Fermented tea made from leaves of garden and wild plants (master class)

I don't know, maybe the southern one is really different)
Yes, it turns out sour grapes, but that's exactly what I like, I most often drank it not like mono tea, but with something else, sweetening it with honey. So you just don't like this tea.

Poor, poor grapes, half of the leaves for dolma, the other for tea

[Zhen]

Zhen, and forgot about wine. well and so, feast on. It also protects well in the heat. I had such a gazebo with grapes. The bunches are hanging, the sun does not shine! The beauty!

No-her, I didn't forget about wine and grape juice, I wrote about the leaves))) We still freeze a lot of grapes with berries, then I put myself in tea instead of ice, I don't like very hot, tasty-aaa

We still freeze a lot of grapes with berries, then I put myself in tea instead of ice, I don't like very hot, delicious-aaa

Teasing, huh? Eh ... And I don't drink hot tea either. But I am not adding anything there. I'm waiting for it to cool down to an acceptable temperature. And before that I enjoy the aroma. Therefore, my tea party drags on for a long time ...

Lyuda, you and I are aesthetes - tea, pure tea, I really drink boiling water.

Lyuda, we are aesthetes

Well, then ... I also drank boiling water at one time. For a long time she laughed at her son and daughter-in-law as they pour cold water into tea. She even started a special jug and boiled water for cold "boiling water" so that they would not pour raw water into tea. And then a shift occurred at the very same. Moreover, no one insisted. Itself in an instant could not drink boiling water. Now I'm waiting for the tea to cool down to an acceptable temperature ...

I don't feel the taste of boiling water, it burns and that's all (((And I put frozen berries only in hamasin tea, my own is almost over

[Zhenya]

Zhenya, this year I will definitely freeze berries to add to tea. I am sure that our tea will only benefit from this! Thank you for the idea!

We have one friend and the peaches are completely frozen, he handed me a bag, and the peach took the whole cup))) there is nowhere to pour tea

and the peach took the whole cup))) there is nowhere to pour tea

Good friend! It turned out - peach with tea, not tea with peach. I can imagine how delicious it is!

Last summer I tried to twist the black chops in a meat grinder with a sausage grill. It is not going very well, but my chokeberry does not go well anywhere ((But interesting pucks are obtained. In the photo on the right there is a small piece of tea, on the left are the same "pucks"

The girls today came across a jar of Marjoram in the storerooms. The smell, of course, is just stunning. I brew it in tea, it's something. The question immediately asks if you did any experiments with it? Although I understand that it can be added to compositions anyway to add a bouquet of aromas. But still???

[Zachary]

Zachary, I don’t remember the marjoram here ... Although we must ask Lina. She did everything that grows with her. Maybe the marjoram was in her arm.

I didn't make marjoram out of marjoram, but I actively use it in sausage production. Actually, this is its main purpose, because it is called "sausage herb".

Last summer I tried to twist the black chops in a meat grinder with a sausage grill. It is not going very well, but my chokeberry does not go well anywhere ((But interesting pucks are obtained. In the photo on the right there is a small piece of tea, on the left are the same "pucks"

I have been freezing blackberry leaves for almost a week. I forgot about them. Twisted through a meat grinder well.I liked the tea very much. Mixed all the teas, raspberries, currants, cherries, pears, apple trees. So the taste of blackberry is felt stronger.

I also bought fermented lemongrass tea at the market. I really liked it. With sourness. But we must interfere with something.

[Fofochka]

Fofochka, Lena, it's great that you came to us! Defend! Boom together to make tea. Also come to the "Tea Gazebo". It's great there.
And you right away "forgot to make the blackberry. The longer it lies in the freezer, the better it is processed. I also really, really like it - even in mono-, even in mixed versions. I can't say anything about lemongrass. Many people have made it here. Someone liked it, some not very much. And in mixes, it seems, it was also made. I wonder, did you buy it in the market in what form? Is it really someone of the manufacturers makes it? Or is it private traders already for sale is it carried out?

