How to cure/dry properly????

Im new to the board, but not new to the game, what I really want to know and get cleared up is the whole dry and curing process....Im not growing, but im talking about after receiving a fresh batch, sometime possible moist, I hear everyone saying they store in a mason jar and let it cure for a couple of weeks and stuff like that...so what I'm wondering is what is the actual best method to preserve/dry/cure once you receive the batch, not after a grow or clipping but actually getting a batch in a bag, do you take that out let it sit in the jar and let it air out a little while everyday?? I've heard things like that, I've heard about the water cure but im scared to do that, I've heard about curing with orange peels but dont leave them in the jar too long, I really just want to know a good or the best standard method, of increasing/enhancing flavor, taste, smell and burn quality by curing or drying using the mason jar....if anyone can explain this in deatail it would be greatly appreciated...not sure if this is the right section sorry if not, jus wanted to get the answer to this though....thanks again

also if it helps the strains I usually come across and want to do this with are Haze, Grandaddy Purp, OG Purple Kush, Kush, headies, and sometime really nice batches of beasters

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i have no experience with this but ionno about curing with orange peels... after i threw in some orange peels with my dry bud it totally killed the dank smell and it never smelled the same again