Ivan tea (fermentation of fireweed leaves) - master class

[niamka]

This is a controversial statement. The tea is so addicting that it is very difficult to stop when it comes out.

niamka, Radushka meant that there won't be a lot of large leaf tea. And it seems that you can't stop it. Infected!

[Natalia]

Natalia,

The tea is so addicting that it is very difficult to stop when it comes out.

I'm talking about whole leaf. And so, yes. Has become a maniac already. You should have seen my hands! My manicurist will faint

[Radushka]

I want my dad as a gift for DR. He will be 84 in December.

Radushka, God bless your dad. My mom is 83 years old. And now she only drinks Ivan tea. He doesn't even want to try from garden stench. Only Ivanushka. I give her a lot every year.

[Radushka]

You should have seen my hands! My manicurist will faint

Radushka, yours did not see, but theirs are always before our eyes. Nothing, in the winter we will put beauty on our hands. But my tea doesn't stain my hands. I have their "manicure" garden. Although I do everything with gloves.

I watched a video about making Koporye tea. I noticed how tea is brewed there. Put a large leaf and a little granular. The infusion is wonderful, very beautiful.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila,

Got infected

It was YOU who infected me! The tea-sect!

[niamka]

The infusion is wonderful, very beautiful.

niamka, we are not worse! And maybe better! By the way, no one bothers us to brew the sheet together with the granular.

[Radushka]

It was YOU who infected me! The tea-sect!

Radushka, and I do not argue! Last year we called ourselves a sect! I am even glad when I made another decent person a tea maniac ...

[Ludmila]

Ludmila,

I have their "manicure" garden

a little off topic, but sorry! Even before retirement, I wanted to increase acrylics. There was a fear ... how they would behave in the garden work. And the girl-employee says - They are so good at breaking through carrots, you can't imagine!
Then it turned out that they behave better in caring after the garden than their natural ones. Straight, at least build up again

there is, according to it we are guided by how fermentation is going on! And during all the drying time, crazy flavor! Just crazy! It is impossible not to notice it. But there is one caveat. The top layer of granules covers the rest of the mass. And the smell weakens a little. if you pick it off a little, then a very strong smell comes from the inside.

This is what I have neither during fermentation nor during drying. When scrolling, it smells like grass, and remains the same, smelled at different times of fermentation.

try to ferment longer, at least 20 hours.

I'll try if I find and type more (I will try). But I read that with an increase in the fermentation time, the aroma decreases and it turns out darker when brewing, oh, I went to read it, or maybe it’s wet (60-70% now) and I need to wither longer, I’m still thinking, will it be in the bag when it is dried on the contrary, to gain moisture, something in general I Means it is necessary to do a large amount with different options, only fireweed is difficult to find.

[Olga]

Olga, congratulations on your first tea! Well done ! I am very glad that everything worked out and I liked the tea! Olya, you need to put caramelize at the very beginning of drying... What is caramelized with us? Sugar juice. And it is on the granules only at the very beginning of drying. And at the end it is gone - it is dry. The tea may just dry out. Try the next time first and compare the result. It seems to me that you will like it even more.

Thank you, Luda, next time I will try first in a travolka, and then in drying. Or just dry it.

But this tea tastes the same as bought in the monastery shop, only tastier and more fragrant!

[natushka]

niamka, we are not worse! And maybe better! By the way, no one bothers us to brew the sheet together with the granular.

So I'm talking about that.
natushka, yesterday I was drying 34 hours of fermentation, so my daughter came home, she says that there is a crazy aroma from the staircase.
With an increase in the fermentation time, my aroma did not decrease, it just became more tart or something. And when brewing, whether it is deep or medium fermentation, the color is the same.

dried 34 hours of fermentation,

Thanks, I'll try to ferment a little longer. And with such a long fermentation, the leaves are not dry? When I leave for the night (there is no tedding), the upper ones are almost as dry as they are.