I bought lemongrass in Moscow. There is a tea shop. There are many. Especially with fireweed. There was also mango tea. Expensive but delicious.

Wow, 546 pages, wow! Let me think I’ll come in and refresh my memory of the technology, so that this year I will start making tea (in the past, I didn’t manage to collect the leaves). And here for 2 weeks reading

[irysikf]

irysikf, feel free to skip the winter. There we chatted about everything, just not about tea. It is for such conversations that I created the Tea Gazebo. Come HERE... We will be glad to see you! There you can start reading from anywhere. And links to interesting things on the first page in answer # 1 are made.

I can't say anything about lemongrass. Many have done it here. Someone liked it, some - not very much. And in mixes, it seems, they did it too. I wonder if you bought it in the market in what form? Does one of the manufacturers make it? Or is it that private traders are already bringing it out for sale?

A week ago in a supermarket on the shelves with tea I saw packages with "Crimean magnolia vine", dried, in ordinary transparent plastic bags with a beautiful paper label. It was more expensive than regular tea. Maybe I'll buy it for trial, I haven't decided yet.

[Elya]

Elya, if you buy, then share your impressions. Good?

[Luda]

Luda, well. And you can ask Zacharias to describe the taste of lemongrass, he also talked about it.

[Elya]

Elyabesides Zachariah, one of the girls made tea from lemongrass. Maybe they will.

[Elya]

Elya, Veronica, we have made many lemongrass. Now you won't find ...

And it seems to me that the reviews about lemongrass tea were not very good. If only in the village.

Girls Lemongrass Chinese and Lemongrass Crimean (Zheleznitsa Crimean) are completely different things. Why the iron pot is called lemongrass knows everyone who has ever met it in the mountains. The herb has a rich lemon scent. It cannot be confused with anything during the collection process.

[Zachary]

Zachary, well, we forget all the time about your Crimean endemics! We, northerners, are accustomed to lemongrass with red berries, so we sing a song about him! Sorry, please, we have sclerosis! And the iron should be very tasty. We have something vaguely reminiscent of melissa.

My feedback on lemongrass was not very good, but it was the first plant-on which I tried to make tea-mistakes are possible. And for some reason it got moldy after a month, although it was well dried. It seems that he has taken moisture from the air: nea: But there was also a good review about it, I'm going to do this this year, they wrote there is bitterness in it!

[Zachary]

Zachary, I just saw the Crimean in the store, leaves and yellow flowers.

I collect it in bags so that it will last for the winter and so to my friends and comrades as a prize.

We have Zakhar - a poet at heart, he needs Yasnotkovye for inspiration. He feels it with his soul and on them and specializes. Everything that is collected in tea is practically from this family.

[Zakhar]

Zakhar, well, you say: "Do you like him?" Because our girls were not happy with him. Or maybe you don't need to ferment it at all, but make it like a pine - twist and dry it in a dryer? Actually, I don't even know what I'm talking about because I haven't tried it. Although the mountains were within an hour's reach. Maybe she just didn't know him.

I just think that I can say my opinion only when I myself conduct experiments on it. One cannot be indifferent to him; this is an elixir of everything. In winter you drink a cup of hot tea with Zheleznitsa Crimean, close your eyes and you are already on the top of the mountains, this aroma immediately transports you into those first days of summer. It seems that Zheleznitsa absorbs the smells of all the herbs around her ...

By the way, in the Rhodope Mountains this plant is called Mursal tea and it is the pride of Bulgaria. It is the only mountain tea to receive the prestigious international Green Apple award in 2007 and Green Hero status in 2008.

In winter you drink a cup of hot tea with Zheleznitsa Crimean, close your eyes and you are already on the top of the mountains, this aroma immediately transports you into those first days of summer. It seems that Zheleznitsa absorbs the smells of all the herbs around her ...

