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

[Radushka]

Purely speaking about dried herbs.

Radushka, I also twisted umbrellas in a meat grinder, and then dried them in a dryer. At first there was a good smell, but the potoi became like ordinary dried dill. I should try to grind it in a coffee grinder. Thanks for the idea!

[Radushka]

Poured my first mix into cans

Radushka, well, that's nice! I am very glad that your tea was a success. Congratulations! Do more and more! I warn you - there is never a lot of our tea!

it is clear that there is a lot of this cherry in tea. It is probably worth making it mono and adding it to other teas in dosage.

I advise you to put very little in each tea - 10 percent cherries! You will see what a great tea you get. In such an amount, it does not "pull the blanket over itself" at all, but it gives aroma and taste to all tea so well. try it, you won't regret it.

[laniti]

T e need to lie still for 1-2 months, the tea is ripe?

laniti, Natalia, yes, that's exactly what you need to do. I quote from this recipe:

It is better to let the tea brew for about a month for the so-called dry fermentation. If you try to brew tea right after brewing, it may not impress you. The longer the tea is stored, the tastier and more aromatic it becomes..

today I will try again, I twisted the leaves with effort, until juiced.

Just try to get enough leaves and if you twist the rolls, then do not forget to put oppression.
Good luck!

I advise you to put very little in each tea - 10 percent cherries!

[baby doll]

The bucket is in a shady room, because it's very hot, I'm afraid to overheat. Or do you put it out in the sun?

baby doll, Julia, you can't stand in the sun. Direct sunlight will damage your tea. The main thing is that the temperature is 22 - 26 *. This is enough for quality fermentation.

[Luda]

Luda, I keep thinking about the fermentation time. We live in different regions, the air temperature is very different. Today we have +28 in the shade, and +48 in the sun on the thermometer. So at the entrance of the house +35, there is no direct sun. Of course, if I take out the bags from the freezer and leave them in the entrance (private house), the leaves heats up very quickly and the leaves begin to change in color and aroma. And if the temperature is low, then there will be no such effect. I am writing for beginner tea makers so that they can compare with their room temperature. I start working with leaves after a pleasant floral-fruity scent appears.
Lilya34656, Lyudmila answered before me. I think that now everything is clear.

I start working with leaves after a pleasant floral-fruity scent appears.

My cherry leaves began to smell even at the stage of withering.

[Alla]

Alla, everything is correct! The higher the temperature, the faster the fermentation will take place. And again, you're right - you need to focus on the aroma. Appeared strong, we finish fermentation. I write about this in every recipe.
The temperature regime was taken by me from the special literature on tea production. If possible, you need to provide such conditions. Someone does even at 35 *, Even the mass is specially heated. But the high temperature is not good for our tea. I think you can always adapt. For example, I wrap a container with a fermentable mass with blankets-jackets in cold weather. Why not cover this container the same way in hot weather? You will get a kind of thermos that will protect our tea from overheating.
For those who want to understand what is better, I strongly suggest that you read the excerpts from the book about tea, which are referenced at the end of each recipe. You can also empirically determine the temperature regime. I have done this before - I tried to keep the tea at a temperature above 30 *. I noticed that the tea turns out to be not as aromatic and tasty as under cooler conditions. I am one of those who are trying to find a theoretical basis for this case. Although it was difficult to do this with our tea, so I trusted the Chinese, who have been making tea for hundreds of years. I trust them.

They told me recently a recipe for a very tasty, refreshing drink: we pour flowers from three branches of elderberry into a 3-liter jar, add 1 teaspoon of citric acid and 1 glass of sugar (I make half a glass, otherwise it turns out too saturated) and fill it with cold water, leave insist overnight. You can drink in the morning. The result is a very tasty and aromatic refreshing drink. This is a small digression from the main topic, and now on the topic -
So I think, if you add dried flowers of black elderberry to tea, will it be okay? Or is it more related to drugs?

[Yulia]

Yulia, I will not say about elderberry, I only have red. Better for Veronica or Lina to wait, they know everything.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, I will wait I think that I still have a few days of flowering!

If you add dried black elderberry flowers to tea, will it be okay?

I have been adding elderberry flowers to ordinary tea for many years. They do not have a specific strong aroma. Lightweight honey.

