Mediterranean Hegemony Road

In Bulgaria in June, the rose has bloomed with a smile, the flower is like a small wine glass, and the petals bloom slightly in a spiral.

It looks beautiful and charming, gently approached it, took a deep breath, and a faint fragrance came to the nostrils!

"It is indeed God's back garden!" Ferdinand said with emotion, looking at the roses blooming all over the mountains and fields!

A flash of inspiration, "Rose - rose essential oil, rose tea, rose tea!" Ferdinand suddenly burst out laughing

"Sit on the mountain without knowing it!"

Roses are deciduous shrubs belonging to the Rosaceae family Rosaceae, with thorny branches. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, leaflets 5-9, elliptic, with side prickles, surface wrinkled, most stipules connate with petioles. The flowers are solitary and clustered, purple, pink, yellow, white, and fragrant.

Roses are both beautiful and fragrant. In addition to their ornamental value, they are also a good raw material for scenting tea and extracting aromatic oils.

Rose tea is a mixture of fresh roses and tea bud tips in proportion, and can also be made into rose tea. Its aroma is strong, light, and not violent.

Rose is also a precious medicinal material. It is used for beauty and beauty, activating meridians, softening blood vessels, and has significant curative effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, high blood pressure, heart disease and gynecology.

Reconcile liver and spleen, regulate qi and stomach, promote blood circulation, activate blood and beautify skin, warm stomach and liver, prevent constipation, reduce fire, astringe, regulate menstruation, especially suitable for women with endocrine disorders and low back pain.

Bulgaria was the world's largest exporter of rose oil in the previous life. Rose oil is the main raw material for making high-end perfumes. It has always been in short supply and has the reputation of "liquid gold".

The production history of Bulgarian rose oil has been more than two hundred years, and there is no technical difficulty.

As early as the 16th century, Bulgarians began to extract rose water from roses, and began to produce rose essential oil in 1680.

Beginning in the mid-18th century, Bulgarian rose oil was exported to Europe either by sea via Istanbul, Turkey, or by land via Bucharest, Romania and Vienna, Austria.

Until the 19th century, rose oil production in Bulgaria's Rose Valley was carried out in family workshops.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Bulgaria had become the largest producer of rose oil in the world, with the main growing areas in Kazanlak, Karlov, Chepan, Stara and Nova Zagra.

After entering the 20th century, Bulgaria's peak annual output was as high as 6,000 kilograms, with about 200,000 workers engaged in the rose production industry, providing more than half of the world's rose oil demand.

There are many varieties of Bulgarian roses, such as Bulgarian roses, Damascus roses, purple roses, Fenghua roses, etc., and they are of high quality and are widely loved by people.

Before Li Mu crossed over, when he was mixing on Taobao, in order to sell low-quality perfumes at high prices, he knew a lot about this.

In a world where the Internet is highly developed, the raw materials for producing perfumes are no secret, and rose essential oil is recognized as the best raw material for making perfumes.

In the 21st century, urban white-collar workers who have suffered from pesticides and fertilizers have begun to advocate green environmental protection, pure natural and pollution-free, and even a little crazy.

Thinking that the traditional and primitive process is the most environmentally friendly, Li Mu also specially studied the production process of rose essential oil.

Rose petals contain more oil, and stamens also contain some oil, which can be added to the petals for extraction. The methods of extracting rose oil are: solvent extraction, distillation extraction, and carbon dioxide extraction.

In the early days of Bulgaria, the distillation method was used to extract rose oil, and rose petals were obtained by steam distillation, but the oil yield of rose petals was very low, about 0.02-0.05% on average.

The roses must also be collected before the sun rises on the summit, otherwise they will lose their color and fragrance due to the sunlight. The extraction of essential oils by solvent extraction in Bulgaria began in 1904.

This extraction method increased yield tenfold and has since become very common.

In order to sell inferior perfume at the price of high-end perfume, Li Mu roughly memorized these technological processes, just to fool female customers who do not understand.

Customer: "Boss, there is something wrong with the perfume you sell!"

Li Mu: "What's the problem? If it's the quality of the product itself, I'll give you a refund!"

Customer: "The fragrance is too weak, not as good as the one I used before!"

Li Mu: "Oh, this is a normal situation! Your perfume is hand-made from pure nature. The main raw material, rose essential oil, is artificially distilled, and the concentration is naturally not as good as chemically extracted!"

"You have always seen roses. Is the fragrance so strong? The fragrance is too concentrated, and chemical additives must have been added to it!"

Customer: "Yes!"

Li Mu: "Of course, if you are worried, you can go to the flower shop and smell the roses. You can also go to the Internet to check the information, and Baidu will come out in one click! If it is different from what I said, no matter if there is any problem, I unconditionally return it, and the courier fee is mine!"

Customer: "Oh, that's fine!"

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The above is Ferdinand's daily work in his previous life. He was proud of the concept of environmental protection and green into his life, which allowed him to take the opportunity to earn a fortune, and the half-dead Taobao store did not close.

Rose essential oil has always been a scarce commodity, and the price in the international market remains high. Historically, the output value of Bulgarian rose oil was: 900 kg in 1849, 1,500 kg in 1852, and 3,000-6,000 kg in 1905-1914.

At that time, more than 70% of the roses that made perfumes and fragrances in the world came from Bulgaria.

It can be seen from the above data that the late 19th century to the early 20th century was the golden age for the development of the Bulgarian rose industry chain.

Ferdinand thought about it and felt that once the rose industry chain was developed, it would definitely become a new economic growth point for Bulgaria in the future.

In 1891, although Bulgaria almost monopolized the supply of rose essential oil in the world, it had no pricing power.

The small family-style backward production methods cannot unite to dominate the pricing power of products. They are defeated by foreign capitalists one by one, and a large amount of profits are occupied by international capital, and they have to be reduced to raw materials.

In addition to the above information, what impressed Ferdinand the most was "eating"! It seems that when you arrive at the big foodie empire, the first reaction is can you eat this thing? what about the taste?

Eating roses was only carried forward in the big foodie empire, and then passed back to the Western world.

For example, rose milk tea sago, it is said that it was developed by looking for a female foodie, wanting to lack raw materials with pearl milk tea.

It is made with a little sago, rose tea, a small amount of glutinous rice flour, matcha powder, cocoa powder, black tea, bayberry, mint leaves, etc. (The specific method is Baidu, the author is not a foodie, and does not care about the method!)

There are also rose porridge and rose water, and even stir-fried roses, deep-fried roses, and soups with roses. (Oh, the author has also eaten rose pancakes, and the taste is unforgettable - it is comparable to looking up at the starry sky!) There are various ways to do it, there is no impossible, only unexpected.

(I sent the book early in the morning, too tired, the author does not want to stay up late!!! Good night)