs are dry – from 12 to 24 hours. Heres how to dry soursop leaves.
Dried soursop leaves is good to make tea.
How to dry tea leaves. If you are looking for a fast and easy way to dry mint leaves you can use an oven. Preheat the oven to around 120 degrees Fahrenheit. If your oven does not go this low just put it to the lowest setting available.
A higher temperature will dry mint quicker but it will also have less flavor. Using the dehydrator is easy. Set your herbs in the trays and leave a little room for air circulation between branches and leaves.
Set the dehydrator to 135ºF and place the trays in the dehydrator. Leave in the dehydrator until the herbs are dry – from 12 to 24 hours. Dried soursop leaves is good to make tea.
Heres how to dry soursop leaves. Soursop Leaves Tea Recipe. Do Not Exposed to The Sun.
Drying directly in the sun is fast but ultraviolet rays can damage the substances contained in soursop leaves. Storing tea can be very simple. If you keep your tea in an airtight container and then store your container in a dark cool dry place free from strong odors you will likely consume it before any degradation in aroma or taste occurs.
However tea is constantly deteriorating very slowly as soon as the leaves are picked off the plant. Coarse dried loose leaf tea is ideal for tea leaf reading. Tea from a tea bag is too fine to use and it wont stick to the sides of the cup as well when the cup is overturned.
Looseleaf tea is traditional and there are many kinds of tea herbs you can choose from. Tea from fresh tea leaves tastes different than processed dry tea. Furthermore I try to explain why tea leaves are dried and when they do not need to be dried.
I have also included information on the traditional drying process and a quick guide on how you can dry tea leaves at home. To dry mint leaves for tea I put my mint leaves still on the branch in a small mesh bag to allow for air flow and hang the bag up in a sunny area. After a few days the leaves will be delightfully crunchy and ready for tea or storing.
If your mint sprigs are long enough you can also just hang the bunch upside down with a clip or rubber band. Simply place dry leaves in a large pitcher use our pre-packaged iced tea bags for easy portioning top with cold water and steep in the fridge 5-8 hours or overnight. Similar to cold brewed coffee the resulting iced tea will have all of the flavor complexity with no bitterness or astringency.
To allow your leaves to dry out as fast as possible without jumping through a million hoops I recommend the following. Squeeze all excess moisture out of the tea leaves Spread them out in as thin of a layer as possible on a flat surface. A small plate works well here.
Used tea leaves are called chagra and have been used by people all over the world particularly Japan for thousands of years. You simply dry your used tea leaves out in the sun or a dry place until they are void of moisture and then you can use them for a. If your oven temperature spikes and drops you might want to try a different drying method.
Remember our herbs are precious. We want to dry em - not fry em. Pre-heat your oven on its lowest temperature setting.
75-80 F 24-27 C is perfect. Spread your clean dry herb leaves or flowers on a baking sheet. In order to air dry mint you need airflow and a semi-warm dry environment like your home.
You can tie stalks in small bundles and hang dry them on the wall in a pantry or near a wood stove. If youre working with just the leaves you can spread them out on a cloth or baking rack and let them sit in.