How to choose good barley

Everyone must be familiar with coix seed. It is a food that can be used as medicine or as a porridge ingredient. It is bitter and slightly cold in nature. It is a high-quality ingredient that can promote diuresis and eliminate seeds and strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. However, when people buy coix seed, they often don't know how to choose it. Sometimes they buy inferior coix seed and it doesn't taste good. Now I will teach you a few tricks to let you easily learn how to choose good coix seed.

How to choose good barley

1. Choose coix seeds based on their color

When choosing to buy coix seeds, you should first check whether the appearance of the coix seeds is shiny. Only the coix seeds with shiny appearance and full grains are mature and high-quality coix seeds, and their nutritional value is relatively high. Good-quality coix seeds are mostly white or yellow-white, and have a faint powdery texture, which makes people feel particularly good-looking.

2. When choosing coix seeds, you can rub them and smell them.

When you choose and buy coix seeds, you can rub them with your hands. Your hands will feel smooth and tender, and there will be an attractive rice fragrance. However, the scented coix seeds will leave a pungent fragrance after rubbing them with your hands. Good quality coix seeds should have a natural fragrance without any strange or peculiar smell.

3. Choose the flavor of coix seed

The real quality barley is glutinous and delicious, and has a delicate and attractive fragrance. "Glutinous, sweet and thick" is the most important feature of barley. When you buy barley, you can buy a small amount and cook it at home, then decide whether to buy it again after distinguishing the real from the fake. The real quality barley tastes slightly sweet and has a lighter taste after eating.