Ivan tea (fermentation of fireweed leaves) - master class

[lappl1]

lappl1Lyudochka, a question for you: did I correctly identify the fireweed?

Anyuta, he is. So the photo is not very clear, but by the narrow and long seed pods, which are below the flowers, you can see that this is him. were there any doubts?

[Lucilia]

"Macho Hair". Thanks to the author for such an original title!

Lucilia, your hair will be thicker than that of the author. But it is understandable - the fireweed is now not May, from which Nastya made her Macho.

[minimum]

were there any doubts?

Of course there were. I never knew that it was him ...
It was like this: on Friday the children were taken "for a walk" .... to the pier. And I ate all the bald spots at home, so that they took me for fireweed. Well, I park my car, open the door and see a pink flower three meters away from me (I tried to identify all the pink flowers before) - I have a "hysteria" ... I shout - well, here he is ... My husband went with the children to the pier for a walk , and I, as an abnormal, let's climb the territory of the pier. I walked around 15 minutes. Well, I have a thought in my head: If there are three flowers here, then it must grow somewhere else. I went and looked. So it can grow on our site too - we didn't have the keys with us from our fishing house to see (and I found fireweed about 5 meters from our fence). Well, I ripped it off and took it to my mother for identification - I also seemed to say that it was him. I come to my parents - dad got a thrashing - he also goes to the pier 2 times a day, that is, 4 times a day minimum it passes by this flower ... I ask, why didn’t I say that it grows there .. but it’s nothing ... In general, I already know where and what to look for. And on Sunday we went to Moscow on business, so the men drove home so that I was just silent ... I saw so many willow fields there (From Moscow to Tula - keep me seven) - I prayed them: "Well, stop me - there is a fireweed growing "- they laughed at me all the way, but they did not stop me - evil ..

[Anyuta]

them: "Well, stop me - the fireweed grows in the same place" - they laughed at me all the way, but they did not stop me - they are evil ..

Anyuta, I was not there ... You and I would have twisted them together and left ... Eh ...

Chaedels, tell me, does tea invigorate? My husband's sister arrived, but she is drinking this tea, she has a baby, she says there is more milk, but there are problems with sleep. Maybe from tea? I do not observe such an effect on myself (I am an owl in life, I always have a problem to fall asleep early), but there are no more experimental subjects

[YulikaSo]

YulikaSo, no one complained ... But in the recipe I wrote the properties of Ivan tea. Read it. But with regard to your question.

- With regular use, decoctions and infusions of Ivan tea reduce the increased excitability of the central nervous system, help eliminate insomnia, headache and the consequences of psychoemotional stress. Ivan-tea is an effective natural hypnotic, which, unlike pharmaceutical medicinal hypnotics, is not addictive and has no side effects;

I myself cannot say, because I do not drink tea at night. but not because I am afraid of something, but simply I have a long-term habit - to drink strong coffee at night ... I fall asleep without bringing my head to the pillow ...

[* Anyuta *]

* Anyuta *, so you didn’t ask, you had to yell: oyyyy belly-belly twisted, fat the bag and into the fields! While they figure it out, while they catch up, you will get some tea!

[Oksana]

so you didn’t ask, you had to yell: oyyyy belly-belly twisted,

Oksana,

oyyyyy belly-belly twisted, fat a bag and into the fields! While they figure it out, while they catch up, you will get some tea!

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .. .
Ksan, come, I'll ride thee through the fields)))

[Ludmila]

It's just that I have a long-term habit of drinking strong coffee at night ... I fall asleep without bringing my head to the pillow ...

Ludmila, I thought I was the only one

They're catching up, you'll get some tea!

Yes, where there ... They would say be patient until the first refueling .... and I really, at every stop, looked out for the presence of pink scent ...

But where is there ... They would say be patient until the first refueling

well, no human .... here our people offend !.
Anyuta, you are a hero!

Chaedels, tell me, does tea invigorate? My husband's sister arrived, but she is drinking this tea, she has a baby, she says there is more milk, but there are problems with sleep. Maybe from tea? I do not observe such an effect on myself (I am an owl in life, I always have a problem to fall asleep early), but there are no more experimental subjects

Doesn't invigorate. I study the effects of fireweed little by little, it acts on the brain, especially on the temporal (reduces to normal the activity of overly active zones that can cause attacks of aggression, anger) and frontal lobes (activates the prefrontal cortex, helps to think correctly, effectively), even pacifies ... Indeed, as the genius herbalist Barnaulov writes, he can make a tame animal out of "a wild animal" if given fireweed. Therefore, if the house has an unfavorable psycho-emotional climate, I recommend fireweed to smooth out sharp corners (and over time, these problems can be understood how to solve without sacrifice) ...

Mom is nursing. The body actively consumes and consumes vitamins and minerals, and if there is still a deficiency of both in food, then sleep disturbance may occur, which in turn can be most often against the background of a deficiency of magnesium and calcium. The correct forms of calcium and magnesium can solve the problem. Nursing people are at risk of deficiency of these micronutrients! If you have any questions, ask on my blog so as not to clog the topic here.

