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

[MariV [/ Fireweed tea is just a drink of the gods. And what I copied is about industrial tea (I did not copy the name). I love tea very much, but I will try to buy it very rarely now. I rejected the first batches of pear tea. But all the same, it was a pity to throw it away and throughout June they drank it and other teas and did not remember. I'm just happy to be learning how to make my own fermented tea.]

MariV [/ Fireweed tea is just a drink of the gods. And what I copied is about industrial tea (I did not copy the name). I love tea very much, but I will try to buy it very rarely now. I rejected the first batches of pear tea. But all the same, it was a pity to throw it away and throughout June they drank it and other teas and did not remember. I'm just happy to be learning how to make my own fermented tea.

[Irina]

Irina, and I am very much used to meat. Well, and fat, of course.

I am very much used to meat. Well, and fat, of course.

You can't live without bacon!

I rejected the first batches of pear tea

But my pear tea is also no - no color, no taste. Dry, however, smells good. The leaves were crushed until darkened, cut, dried. I'll try again through the meat grinder.

[Radushka]

RadushkaAlas, me too. And I will not resist this habit.

[YuLi]

YuLi,

here is my pear tea, too, no color, no taste

and a garden pear or wild? Everyone says that from the wild, magic!

[YuLi]

YuLi, pear tea will be delicious, took place last year. Wait a couple of months, no less.

[Radushka]

and a garden pear or wild? Everyone says that from the wild, magic!

Radushka, I do not know. Grown from the seeds of some delicious store pear. The tree is about 8 years old, we decided to cut it at the same time.I feel that we will cut a lot this summer ...
And from the apple tree, using the same technology, it turned out bright, pleasant, almost fell asleep after it.

[YuLi]

YuLi, Yulechka, in a month you will not recognize this tea. Soft, delicate, delicious. Only too heavy for a meat grinder. I grind in small batches and then the meat grinder rests for a long time.

[paramed1]

paramed1, iriska3420, I put it all in jars today, I will wait. It smells too good dry! And I cut it with my hands, I was reluctant to get the meat grinder.

Victoria, raspberry, currant and irga are still waiting in the wings - the fresh ones were not impressed. I was only pleased with the sea buckthorn - and it is easy to collect, and dried, and kneaded, and pleasant to taste.

[YuLi]

YuLi, but our sea buckthorn did not go. Even adding a little of it to the mixture, 10 percent, gave a not very pleasant aftertaste, which intensified over time. And everything else that you listed went well.

[paramed1]

paramed1, tastes are different, that's right.
And I am now tormented by the question - what is the smell of cherry tea? For me, the "cherry" smell is associated with what happens to marmalade, sweets, etc. (which I hate), or with the smell that cherry gives to gooseberry jam. It's still a long time before the weekend to pick and taste cherries ...
The most disgusting smell that I have dried before was in spring currant buds - I did not keep track of the gas oven, the smell turned out like a liver. Since then I haven't dried anything in the oven ...

[YuLi]

YuLi,

What is the smell of cherry tea?

I get two different cherry teas.
One smells like chocolate sweets and cinnamon (as I understand it, this smell will not be pleasant), and the second ... rose-rose. Such a thick smell. Well, really, it smells like a rose! And both taste almost the same. The taste of unsweetened cherry jam without sourness.

[Radushka]

Radushka, I love the pink smell! We'll have to wait for the weekend ... Maybe this week we'll be able to get out for some fireweed.
I've been sick with leaven for several years now, now I've added tea too

[YuLi]

YuLi, I have two cherries smell like a rose. Shpansky and an old variety - turgenevka. And the rest are chocolates. I think the smell depends on the cherry, not the technology.

Yesterday I was young shoots of sea buckthorn, gooseberries. raspberries, blackberries, larch, etc. cut off, wilted. just ran it through a meat grinder. I put it on fermentation in a yogurt maker until morning.
It is possible that sea buckthorn will not like it. And worth a try.

Will not like tea, will go for hair rinse, steam inhalation and ice for the face.

It's all about!

[Radushka]

Radushka, I don’t know what kind of cherry we got from the previous owners of the garden, but we still need to cut it.
They asked me now - but you can make tea from myrtle, or you also need to cut it. It seems that it can be used as a spice, ..

MariV, I think so too, for beauty it is not a pity! In the morning I was just rubbing my face with the rest of apple tea. And sometimes I throw dry nettles (for hair) into tea.

