The sweet osmanthus produced at Manjuelong Village near West Lake features the golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus and orange osmanthus. Usually, osmanthus flowers are harvested just once a year. But those in Manjuelong produce three crops, known as "early-period osmanthus flowers", "mid-period osmanthus flowers", and "late-period osmanthus flowers".  Every year about 25 kilos (55 pounds) of osmanthus flowers can be gathered from a fully-grown osmanthus tree. Besides being an ornamental plant, osmanthus can be used as a special sugar, a special beverage and a high-grade spice and essence. Having a huge variety of uses, it can also be used as various kinds of cosmetics and even foods, for example, it can be eaten in the form of a sweet glace or a thick soup or alternatively, drunk in the form of osmanthus flower wine or tea. Very healthy and refreshing! Our ebay Store: ebay.com/usr/hangzhou_famous (责任编辑：editor) |