About the meat grinder. Yesterday I wrote that I had bought an Altai meat grinder Katun (cast iron), and on the same day my handle began to turn. Today I handed it over to the store, they returned my money. By a strange coincidence, there was just a grandmother in the department, who also bought one, but she does not turn meat at all, they threw her away. It costs 900 rubles. So don't take this for either meat or fireweed ..

[* Anyuta *]

* Anyuta *We also went from Belarus to St. Petersburg, we had to beg for the bushes. These guys are all like that, they think they rule the world!

These guys are all like that, they think they rule the world!

So the most interesting thing, when we were driving there, I got behind the wheel too - it was just night ... and we drove back in the afternoon or evening - all the fields were in full view ... so they didn’t let me behind the wheel .. they knew that I would stop and I'll run away ...

drink strong coffee at night ...

If I drink even at 18 o'clock, I can stay awake for a long time with coffee

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, Girls, now Ivan's tea has brown spots on the leaves. Is it a disease or should it be in time? Can such a sheet be collected?

[musyanya]

I study the effects of fireweed little by little, it acts on the brain, especially on the temporal (reduces to normal the activity of overly active zones that can cause attacks of aggression, anger) and frontal lobes (activates the prefrontal cortex, helps to think correctly, effectively), even pacifies ... Indeed, as the genius herbalist Barnaulov writes, he can make a tame animal out of "a wild animal" if given fireweed. Therefore, if the house has an unfavorable psycho-emotional climate, I recommend fireweed to smooth out sharp corners (and over time, these problems can be understood how to solve without sacrifice) ...

musyanya, Luda, how interesting! I have not yet reached such observations and conclusions. and it is unlikely that I will succeed - there is no appropriate education and base ... Thank you very much. Enlighten us further.

[Tata]

Girls, now Ivan's tea has brown spots on the leaves. Is it a disease or should it be in time? Can such a sheet be collected?

Tata, it could be.But if you find fireweed along the edge of the forest, then this will not happen there. Whether it is a disease or not, I don't know. but I don’t collect this. Therefore, I try to make Ivan tea at the beginning of summer, and when it ends, I switch to garden plants. But you can still find normal leaves. Although the best tea is June ...

[lappl1]

lappl1, Ludmila, , Ludmila, musyanya, THANKS for your answers, very interesting!
Today we found a good clearing, near everything is dug up by wild boars, let's go with a noisy company to collect tea.

But if you find fireweed along the edge of the forest, then this will not happen there.

I found it at the edge of the forest. Between the forest and the field sown with oats.
Luda, do you collect meadowsweet, if so what to tear and how to dry?

[Tata]

Tata, last year I was persuaded to make tea from meadowsweet. I really didn't like it. I made it from leaves, and just dried the flowers in the dryer. So I never tried it again - lying on the mezzanine. But GalinaIv, who at first also rejected this tea, said in the spring that it turned out delicious.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, Luda, then if fireweed is speckled, it is better not to collect. It's a shame. : (In June I managed to collect a little. Now I will go to the island that I collected in June. Maybe there it is normal

[Tata]

Tata, You first wrote that it is stained, and now it is speckled .... In general, there will be nothing fatal - fermentation and drying at a high temperature, if there is anything, it will be removed.

According to my observations, brown spots on the leaves of fireweed are marks from insects, more precisely from nests with their eggs. Insects lay their clutches on the back of the leaf, hatch and leave the plant. Sometimes you can see the remnants of these nests on the wrong side of the sheet, and the leaf darkens in this place. Perhaps the larvae feed on plant sap while attached to the leaf. Something like that.

Good afternoon and evening, everyone! in my favorite meadow I discovered a large thicket of oregano! Tell me, who fermented it with fireweed? what result? Or is it better to dry it separately?

last year I was persuaded to make tea from meadowsweet. I really didn't like

can you clarify what exactly did not like it?

[Ivanovna5]

There are also sunburn dots, usually on reddish leaves in open areas. In the shade there are less of them, and burns, and insects.
Ivanovna5, Anna, what people?!! Hello!

[svetn]

svetn, it is aniseed. And strongly aniseed.

strongly aniseed

perhaps, add meadowsweet to tea just a little? or does the aroma interrupt anyway? I'm just going to start harvesting meadowsweet, now I'm thinking. Have you fermented meadowsweet with fireweed or dried it separately?

