Xinhui tangerine peel is a gift from nature and a treasure of time. When purchasing, we have to be like detectives, carefully observe, smell, touch and taste, in order to identify the "Li Ghost" and find the real treasure. Remember these four steps, let's become a master of authenticity of tangerine peel!
1. Look at the color and recognize the skin: the color reveals the secret of the year
Xinhui tangerine peel, the year is exquisite. The inner surface of the short tangerine peel is snow-white or yellowish-white, and the outer surface is a pig's whisker pattern, which is bright in color; The old tangerine peel has weathered and naturally peeled off the inner capsule, and the pig whisker lines on the inner and outer surfaces are obvious, and the color is darker, brown or even black. But regardless of the vintage, the real tangerine peel presents a clean and distinctive character, with a clear texture and a natural luster. For those specially treated tangerine peels, the color of the inner capsule is either different shades or too dark, which looks very unnatural.
2. Smell the fragrance and distinguish the quality: the aroma reveals the truth and falsehood
The older the tangerine peel, the more mellow the aroma. The aroma of Zhenxinhui tangerine peel is unique, compound but not single, from the fragrance to the citrus fragrance, and then to the aged fragrance and medicinal fragrance, the layers are rich. However, those specially treated tangerine peels have serious aroma loss, weak and single, and may even have "sweet and sour flavors" or other messy odors, like a clumsy imitator.
3. Knowing the truth with your touch: Feeling reveals the truth
The older the new tangerine peel, the lighter and thinner the texture, which is dry and easy to break. Shorter tangerine peels are more flexible. After special treatment, the tangerine peel appears thick and brittle, with few oil spots, no obvious depressions, and a greatly reduced feel.
Fourth, taste and authenticity: taste reveals authenticity
Zhenxinhui tangerine peel tastes sweet, fragrant, mellow and old, and leaves a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks after brewing, with high foam resistance. The treated tangerine peel has a weak aroma, insufficient taste, bitter or spicy taste, and the epidermis and inner capsule become soft and rotten after cooking, like an empty imitator.