[Scarecrow]

Girls, the whole day from the topic did not receive message notifications. And here is so much news and new ones.
Scarecrow, Nata, how glad I am that you have joined us! Come on, try it and share your impressions.

Lyudmila, I still made it. It's tea made from leaves with fresh berries!) The granules turned out to be just excellent, it has been fermenting for three hours now. The scent was super-duper even when scrolling, I hope that the end result will please me too

Natalia Koval, Natasha, I am glad together with you and very much looking forward to the result. and a description of the process, of course.

I just read it in the news feed: A drink familiar to everyone from childhood seems safe only at first glance. In fact, any type of tea has several unpleasant characteristics. First, tea is addictive.

iriska3420, well, it's not about us at all. there is no caffeine in our teas, which means there is no addiction. Of course, there is addiction, but it is of a different kind. The process is also important to us, not just consumption.

[MariV]

Quite by accident I changed the process - lightly fried it for 4-5 minutes in a grass grass, after drying. And this tea turned out to be the most delicious!

MariV, Olya, and here Zakhar also did it. He thought it was necessary. And he really liked the result. And I told him that I did not do the right thing, he obeyed me and began to fry at the beginning. And then, it turns out, there is something ...
By the way, I did that once too. instead of turning off the oven, I turned it on at full power. and left. When it came about 15 minutes later, smoke was pouring out of the oven. The tea on the top baking sheet is completely burnt. And the bottom one was very fried. I was sorry to throw it away. I brewed it, so it turned out to be awesomely tasty. I already wrote about this puncture of mine several times. But to repeat - did not repeat. We should try to burn the tea one more time.

[lappl1]

lappl1,Luda, so here I am the same. Then I did it according to the rules, but this one, fried at the end, I liked much more than others! Now I do it.
But I don’t let it burn - the grass is non-aggressively roasting. 4-5 minutes with constant stirring - does not burn!

And I am now tormented by the question - what is the smell of cherry tea? For me, the "cherry" smell is associated with what happens to marmalade, sweets, etc. (which I hate), or with the smell that cherry gives to gooseberry jam. It's still a long time before the weekend to pick and taste cherries ...

I have the smell and taste of cherry tea, especially "young" tea that has not undergone dry fermentation, associated with the taste and smell of cherry tar. Ever seen resin on a cherry tree? In childhood we called it glue and chewed it. Cherry tea is very similar to this) Over time, of course, it is infused, acquires a more "noble" aroma)

[lappl1]

lappl1, Hello!)
Remember when we talked a long time ago about the fishy hue of the smell in tea? I think I understand why it occurs. Probably due to the slightly underdried tea. Not that it would be raw, but quite even suitable for storage, but still not completely dry)) Here is the explanation) In this case, it smells of "fish". I learned this when I was drying fireweed. She took out one portion from the oven, and left the second in cooling with the door open. It turned out that absolutely identical batches smell differently.

I am glad that there are so many people in the topic, and that the tea business is flourishing!) It's a pity, I don't have time to read everyone) I keep up with you, I dry-ferment-dry-enjoy))

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudmilochka, when I read this article about some of the disadvantages of industrial tea, I thought that how good it is that they began to master the basics of aspiration. A big plus for me is that our teas are caffeine-free. But I will not refuse tea and coffee yet. Everything is good in moderation. But I also noticed that I want to shop less and less often. In the morning, the hand itself reaches for the box, as I call the defective pear. It is necessary to change the nickname for this tea, since it turned out to be normal and tasty (but there were violations of the technology).

[Darika]

Darika, Daria, Hello!
I am very glad that you are with us. And I remember well how long we were looking for the cause of the fishy smell in tea. It may well be that under-dried tea will smell like that. Such a smell is given by proteins, of which there are a lot of ivan tea leaves. They are oxidized in the presence of excess moisture, which gives a "fish". That is why I write constantly that tea should be dried properly.
Anyuta (our forum member and my neighbor) somehow noticed this. She says that she dried the tea perfectly (apparently not very well ...). I packed it up and took it home. I opened it, and it smells like fish. Then she amused him in a bag. For a week he hung with her - it was being dried. She made a mark on it so she could see what would happen in winter. In winter there was a great smell. so, girls, we draw a conclusion and dry the tea very well so as not to get "fish" instead of it.

[YuLi]

YuLiWhen I made tea from cherries for the first time, I fermented for 6 hours. And I left some of the leaves. I was wondering how the fragrance will change over time. And after 16 hours the aroma became less intense and it was this smell that I liked more. When I do it again, I will put it on a long fermentation.