[Natushka]

Thanks, I'll try to ferment a little longer. And with such a long fermentation, the leaves are not dry? When I leave for the night (there is no tedding), the upper ones are almost as dry as they are.

Natushka, don't you confuse fermentation with wilting?
I ferment in a saucepan, a plate on top of the leaves, something heavy on it. Top with a wet towel and wrap it with a blanket. Nothing dries

[natushka]

This is what I have neither during fermentation nor during drying. When scrolling, it smells like grass, and remains the same, smelled at different times of fermentation.

natushka, I don’t even know what else to write. Can't you have this fireweed?

I also think if it will not pick up moisture in the bag during drying, on the contrary,

natushka, you have a drier climate than ours. And must dry. It was very cool and humid in my house here. I washed the pot and left it to dry without a lid. And I saw that I had not poured all the water after rinsing. so in 2 days all the water has evaporated even in humid weather. And if you do not dry it, then there is a risk of getting a broom smell and moldy tea.

[MariV]

But this tea tastes the same as bought in the monastery shop, only tastier and more fragrant!

MariV, but can you imagine what it will be like in a month?

Wow, if worth it!

[natushka]

When I leave for the night (there is no tedding), the upper ones are almost as dry as they are.

natushka, I don't understand you! Either your tea in a pillowcase does not dry out, or your leaves dry out overnight.
Don't you cover the fermentation container with a damp cloth? And don't you cover it with a plate so that it doesn't dry quickly?

Today I scored 4 full "tape" packages, I don’t know how many in kg, although now I’ll go to hang one package .... in one package 2 kg. 100 grams. I'm wilting now. While collecting with my spouse, we were exhausted ..., nettles burned their legs (went in shorts), heat, 36C. ants bite, but we steadfastly collect, the packages ended well ... otherwise they would not have left until all the thickets of ivanushka were destroyed. But they also found wild raspberries and blackberries there. Hurray, wait for us, you sluts ...

[Lucilia]

Lucilia, congratulations on a successful hunt!

[Lucilia]

LuciliaLudmila, Congratulations! : girl-yes: Now only in the freezer, do not quickly process such an amount

[niamka]

niamka, in general, I do not confuse it, but already balls for rollers, I run to the kitchen, to the computer, to the washing machine, dry tea and transplant flowers - I started spinning.
Ludmila,

I don't understand you

I can't make out exactly what I wrote myself. Fermentation under damp gauze and a plate, does not dry out. For some reason, I decided that they dry when withering, and when dried in a pillowcase, they can pick up moisture from the air. And fireweed for sure, the flower crown appears already, although it does not bloom.

[Natalia]

Natalia, I'm talking about whole leaf. And so, yes. Has become a maniac already. You should have seen my hands! My manicurist will faint

Ash soap saves me from "manicure fainting".

Ash soap saves me from "manicure fainting"

from cuts, scratches, dropsy?

Ash soap saves me from "manicure fainting".

What is this soap? Homemade? I hear it for the first time.

[lyka]

ash soap

What is this soap? Homemade? I hear it for the first time.

lyka, last year I tortured all the tea makers, how to make it? Nobody split. Inject now you ...

Ash soap - I mean lye. Pour the ash with water in a volume of 1: 2, boil everything for 40 minutes on a heat below average, strain, cool. Wash with broth. Or, on its basis, cook soap, but this is already to GalinaIv.

Or, on its basis, cook soap, but this is already to GalinaIv.

Last year GalinaIv. said that it is better not to make soap out of ash, I pestered her. She gave me links, but they wrote horror films there, I didn't do it.

I cook soap from scratch, but I haven't heard about ash. Maybe add ash to the soap, then there will be a vigorous remedy. And what, this is an idea, you must try

[niamka]

Maybe add ash to the soap

niamka, no, there is a special technology. And the soap ends up being very gentle. It's just that safety techniques are needed there.

So from scratch, too, is based on alkali. Only purchased alkali, calculated according to the recipe to tenths of a gram. And if you take liquid lye, it is not clear how much to pour. If you just add dry ash to the soap, which I make from alkali and oil, then this is already a little different. I just tried to clean the sink with ash, great!

