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Cloves as spices & medicinal materials
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1.What is Clove?
Clove is not only an ornamental flower, its flowers can also be dried into spices. It has a very strong taste, and has the functions of seasoning, increasing aroma and improving the flavor. Secondly, it can remove fishy smell and deodorize. In addition, it can also be medicinal materials. It is used to treat cold limbs caused by kidney yang deficiency, vomiting, hiccups and abdominal distension caused by cold stomach.
2. Clove drying process
Traditional clove drying uses sun drying. Although sun drying can save costs, it is greatly affected by weather and requires dedicated personnel. It does not consume machine costs but will consume labor costs. Moreover, the quality of sun-dried cloves is uneven. The drying quantity per batch is too small to meet market demand. In order to improve the quality of cloves and meet market demand, manufacturers choose drying equipment to dry cloves. The heat source can be selected according to local conditions, such as natural gas, steam, electricity, air energy, biomass particles, coal, etc.
-Remove impurities from the cloves and place them on the tray in layers;
-Keep the drying room temperature between 45-50℃, continue to drain moisture, and dry for 3-5 hours;
-Raise the temperature of the drying room to 50-55℃, drain a large amount of moisture, and dry for about 6 hours;
-Continue to increase the temperature and keep the temperature between 60-65°C until the cloves are completely dried;
3. Advantages of drying machine
-Segmented temperature and humidity control, automatic adjustment；
-It is highly intelligent and adopts self-controlled constant temperature device throughout the operation, allowing 24-hour continuous drying operation；
-The hot air circulates evenly and is durable；
-It has a wide range of applications and can also be widely used for drying other materials, such as cinnamon, lemongrass, pepper, etc.
