Should Yangmei Berries Be Washed Before Soaking in Wine?

Before soaking waxberry in wine, it needs to be cleaned. First, select fresh and intact waxberry, rinse them slightly, and soak them in salted water for 20 minutes to thoroughly sterilize and remove dust. Then, wash the salted waxberry with purified water, spread them out, and let them air-dry in a cool place until there is no water left.

1. Clean the waxberry.

2. Bottle and soak: Find a large-mouthed glass bottle, clean it thoroughly, and let it dry completely. Then, layer the waxberry and rock sugar alternately into the bottle, and finally pour in the liquor, making sure the liquor covers the waxberry.

3. Seal and store: Seal the bottle tightly and store it in a cool, dark place at room temperature for three months.

After three months, open the bottle and separate the waxberry from the wine for easier storage.

Do I need to add rock sugar when soaking waxberry in wine? No, sugar is not needed when soaking waxberry in wine. You can add sugar when drinking if you prefer a sweeter taste, otherwise the waxberry wine may easily turn sour.

Although both waxberry and wine are warm in nature, adding rock sugar before drinking is still recommended. Adding rock sugar to waxberry wine has various benefits such as improving digestion, removing dampness, relieving heat, promoting saliva production and cough suppression, aiding digestion, warming up, stopping diarrhea, promoting urination, preventing cholera, and promoting health.

1. It can promote saliva production and quench thirst, which is beneficial for those who experience thirst, dry mouth, and hoarse voice due to injury to body fluids.

2. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, as it is rich in organic acids that can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices in the digestive tract. For people with appetite loss, indigestion, nausea, and vomiting, eating waxberry can help improve their spleen and stomach function.