Girls, black elderberry can still be used, although its have something to replace... And red should NOT BE USED IN ANY FORM. In short, it's better to find a replacement.

I'll tell you about my second experience, more successful than the first) I did everything yesterday according to the instructions. In parallel, 2 teas were fermented, a cherry one and a mix of raspberries, apple trees, cherries and strawberries. When dried, the aroma was simply cosmic. It was at that moment that I thought that this is how it should be! Neither at the beginning of drying, nor at the end, nor now does the tea smell like grass! The scent of cherries is very pleasant and spicy. The smell of a mix with sourness, also delicious! In general, I could not resist, brewed cherries yesterday, check the color, and, oh, miracle!)) The tea darkened! Not to say that it is very strong, like black, but darkened) The taste is pleasant, but I perfectly understand that this is far from the final version. Therefore, with peace of mind, I sent tea to a dark shelf, let it gain taste and color

And by the way! When I mixed the mix, I didn't know in what proportions to mix the leaves. Therefore, I mixed everything by eye. And I added a handful of cherries large enough. When dried, the aroma is worth more cherry. The jar now smells a little differently, but the cherry dominated during drying. It's good that I just read how many cherries to put in mixes)))

[Kate]

Kate, Congratulations ! I am very glad that the tea was a success. Everything was done correctly, that's why the smell was like that! And when your apples, cherries and strawberries are ripe, your tea will be even better. And autumn must be tried to do, I like it very much, although it is difficult to do it because of the rough leaves.

When I mixed the mix, I didn't know in what proportions to mix the leaves. Therefore, I mixed everything by eye.

Katya, we did the right thing. There are no definite rules here. We mix different flavors, in different proportions, and then decide what we like best. I like to make tea either based on fireweed, or based on raspberries. And I add the rest of the plants arbitrarily. But I definitely add cherries or blackberries to each one, just a little. Then the tea turns out to be very rich!

It's good that I just read how many cherries to put in mixes)))

How nice that you read all the comments. Thank you !

Today, the first batch of cherry tea in a tin can went with honor to the nearest shelf. While I endlessly open this jar and enjoy the aroma. I don’t know what kind of cherry my husband got. But the smell is reminiscent of cinnamon and chocolate. I got a C grade for pear tea, but I realized my mistakes.Today I made it from strawberry leaves. I brewed it - I liked it. Very gentle. I can imagine how delicious it will be in a couple of months. Apple and currant are next. I have not done anything with such pleasure and excitement for a long time. - this is our tea guru.

"In vain" I probably gave my daughter-in-law to try the tea yesterday. Children seized a half-liter jar from my store with the words - "It's still incomplete!" and they drink tea without waiting for dry pre-fermentation. It's good that I immediately hid the liter.
Thanks to Lyudmila and all tea enthusiasts for my new, delicious and exciting hobby! (or maybe not just a hobby)

[iriska3420]

Today, the first batch of cherry tea in a tin can went with honor to the nearest shelf. While I endlessly open this jar and enjoy the aroma. I don’t know what kind of cherry my husband got. But the smell is reminiscent of cinnamon and chocolate. I got a C grade for pear tea, but I realized my mistakes. Today I made it from strawberry leaves. I brewed it - I liked it. Very gentle. I can imagine how delicious it will be in a couple of months. Apple and currant are next. I haven't done anything with such pleasure and excitement for a long time.

iriska3420, Ira, how nice it is to read such a review! I am very glad that I like tea, and even more glad that there is a passion for tea business! I recognize a real tea-maker! It is with these feelings that the right tea is made!

"In vain" I probably gave my daughter-in-law to try the tea yesterday. Children seized a half-liter jar from my store with the words - "It's still incomplete!" and they drink tea without waiting for dry pre-fermentation It's good that I hid the liter immediately.

Radushka, oh, and I recognize you! Last year we noticed the following fact: for some reason we suddenly become greedy when it comes to tea. But then we start giving our tea to everyone, even if we have nothing left. And we are ready to talk-talk-talk about him to everyone he meets.

Thanks to Lyudmila and all tea enthusiasts for my new, delicious and exciting hobby! (or maybe not just a hobby)

I haven't done anything with such pleasure and excitement for a long time. - this is our tea guru.

