So, last summer I had a bumper crop of thyme. At the end of the season, I ended up throwing most of it into the dehydrator. It came out great. But how to efficiently seperate the leaves from the stems? The usual (fresh thyme) technique of pulling through your fingers against the direction of the leaves doesn't work well because now the stems are also dry and crumbly. It ends up with as much stem as leaf.

I've thought about putting it in a big container with something like a ball to shake around to take the leaves off, and maybe find something to "strain" the leaves from the stems.

As a child of the 70s and 80s, you can be sure that I tried using a double-album to separate the leaves from the stems, but it didn't work as well as I remember. ;)

Any tips or hacks?