[Loksa]

Loksa, Ksanchik, hello, dear! I sit here in the bushes every day and even collect a little tea from Ivanushka and every day I mentally talk to all of you (tea makers), and I thank Nastenka Tricia for her royal present in the form of several samples of her tea for testing. Nasten, the teas are so fragrant and delicious! My husband joined them at once and did not want to drink black tea at all. But now he brings me fireweed from outside the city when he is there, and yesterday his friend, at his request, brought a whole armful of Ivan-tea from the Pskov region. Now stands at fermentation. I am very happy with this outcome of the case, otherwise I just can't get out on a hike for the flames. And I am a little sad that there is no garden to dilute my tea with other types of leaves.
Lyudochka,lappl1, low bow and many thanks for such a useful and exciting topic

[svetn]

big thickets of oregano! Tell me, who fermented it with fireweed? what result? Or is it better to dry it separately?

svetn, no one did oregano with fireweed, in any case, there were no reviews. What are you going to ferment? The leaves are small, the flowers usually do not ferment. Yes, and it falls under the category of plants, the aroma of which is given by essential oils. I wrote about this in detail in the recipe. These plants are usually disappointing when fermented and dried at high temperatures.

can you clarify what exactly did not like it?

I didn't like everything - both the taste and the smell ...

Have you fermented meadowsweet with fireweed or dried it separately?

I was making mono tea.
Svetlana, neither oregano, nor meadowsweet do not fall under the principles by which plants for tea are chosen. These principles have never let me down ... Every time, making tea from a plant that does not fall under these principles, I was disappointed ...

[Ivanovna5]

Lyudochka, lappl1, low bows and many thanks for such a useful and exciting topic

Ivanovna5, thank you for warm words ! I am very glad that you have joined us!

I read your reviews and really want to try this miracle! But it does not grow with us. Probably you need to go to distant countries for him, like for the Scarlet Flower.

[Yulia]

Yulia, it is precisely said "the scarlet flower," only
we have pink.

[baby doll]

Probably you need to go to distant countries for him, like for the Scarlet Flower.

baby doll, Yulia, many girls from Ukraine have found Ivan-tea. grows almost everywhere, you just need to look.

[Ludmila]

grows almost everywhere

Unfortunately,Ludmila, it grows on sod-podzolic, gray forest soils. Well, where there are forests. In Ukraine, such places are 10%. Therefore, it is possible to meet Ivan-tea, but ... difficult.

[another way of wilting leaves]

Girls and boys. Added to the recipe another way of wilting leaves... Very convenient:

If the house is very damp or, conversely, dry, or there is no time to stir up the leaves, then you can wither them in cotton or linen... For this, it is advisable to choose a fabric as dense and thick as possible (bedspreads, towels, tablecloths, sheets). To do this, spread the leaves in a thin layer evenly over the fabric, fold it as shown in the photo and twist it as tightly as possible. The fabric will absorb excess moisture, the leaves will not dry out and will become very pliable for further processing. We check the readiness of the leaves in the same way - by squeezing a handful. If the leaves have not yet wilted after 5 - 6 hours, then they can be transferred to another dry cloth and the wrapping process repeated.

Lyudmila, thank you!

[Lucilia]

Lucilia, go to your cucumbers, I take the rap there, some of them came in large numbers there in tanks.

[Loksa]

Loksa,

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, I wither the leaves in such rolls from the very beginning of making tea.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, and I’m taking the leaves from the dacha ... until I get through the traffic jams, the leaves are almost ready))

[francevna]

francevna, Vinokurova, girls, I know that old tea-makers do this ... But not everyone knows about this method, especially the new ones. So I added it to the recipe itself. We have been preparing tea for several years. It is necessary that this infa be in the recipe.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, no, I'm new ... I just asked a month ago and you advised me to do this ... so now I don't suffer ... and save a lot of time)))

I had a catnip in a sheet in the refrigerator for three days. It wilted so well that it dried in 20 minutes on a sheet in the turned off oven.

[AlenKa]

no, I'm new ... I just asked a month ago and you advised me to do this ... so now I don't suffer ... and save a lot of time)))

AlenKa, so I decided that rather than advise each time, it is better to put this info in the recipe itself. A lot of photos and text in the recipe turned out, but, albeit, but, really

a lot of time is saved)))

And also such leaves are better granulated and rotate easier in a meat grinder.

I had a catnip in a sheet in the refrigerator for three days. It wilted so well that it dried in 20 minutes on a sheet in the turned off oven.

Radushka,

such leaves are better granulated and rotate easier in a meat grinder

I was just doing it today ... I also drew my attention to this ...

[AlenKa]

AlenKa, this is the first time Mistletoe did it. She even posted a photo of the trial at the request of the workers. Then many took this method into service, but something did not work for me. Apparently, I put a lot of leaves on the fabric. And this year I tried to make it thinner and everything worked out.This is especially true now that the leaves have become dry and tough.

I liked Ivan leaf tea, 8 hours of fermentation. Delicious, not very aromatic, with sourness from vitamin tse (all the benefits of vitamin tse: butter, beer ..)
I do not like Ivan-tea in granules, although he is one and a half weeks old, but there is some kind of aftertaste. Creamy roofing felts, only some other ...
dried, fermented for 15 hours in an enamel bowl. strange