[niamka]

niamka, I already left this idea with ash soap. last year she was ill. And making soap is not for me. Maybe if there were other conditions, in an apartment where there is enough water and a gas stove right there, and a sink ... Then maybe it would have taken care of. And so ...
GalinaIv. last year I even opened the topic and we hung out there a lot. but I never caught fire.

[Ludmila]

I returned it. Ludmila, yes, it is very stressful, and the dishes are a lot dirty after that, and expensive. But I was hooked already 8 years ago. And in the country she managed to do it. Here's an example: one of the latest Loofah soap (glycerin).

[niamka]

niamka, indescribable beauty ! Show it to us in the Gazebo! There we have everything on the topic!

Then I'll move it there.

[niamka]

niamka, bring it back! Let them admire here too. And then not everyone is in the gazebo.

bring it back! Let them admire here too. And then not everyone is in the gazebo.

bring it back! Let them admire here too. And then not everyone is in the gazebo.

Well! Another thing! The beauty!!!!

Ash soap - I mean lye. Pour the ash with water in a volume of 1: 2, boil everything for 40 minutes on a heat below average, strain, cool. Wash with broth. Or, on its basis, cook soap, but this is already to GalinaIv.

Quite right. Firewood should be taken from deciduous trees, preferably birch. I do not filter anything, all the ash after cooking settles to the bottom, The colorless liquid liquid on top is the soap, and then I pour the ash onto the beds. My children have allergies, and I replaced soap, baby shampoo, and washing powder with this ash soap. It is unusually liquid, but the skin after it is very clean and smooth.

[lyka]

lyka, Got it. This is lye.

Now it is fried at 150C, fermentation for 6 hours ... it smells soooo! I thought of leaving everything to ferment overnight or not, but sniffed it and decided to dry it. I would dry tea every day so that there is such a scent in the house !!

I would dry tea every day so that there is such a scent in the house !!

Ksyusha, so sushi! While there is fireweed!

[lyka]

Quite right. Firewood should be taken from deciduous trees, preferably birch. I do not filter anything, all the ash after cooking settles to the bottom, The colorless liquid liquid on top is the soap, and then I pour the ash onto the beds.

lyka, Thank you ! Maybe I'll try to do it. There is a lot of ash, as we heat the stove with birch wood.

While there is fireweed!

we do not bloom yet, is it usually in July ... or can it also be picked for tea before flowering?

[Olga]

Olga, not recommended, but this year we started doing it very early - in mid-May, from 30-centimeter shoots. so try it now. Tea differs from more mature tea. but also delicious.

Now only in the freezer, you cannot quickly process such an amount

"Girls, thank you for your kind words. In the summer I live in a dacha, but here we went home through the fields (while my husband was passing out of the flight, alone, on a" minibus "- not comme il faut) and got that much, and when will the next time be? I stretched it out for withering, almost the entire area of ​​the hall and occupied, such a quantity, even with a rake! In the evening, before leaving, I collected it in bags, shoved part of the house into the "freezer", took part with me to the dacha.

Hello everyone from Siberia)) Ladies and gentlemen, how are you doing with mosquitoes?)) Something is sooooo much this year)))

[turner]

turner, Sergey, so this is a good indicator - the vegetation is not etched, you can gather herbs for teas and medicinal preparations without fear. As for the mosquitoes in Len. region, I can not objectively answer, because I travel very close to the city, there are not many of them, and in the city there are none at all. Today my husband will return from the "distant country", I will ask if there are mosquitoes there.

[turner]

Ladies and gentlemen, how are you doing with mosquitoes?)) Something is sooooo much this year)))

turner, Sergei, there are also enough mosquitoes. But I think you have more of them.

)) Ladies and gentlemen, how are you doing with mosquitoes

we have, but not much. Perhaps the cultivation of the garden in the spring affected?