Ivan tea (fermentation of fireweed leaves) - master class

[Galina]

I made tea in June. stood in a tightly closed jar for 2 months and an amazing smell appeared. It smells to me fruity-prune-chocolate. The taste after brewing, if not diluted, is slightly tart with an admixture of either licorice or valerian.

Galina, I am very glad that everything went like clockwork for you ... It should be so! And in winter it should get even better. If by this time there is still something to smell ...

[Olya]

Everyone will probably be different. After all, the methods of drying, and the time of fermentation, and the place of growth, the soil - everything is different for everyone.

Olya, gold words ! Even the same person makes different tea - it even depends on the time of day when the leaves were harvested. And the drying time is not always the same. And we make the layer thinner, then thicker when withering and drying. In general, there are so many nuances! A year will not be enough to understand everything ...

Nooo Lyudok, I was drying in a frying pan with a thick bottom.

I drink it like tea leaves. I can't drink so cool))

I can't drink so cool))

Ol, so put less. One teaspoon per glass is sufficient. Are you putting a lid on top of the glass?

Today I found another clearing ... green leaves !!!! the beauty!!!!

Ksyu, I just put 1 tsp. per glass. But I poured another one on top. As you wrote. And I brew it in a glass infuser. Aaaa .. the French press is called.
Now I will of course put less. No, well, it turned out the same tea! And the color is so rich

Today I found another clearing ... green leaves !!!! the beauty!!!!

Ksyusha, congratulations on the find! I also have such a clearing, but the rains interfere with the process. I’ll just gather for the leaves, and now it’s raining ... I haven’t made tea for 3 days.

[Olya]

I dried in a frying pan with a thick bottom.

Olya, if in doubt about the result of drying tea in a pan, then you need to plan to buy a mini-oven next year. My oven is 42 liters. I would like more, but I still dry everything.

I drink it like tea leaves. I can't drink so cool))

Drink as you drink. The main thing is what to eat, what to drink ...

No, well, it turned out the same tea! And the color is so rich

This is the most important thing!

[Lyudmil]

LyudmilI have a mini oven but it is at home. And I'm making tea while at the dacha in the vykh. But I stir it constantly, it doesn't burn.
It's just that there are small particles, light ones, they can often be at the bottom of the pan, therefore there is a little smell. I'm not sure though. Right now I am passing by the bags of the house and I hear a pleasant smell. They have been hanging dry for a week already.

In short, I'm already drinking. Not even a month has passed.

Virgin, I don’t even know where you find such glades. I am thinking to go to these exits there, to the northern side of the forest. The leaves may be green, but again there is no juice in them

Lyudmil, well, I can imagine how much you have prepared tea over the summer. If only I had to go to Temka earlier, I would also fly for fireweed every weekend. Although, here you are right, the rains are doing their job.

By the way, Ksyu, here you are washing the leaves, right? Can't your tea get moldy because of this? what do you think? Is this piano playing?

By the way, Ksyu, you wash the leaves, right? Can't your tea get moldy because of this? what do you think? Is this piano playing?

Ol, I don’t wash Ivan tea, I collect it far from the roads. I sin on banks, these two were with a broken inner coating. I just didn't attach any importance to it. or really underdone this batch. The rest are standing.

The leaves may be green, but again there is no juice in them

Certainly not so juicy. as in June, but twisted normally. There is enough juice for normal fermentation.

There is enough juice for normal fermentation.

Oh, Ksyu, I twisted them so hard with my hands, it was so hard. It seems not a lot, but I was waiting for when they run out of these leaves ((

And I realized about washing, I thought you were washing fireweed too.

It rains right now, so it makes sense to go for fireweed, Luda said that they usually wait at least 3 days to collect it again. What are you doing now?

Ol, I collect every day, and the garden ones are also mine (sprayed with ash), I twist in a meat grinder, I ferment for 11 hours, the taste and smell is present!

[Olya]

The leaves may be green, but again there is no juice in them

Olya, there is juice in the leaves, only they have become coarser. If dried well, then the granules are good, but the meat grinder has a hard time. Therefore, I am sluggish now. It is twisted easier, but there is a scattering.

Lyudmil, well, I can imagine how much tea you have prepared over the summer

I haven't counted yet, but I would like more - I distribute a lot of tea and send it to my mother, son and friends in Alma-Ata. So there is not much tea left for ourselves. But nothing is enough.

Luda said that they usually wait at least 3 days to collect again.

I’m not waiting for three days. It rains every day ...

Soooo, I'll go and I think. Once I went like this booze song.
Now at the dacha, cherry leaves are all devoured, black currants, a couple of bushes are all in a leaf roll, then a league in something. The apple tree remains.
I will wash. There is so much dirt on the ends.

