Having plucked, leaf is sorted with quality standard: cleanness leaf, fresh, thick, and lustrous. Dirty leaf, handicap, and matt thrown. Leaf soaked in water for about 15-30 minutes to clean patching dirt and dirt. Then is rinsed finite of cleanness, and leak.
The next step of leaf is cut with the knife which is clean, sterile, and sharp. Slice wide around 1 cm, direct is dried out in flat surface having pallet paper for about 1 hour. The cut which has run dry 60% covered with black cloth of transparent to avoid dirt, insect, or possibility blown by the wind.
After drought, put the leaf into transparent thick plastic bag. When needed give silica gel to permeate water content. Cover the bag closely, give label, and date of drought. Then keep it in clean place, not humid, and easy to be reached, for example glass jar. In this way quality of Sirih Merah is guarantied for one year. When will consume, take the cut of dried Sirih Merah about 34 sheets, and braise so boiling. Drink after the decoction cold and through filtering.
