Harvest of moringa is not seasonal- it is pretty much continuous. The hurricanes (Helene and Milton) did slow things down a bit, but the trees are full of leaves already! The first batch since the hurricanes is ready.
Have you wondered what goes into making the dried moringa used in teas, supplements, and herbs? Well here is my process;
Take stems of leaves off the tree. Rinse them in water and shake off excess water. Lay them on a table. Get a drying screen. Strip the leaves off the stem and put them on the drying screen in a thin layer. Put them screen in the drying rack. Repeat until the drying rack is full of the screens ( or until it’s time to get dinner ready!)
It takes 4 days to dry. When dry, take the moringa off the racks and put into a big container ( I use a big cooler on wheels- don’t laugh, it works😁). When I’m ready to process the moringa I take it from the storage go the blender for powder or the colander for teas or looseleaf (herb).
Then there is packaging and labeling!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this narrative on how moringa is processed.