[Olya]

Olya, make an apple tree with a cherry. You need a little cherry. Find at least some whole leaves. Who ate them has already crawled away. Cool tea will be!

Lyudmil, I decided to go for fireweed. The morning seemed like nothing, while this and that, the clouds went. Then my husband asked for it, well, they took the big ones, I’m just going, you’ll also collect. And he usually goes for the company and for mushrooms in the same way, well, watch me. As soon as we drove up, the rain began to drip, the two of us picked up only a package from the supermarket. The rain intensified, hid under a tree. Well, let's go back. That's the whole collection.
A lot of konchno and fluff gets, stuffed into the freezer for now. Home now, I will not twist my hands.

Girls! Take a newbie! I silently read all your topics about tea, some of the tea was made even before I got acquainted with this site, the rest is already with you. We drink with the whole family, treat our loved ones, everyone likes it. But I have never met any information that Kaporsky tea has a diuretic effect. All of my relatives celebrate this. My husband is driving all day, and our seagulls are in a thermos, so, he says, at least take the pot with you. Mom (70 years old), after the first try, almost got embarrassed, barely ran. Lyud, maybe I'm doing something wrong? : girl-th

[Henbane]

Henbane, on the first page Lyudmila described in detail the beneficial properties of this tea. So the positive effect on the body began.
It is more convenient to call by name.

[Olya]

Lyudmil, I decided to go for fireweed. ... The rain intensified, hid under a tree. Well, let's go back. That's the whole collection.

Olya, well, what can you do! I just can't go for fireweed because of the rain, although I can walk 100-200 meters. Let's assume that the fireweed season is over. Although it can still be harvested for prefabricated teas.

stuffed into the freezer for now. Home now, I will not twist my hands.

Ol, it was necessary to wither the leaves. Otherwise they will crumble in your meat grinder ...

[Henbane]

Lyud, maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Henbane, I am sure that the way of making tea did not affect health in a negative sense. francevna the rights. The diuretic effect is not the worst! I did not observe this at myself, and my relatives and friends somehow did not share such details with me. But the fact that the genitourinary system is being cleaned is unambiguous! In my country toilet with a separate bucket for minor needs (my own), I can see it.

stuffed into the freezer for now.

Ol. why in the freezer? I have a day of fireweed calmly in the package.

Lyud, can you wither it later? Then I pulled it out and dried it. Why have I now violated the technology and this is not good? Although a couple of weeks ago, I did the same and seemed to be nothing.

Ksyu, you know what I thought that from such a shock of the freezer it would soften more steeply and curl)))

What, to run to pull out?

Ahh ... that's what I wanted to ask. Sea buckthorn leaves need to be fermented? And how is tea made of it, who knows?

[Olga]

Olga, I didn’t do that, usually the other way around - first I wither, then into the freezer. But if you wilted after the freezer, then, probably, you can do that. Now no longer fuss - let it be as it is.

Sea buckthorn leaves need to be fermented? And how is tea made of it, who knows?

Olga, girls did, but nobody liked it. The leaves are very tough, they do not even lend themselves to freezing.

Oh, Lyudmil, thanks, otherwise there is sea buckthorn. Then I will not collect it.

Ahh ... that's what I wanted to ask. Sea buckthorn leaves need to be fermented? And how is tea made of it, who knows?

I added sea buckthorn (just dried leaves) to green tea, I liked it. But now I don't have sea buckthorn.

[Alla]

Alla, apparently, fermentation does not change the sea buckthorn for the better.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, really want to try with fermentation. Did they make tea from a male tree?

[Alla]

Alla, Tanya-Burunduk, who made sea buckthorn, believes that good tea can still be made from sea buckthorn. She promised to play with the regimes and write to us about the results. I also want to try to make sea buckthorn. But later, in the fall, before leaf fall. Since I don’t have my own, and my neighbor’s conscience does not allow me to cut off my neighbor’s. It seems to me that the leaves of the sea buckthorn need to be wilted, frozen, and then put through a meat grinder. Then something can be squeezed out of it ...

Did they make tea from a male tree?

And how to tell them apart if it is not yet bearing fruit?

I did sea buckthorn
there is color, almost imperceptible smell, no taste (there is a photo in the "wild" theme)
I used it mixed with a juicier leaf
with raspberries, for example
but i'm doing sheet
perhaps through a meat grinder and nothing will go

[Thank you]

Lyudmila, Thank you To you for the article. This is not an article at all, but a very useful LABOR. Maybe I won't be able to prepare Ivan tea this year, but I will definitely buy it on occasion, no matter how much it costs.
I took it to the bookmarks.