Ira, Radushka, and thank you for your kind words! Enjoy your tea! I just warn you: by all indications, you have started "tea mania"! Now you will look at each leaf as a potential victim.

[Luda!]

Now you will look at each leaf as a potential victim.

Luda! I have been hearing these words from my husband for the third week already ...
And I go "knocking" my tea in a pillowcase on the balcony and bastard from its rustling !!!! Yesterday I took a 3-liter bottle, sterilized it (prepared it for storing tea in it) and now I'm drying it so that not even a hint of moisture remains!

[Natusichka]

Natusichka, I know how we look from the outside. And the husband is he loving. supports! My identity calls me a maniac when he sees that I went on a "hunt" with my box. But he drinks tea with pleasure, he also tells everyone about it and presents it.

And I go "knocking" my tea in a pillowcase on the balcony and bastard from its rustling !!!! Yesterday I took a 3-liter bottle, sterilized it (prepared it for storing tea in it) and now I'm drying it so that not even a hint of moisture remains!

Well done, Natasha! I, too, do not pass my tea just like that - I will stop, like a sack, I will definitely smell it and went on ...

Black elderberry flowers have always been dried as a cough medicine. And this is a very good remedy.

I, too, do not pass my tea just like that - I will stop, like a bag, I will definitely smell it and went on

My God, how alike we are !!! I must smell it !!! The husband saw, asks: "Well?" I say: "Tea !!!"
This is how we communicate!

Black elderberry flowers have always been dried as a cough medicine. And this is a very good remedy.

From this I conclude that black elderberry flowers will be a good addition to tea.The fresh flower drink is very aromatic. Probably dry flowers will add flavor to tea. I'll try !!!

My God, how alike we are !!! I must smell it !!! The husband saw, asks: "Well?" I say: "Tea !!!"
This is how we communicate!

there are many more of you
some are encrypted

Indeed, it is so contagious!

My God, how alike we are !!!

there are many more of you

Therefore, we are in this thread and got together!

I dry my mix of everything (apples + cherry + plum + pear + grapes + quince + raspberry + currant + cherry + cherry plum)
somewhere up to kg of leaves came out
it seemed to me that I would ruin everything with my team
but it smells so great
I will taste tomorrow

Girls, I'm reporting again.
Silver oak tea (during flowering).
The leaves came with blood. She skinned her hands almost to the shoulders. Although the bees did not bite and that's good.
BUT ... it was worth it.
The leaves were sluggish until we got home. threw it into the freezer.
Spinning ... fine, but the granules were very weak and then crumbled during drying.
Fermented for a little over 6 hours. Dried tea has a light color. Almost like white tea. The smell is sweetish. The smell of blooming sucker is guessed. But, a little different. The tea is brewed with a light, straw color. Unobtrusive taste. I think you can flavor with some flowers or a little herbs with a honey scent. I brewed it yesterday. This morning my husband tasted cold and said he liked it. The kids tried both freshly brewed yesterday and cold today. They don't drink green and they don't like it. Today I brewed myself a cup of lemon zest with chubushnik buds. It's so cool with lemon. It is very beautiful with a chubushnik and ... well, I like it, in short. I'll try to pinch the buds tomorrow morning, if there are still any left. If anyone has a goof in close proximity, and you used to drink green (white) tea with pleasure, I'm sure you should make it.
Wish I could take a picture. Beautiful tea with flowers.
I'll try to make it even during the fruiting period.

Silver oak tea (during flowering)

he still has such small fruits, with fluff
silver?

[Lily]

Lily, Yes. Ours are small and silvery. Here they wrote about something else, with red fruits. But we don't have that. But, in childhood, we even ate these silvery ones.

[Radushka]

Radushka, congratulations on the wonderful tea from the sucker. Mine is already a year old, dried only the leaves, but when you open the jar, you feel the aroma of a blooming sucker, I also collected it during flowering. I add to other leaves when brewing.

[Lilya34676]

I dry my mix of everything (apples + cherries + plums + pear + grapes + quince + raspberries + currants + cherries + cherry plums) somewhere up to a kilogram of leaves it seemed that I would ruin everything with my team

Lilya34676, such a cool cast, and you doubt it! Congratulations on the delicious tea! Well done !