[iriska3420]

But I also noticed that I want to shop less and less often. In the morning, the hand itself reaches for the box, as I call the defective pear. It is necessary to change the nickname for this tea, since it turned out to be normal and tasty (but there were violations of the technology).

iriska3420, Irisha, believe that soon you will completely give up the store tea. I have a couple of packs of good shop tea at home. there are situations when I brew it. But I understand that this is no longer my tea. And my guests, when I ask what tea will be, look at me strangely. Then they answer that, of course, mine ..
And about the "Wrong" pear - that's right. Time puts everything in its place. We made a conclusion last year - we are not throwing away tea, which, in our opinion, did not work out. Winter will show that we were wrong.

Hello to all tea-makers and tea-lovers! I regularly read the topic and do, do, do ..... tea. Judging by the parcels sent home, I have already made 10 kg of different tea. And the process was so delayed that I don't want to stop. Yesterday I made tea from raspberries, spun it in a meat grinder contrary to the ban, spun sooooo hard. But when I twisted the frozen leaves, the granules were, and the thawed ones crumbled. I don’t know if I’ll dare to repeat it, because I was spinning it in a manual meat grinder, it was very hard. Most likely I will make a sheet. But what I want to say, today I brewed it, and it smells like a rose. In the nineties, when I started making fireweed, I tried to twist both strawberries and currants, and once in the forest I picked up blackberry leaves. Then I did not dry anything, but immediately twisted it. So, during fermentation, the blackberry smelled divinely like a rose, but after drying, the smell disappeared. Then I did everything wrong and did not wait, but simply mixed tea with fireweed. Now I would like to repeat, but that meadow with blackberries is in Kursk, and I am in the Ivanovo region.

[Nadyushich]

Judging by the parcels sent home, I have already made 10 kg of different tea.

Nadyushich, excellent result ! And the season has just begun ... I can imagine how much tea there will be by November!
And all our girls like blackberries. If you want to do it, then you just need to plant it.

And all our girls like blackberries. If you want to do it, then you just need to plant it.

I wonder if the hybrid of blackberries with raspberries is just as tasty? (it takes me four hours to get to the blackberry thickets)

Lyudmila, I won't be able to plant a blackberry, the dacha is contraindicated for me for some time now, so I'll have to wait until I'm at home and get out into the forest. And, probably, the taste of tea from the forest blackberry and garden tea will be different. And now I have to get scent for tea mainly from abandoned gardens, until the neighbors gave me a hat. But I carry samples of tea with me, just in case, to smooth out the conflict and treat me to tea. The only thing, fireweed, is too far to walk, but I don't want to tear.

[Radushka]

I wonder if the hybrid of blackberries with raspberries is just as tasty? (it takes me four hours to get to the blackberry thickets)

Radushka, I don’t remember the reviews about such a hybrid. But you have to try, if you have.

And now I have to get scent for tea mainly from abandoned gardens, until the neighbors gave me a hat. But I carry samples of tea with me, just in case, to smooth out the conflict and treat me to tea. The only thing, fireweed, is too far to walk, but I don't want to tear.

Nadyushich, nothing wrong. They won't give you a hat ... we also take a lot of things from our neighbors. Probes are a great way to protect yourself. We ought to take a thermos with brewed tea. Then just conspire. I usually go with freshly baked bread. My neighbors love the Mistletoe loaves. Then everything is ready to give.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila,

it is necessary to try, if any.

there are even two kinds. Thornless Cumberland Black and Thornless Loganberry

[Radushka]

Radushka, so let's do it. You can together, or you can separately each variety. And then I will give a link to the description of your tea ...

Hurray, also opened the tea harvesting season. It's a little late, true, but better late than not.
The tea was made with cherries, clary sage, black currants, apple trees, wild pears.
Found some fireweed bushes. I'll collect it on Saturday.
I added dried flowers to the sage. The scent is not as strong as the blooming one, but it is felt.
She also concluded that it is better not to mix tea for storage.

[Elena]

Elena,

concluded that it is better not to mix tea for storage.