[Zoya]

ZoyaThank you for evaluating the recipe! Enjoy making tea! Fireweed this year is almost over. So, we collect the leftovers. The sheet is rough and does not twist well in a meat grinder. But there is still a lot of time for making tea from garden plants (before the leaves fall). Recipes can be viewed on the links Fermented tea made from leaves of garden and wild plants and Country tea

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, the kidneys differ. The male kidney is like a lump, with many scales. And in a female, the kidney looks like a pearl barley, in the middle there is one groove. They are seen well in the spring, but can still be found near the leaves. Tea made from male and female plants should not differ. The chemical composition of the leaves is the same.

All the same, I collected some sea buckthorn, but I will dry it just like that.
Fireweed yesterday I pulled it out of the freezer and just threw it into the fridge, tomorrow I’ll have more time to scroll.

[Veronica]

the kidneys differ. The male kidney is like a lump, with many scales. And in a female, the kidney looks like a barley, in the middle there is one groove.

Veronica, Thank you ! I'll try to determine the gender. Although, as you say, it doesn't matter.

[Olya]

Fireweed yesterday I pulled it out of the freezer and just threw it into the fridge, tomorrow I’ll have more time to scroll.

Olya, still wilted a little, so that the leaf does not crumble and the granules are better.

Yes, Lyudochka, of course. So I will.

Ol, today she blinked her fireweed leaves. In general, they have turned over to me. But such strong granules turned out in a meat grinder, it's a pleasure to see! None of them crumbled. Tea is now fermented. I'll dry it in the morning.

Yes, that is.were they a little drier?
Maybe I can overwhelm them a little. Although, if you think so, they are dry and will crumble even more. Lud, how did you manage it?

And I have already begun to brew three weeks of tea directly into the cup, so that it is not strong. You know how much tea there is, uuuuu, a pinch that fits in three fingers
I still have a small jar of rustic. We are already leaving on Thursday for rest and I cannot do the village. And in September there will already be no time ((

Maybe I can overwhelm them a little. Although, if you think so, they are dry and will crumble even more. Lud, how did you manage it?

No, do not make them dry. But you don't need to leave it fresh either. It is not an over-dried leaf that is scattered, but an under-dried leaf. In general, when you squeeze a handful of leaves, they do not disintegrate at all after opening the fist. I have already placed a photo of the granules somewhere for comparison. I post it again. Look, on the left - granules from weakly wilted leaves, on the right - from slightly twisted leaves. The difference is obvious.

By the way, today the granules turned out even better than in the photo on the right.

Yes, that is, were they a little drier?

Are you talking about leaves or granules? The granules were not dry anyway. And the leaves were shriveled, but not dry. I put them on the veranda at 9 pm yesterday. The night was cold and foggy. In the morning the leaves were the same as I put them in the evening. In the afternoon, I started to do things and only at 7 pm did I realize that my leaves were lying without supervision. And the side on the terrace is south. And although it is covered by trees, it warms up perfectly during the day. Here is the leaf and twisted. And also uneven. The lower leaves almost wilted. But I liked the result.

And in September there will already be no time ((

Do not guess! You can still make tea in October.

People, the leaves have been lying right now for a couple of hours, I think let them lie still. Sometimes I stir. I want granules like you))
And about tea in October, maybe. In our country house not very good. cozy. The house is old, the temperature is almost like outside. Therefore, I do not like to go there in the fall because of the lack of comfort. It's like going camping with a tent. But on hot days it helps a lot, just very much.

Py. Sy. There are a lot of things to do before leaving. It is necessary to defrost the cold air, transfer everything to another. Laundry, preparation, well, as usual.

[Ol]

Ol, let them lie down. Just don't dry them out. And have a good rest!

Lyudok, already truncated. Scrolled. I pressed it a little and put the load. Let's see what happens. So it seems like the sausages came out of the meat grinder, but I think there will still be loose powder)))
Thank you Lyudochka, I hope we'll have a good rest!

[Olya]

Olya, we do not put oppression on meat grinder tea. Just press a little with the handle. And so everything will ferment normally. if the sausages were after the meat grinder, then they should not crumble later.

Oh, oh, I ran to take off the oppression.

Do not panic! Everything will be fine.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, I bought a ready-made Ivan Tea at the fair today. It was regular and with different additives. Made in the Republic of Mari El. Tea was poured at the fair and you could taste it. It seemed to me that he was very similar to my homemade one, but my husband said that ours is better.

Checkmark, cute tea granules! Precisely, in an industrial meat grinder they twist it! Only the color is unusual - some kind of brownish. I have never had this color. And it looks like they twisted the leaves and flowers of the fireweed together. I have never tried this. But it would be worth ... Well, next year.

It seemed to me that he was very similar to my homemade one, but my husband said that ours is better.

You have to believe your husband! And I don't even doubt that yours is better.

I also noticed an unusual color. Maybe fermented for a little time ?? I also have purchased tea, I will take a picture later. So, to taste and next to ours did not lie. No fruity aroma .. more herbal taste.