[Radushka]

Girls, I'm reporting again. Silver oak tea (during flowering).

Radushka, you are so smart! I wrote such a detailed report on the sucker! Thank you ! And most importantly, your tea turned out to be great! Now I will make a link to your post on the first page so that I don't get lost!

Unobtrusive taste. I think you can flavor with some flowers or a little herbs with a honey scent.

And you mix it with something, unless, of course, you are afraid of its collection. Must be delicious! The girls praised the mixes with the goof. And the granules will not crumble with other leaves.

Girls, tell me please! There is a rose bush, an incredible smell from flowers Can you dry petals from it and add to tea? Has anyone tried it?
It seems that I saw something in the topic about a rose, but I can't find it in any way.

[Kate]

Kate, so in the recipe itself, which deals with petals, the rose is named first. But the petals are unlikely to give a strong aroma to tea. Even marigolds don't. There will simply be beautiful tea. Also, go to the first page of the recipe. In the Notes, almost at the end there are active references to rose tea.And a photo of tea made from rose leaves with its petals.

[Kate]

Kate,

There is a rose bush, the smell is incredible from the flowers. Can you dry petals from it and add to tea?

... Smell smell, and what kind of rose? All my life I've been drying petals, making jam, making liqueur from grandmother's rose (tea). And yesterday I tried to dry the petals of a fragrant white rose. From your own front garden. The petals fell charmingly. BEFORE I started drying them. When drying, they began to smell like old worn men's socks.
In general, dried rose petals give aroma. Only so delicate that it will be completely invisible in the tea. And to be noticeable, there must be a lot of them.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila,

The girls praised the mixes with the goof.

I am already thinking about what to mix it with. I tend to linden, if it really has no taste, color, smell, so to speak. I would not want to lose the subtle taste of sucker. It has its own charm.

[Alla]

Alla,

I add to other leaves when brewing.

... And what do you mix with?

dried rose petals give flavor. Only so delicate that it will be completely invisible in tea. And to be noticeable, there must be a lot of them.

But how beautiful! This is a tea made from tea rose leaves with petals. Made by Mistletoe. And her photo.

tea rose leaves with petals

from tea rose leaves only with petals and mix! Definitely!

[Radushka]

I am already thinking about what to mix it with. I tend to linden, if it really has no taste, color, smell, so to speak. I would not want to lose the subtle taste of sucker. It has its own charm.

Radushka, but not with a linden tree! Cross it out of your tea material. Well, not very tasty. I'm afraid that her bath smell will overpower everything.
Make with apple or plum. They will not greatly kill the smell of sucker. And the granules will be strong, and the color of the brewed tea will be beautiful.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, thanks for the advice! I want to make an apple tree-mono. Very nice interesting color in the photo. And I want from Antonovka. I don't have it, but I know one abandoned garden where it is. And for a sucker from my apple trees I will collect, if that.

so in the recipe itself

Vot .. everything turned out to be near) And I’ll fumble through all the pages

what a rose

As I understand it, the usual bush, garden. The flowers are white, very fragrant. Probably we are talking about the same rose and)

[Kate]

Kate,

Probably we are talking about the same rose and)

no, I have another. You can try. But, I threw it out as soon as the unpleasant smell appeared.

[Kate]

And I'll fumble through all the pages

Kate, Mom dear! Almost 600 pages! Can you find here that without links?

I want to make an apple tree-mono. Very nice interesting color in the photo.

Radushka, in real life is even prettier!

And I want from Antonovka.

I never did it from Antonovka, although I have 2 trees. But they are so tall and spreading that you can't even reach the leaves with a ladder. Try it, Radushka, you will tell us later.

[Kate]

usual bush, garden. The flowers are white, very fragrant.

Katewhat a gorgeous rose!

Good night all! Today I finished drying the cherries. Didn't brew. I did not understand the smell of the finished tea. It seems to me that the smell of grass predominates, very pleasant. But I was expecting something else. Maybe that's how it should be, there is nothing to compare with. There are cherry leaves in the freezer. has anyone ever made a mono cherry? Or is it better to mix it?

Cherries were made by southern girls, I don't remember what review! Not postponed, like a good experience!

And I still picked apple leaves today. It seems to me that they smell like apples. Very pleasant smell. The cherry smelled just like leaves.