Definitely, subtle natures have gathered in our topic. How to describe the taste of tea!
In general, Zakhar, conduct experiments. Everyone will be very interested! And if I find myself in my mountains again, I will definitely pay attention to her! I have already googled it - it is also in Central Asia.

Already googled

It is written in the internet that it is poisonous for horses. I wonder how. but for people it is useful.

Zakhary, where do you collect in the Crimea?

Zakhary, where do you collect in the Crimea?

Grows on Crimean yayls, met a lot on Demerdzhi

And today I rummaged in my stocks of tea .. not a lot ...)), but I found a small jar of a mixture of blackberry and meadowsweet, in the fall I could not drink it, especially meadowsweet, but I brewed and gasped - what an interesting tea, no, it's simple masterpiece !!! The color is sooo rich, you need to give Nastya a test, she will describe it in great detail, disassemble it by notes.
I'm so sShhShastly (or maybe he gives such an effect ??)

I'm just so shy

Are you sure you drank tea?

clarified right now from others, they say that tea

And today I rummaged in my stocks of tea .. not a lot ...)), but I found a small jar of a mixture of blackberry and meadowsweet, in the fall I could not drink it, especially meadowsweet, but I brewed and gasped - what an interesting tea, no, it's simple masterpiece !!! The color is sooo rich, you need to give Nastya a test, she will describe it in great detail, disassemble it by notes. I'm so sShhShastly (or maybe he gives such an effect ??)

Checkmark, and I forgot about my meadowsweet. Only I have it mono .. I feel that this blackberry did a good job.

We have already flooded mint in all, soon we will cut it and get it done

Zachari, it’s good for you! This means that you and Lenochka will be the first to start making tea. Well, nothing, we will also wait for such a spring. Already some little things are climbing with might and main. The snow is almost gone.
If there are pine trees near you, then make tea from pine shoots. He's so cool. It is necessary to break off half of each shoot and twist it in a meat grinder. And then dry it at a low temperature. I was drying in the dryer. I have it in my recipe (on the first page). Or you can try and ferment.

Got it. Tomorrow I'll go and see if there are shoots or not

Tomorrow I'll go and see if there are shoots or not

Tell me later ...

Then I happened to be in the mountains, came across a thicket of wild mint. Narwhal to celebrate a huge package, well, I think I'm showing off to the girls. And I realized that it was all in vain. The leaf turned out to be so juicy that instead of granules there was only porridge. I squeezed out the juice. I played it again and it was all to no avail. The bottom line. In a hurry you will make people laugh. Early foliage is not good, too much juice.


Of course, I held the porridge for a day, then squeezed it out again and put it on a baking sheet, it dried up from the gulkin's nose
Yes, I mixed the juice with sugar and dried it in the oven. I use it for tea or desserts. Such peppermint sugar. Mountain mint has a very light aroma

[Zachary]

And I realized that it was all in vain. The leaf turned out to be so juicy that instead of granules there was only porridge.

Zachary, therefore, the leaves of any plants are dried before twisting in a meat grinder. Then wet granules are obtained, not porridge.Spring leaves need to be dried longer than later leaves.

Of course, I held the porridge for a day, then squeezed it out again and put it on a baking sheet, it dried up from the gulkin's nose

That's for sure! It turns out with 1 kg of green mass very little - no more than 200 gr. And in the case of young leaves, even less. Therefore, we make tea all season to get a sufficient amount of tea.
So try drying the leaves until the center vein of the leaf doesn't crunch. Another test that the leaves have wilted correctly - when squeezing a handful of leaves and after unclenching the palm, they do not crumble, but remain lumpy in the hand.

Oh, Zachary! Thanks for the experience! I’m just looking at my mint, but from day to day I’m going to do raspberry tea - the leaves are already big. Then in the middle of summer and at the end I will make raspberry tea, compare the tastes.