I think you can mix. Only then will there be another tea.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Ludmila,

You can together, or you can separately each variety

Yes, I was going to. Better, of course, both separately and together. But, my Cumberland children were almost exhausted when they put up the fence. He is just starting to recover. It will be for a try, for a full-fledged game, for sure, no. And it seems to me that, precisely, he has a better perspective. The berry itself is very similar to the blackberry, the same fragrant. And the plant looks more like a blackberry than a raspberry. And Loganberry has a bland taste. But, I have a lot of it. I will ferment different teas in the same container again. Below is the one that is not enough, and above the other. I don't see any other way out yet. I am going to dry the cumberland (berries) for the beauty of tea instead of blackberries.

[Fofochka]

The tea was made with cherries, clary sage, black currants, apple trees, wild pears.

Fofochka, Lena, it's not surprising that the sage did not turn out as expected. there, after all, essential oils give aroma, they are transformed during fermentation, and during drying at high temperatures they evaporate (see the recipe).

She also concluded that it is better not to mix tea for storage.

If the tea is mono, then maybe not worth it. But if you do Rustic (mixing leaves before twisting), then it's very worth it.

[thank you very much]

Girls, thank you all very much for your attention and answers! Separately thank you very much Lyudmila lappl1 for such a gorgeous topic!

I noticed that with my teas I want honey, jam, dried apples or raisins, and I don’t want sweet shop stuff at all.
Regarding the fishy smell, I will note a little off topic - at the weekend I picked myself a bunch of potato flowers, and yesterday I could not understand for a long time why the room smelled so badly of spoiled dry fish. The potato flowers withered, began to dry out and smell like that.

[Radushka]

Radushka, do as the time will be. Let's wait for what happens.

[YuLi]

Special thanks to Lyudmila lappl1 for such a gorgeous theme!

YuLi, Julia, to your health! Enjoy your tea!

Virgin, now the linden is blooming - such a stocky, straight uh! )
If dried and added to tea, will it not have a diaphoretic effect?
And then you will drink your own tea at work in winter, and then you will walk with a red face, flowing around with cosmetics

[IvaNova]

IvaNovacertainly will be, if you add a lot. Don't wear linden blossom to work. Add at home in the evening and everything will be OK.

[Natalia Koval]

Natalia Koval, Natasha, in the Ivan-tea theme, girls are trying to find out what kind of plant they have. It looks like fireweed, the flowers are also similar, but they are still different from our Ivan tea. You wouldn't look from the post Natusichki and further where nila describes his plant. And another request. Can you take a photo of your Ivan tea? I would very much like to look at him.
Read from this place
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=389191.0

Drank-compared now leaf raspberries 6 and 8 hours of fermentation. Well, no comparison !!! If 6 o'clock tastes like herb to lower the temperature, then 8 o'clock is - mmm ... It's something magical! I can't even believe that it will be even tastier.
And all other parameters, except for the fermentation time, are the same.
And, here, granulated raspberries for 14 hours of fermentation are no longer so aromatic. More like tea (regular).
By the way, I almost forgot! The plum ruined my raspberries. Fish fish ... phew!
I'll try to cook mono plums. If there is fish too, I will cross all the plums from my list.

[Radushka]

The plum ruined my raspberries. Fish fish ... phew! I'll try to cook mono plums. If there is fish too, I will cross all the plums from my list.

Radushka, but maybe it's not the drain? Read it, we wrote about the smell of fish yesterday in the Ivan-tea topic. Read from here
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=389380.0

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudochka, I've read it already. I don’t think so. The tea does not smell like fish. The tea smells delicious. But brewed and tasted fish and smell. It's a plum, for sure. It is not aromatic in itself. This is the sort. Perhaps the other will be different. But, I will no longer venture to mix it with raspberries. Raspberry-mono - song!

[lappl1]

lappl1, this plant is willow derbein or weeping grass. I myself thought it was fireweed.

[Radushka]

It's a plum, for sure. It is not aromatic in itself. This is the sort. Perhaps the other will be different. But, I won't risk mixing it with raspberries anymore

Radushka, so the plum didn't impress me either. Not fish, but not tasty. Made from 2 varieties.

this plant is willow derbein or weeping grass. I myself thought it was fireweed.

Vasyutka, Thank you ! Oh, this weeping herb looks so much like fireweed.

Oh, this weeping herb looks so much like fireweed

Lyudochka, I made it out of him at the end of May. Delicious, by the way, turned out. It's raining now, otherwise I would have gone to look at the flowers. Although, as I recall, it blooms in early August at that place.

By the way, Crimeans about fireweed in our latitudes. Read about the Crimean varieties here (and keep the link to the resource for yourself)
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