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

Hello! That's all I'm getting ready to start making tea))))
I decided to pick up the leaves for now, wither and put them in the freezer, and how would it be time to start fermentation.
I collected currant leaves, and they were probably half dried (((there are no more currants.
then I picked up the cherries and raspberries, the raspberries dried up so quickly that I did not even expect. I put it in the freezer, but I understand that there will be no point with the dried one, I took it out, poured water so that they would go away, but it seems to me that they probably need to be thrown out that they will not have the desired taste, right? I collected more leaves, I will wither them already in a towel.
Another question about mint and lemon balm, do you need to pluck every little leaf? Or straight with a stalk?

I tried currants with berries. One to one tea, which I ordered in England for 10 euros for 125 grams. But I added two handfuls of apple leaves there for color. The color of the brewed tea is light brown with a pink tint, very beautiful. Brewed in a French press, 2 tsp. for 300 g of water. You could have put less. I did not stand and did not lie with the usual leafy currant row. Sourness from berries, strong leaf aroma. The day after tomorrow I plan to cut off my currants, and leaves, and left berries. Yes, when I scrolled, then for about 500 g of leaves (fresh weight) I took 40-50 grams of berries. That is 8-10 percent. Well, where can I get the time ?! Today I bought 2 more pillowcases for drying. Now she brought 2 kg of leaves and 1.5 kg of boxes of Ivan-tea. And I also want raspberries and berries! When - it is not clear ... Time, stop!

[Veronica]

Veronica,

One to one tea, which I ordered in England for 10 euros for 125 grams

I hope the pleasure will be even greater from the realization that your tea is cheaper and you know exactly how and from what it is made?
But I don't want sourness! And the strong scent of the leaf too. I will definitely not fry, but, and dry at 80 too (I don't have one, only 100, or 70). Probably, I will dry at 100 minutes 20-30, and then I will dry it until it stops.
And what, currants without additives do not give color? It seemed to me that from the currant berries my raspberry-apple-tree mix became much darker.
Does a currant leaf give light tea?

[Veronica]

Veronica, dried the berry or added fresh.

Girls, it's been a month since I made tea with berries. So, there is no sourness, very tasty tea with a subtle fruity note. I don't waste time on trifles and brew right away in a three-liter jar)))) What we don't drink right away, in bottles and in the refrigerator, perfectly quenches thirst in the heat!

[Radushka]

Radushka, a clean leaf gives light tea. You can put less berries, the sourness will be less. But the apple leaf gives a little astringency. And tastier than English, more aromatic. And natural! And you can dry it up to 70.
Alla, the berry was dried in the airfryer on the lower floor under drying tea for about 15 minutes, that is, consider it fresh.
Natasha, I probably added more berries. And southern berries have a completely different taste. I remember our currants in Moldova, they are much sweeter! But Russian is fragrant.

[Natalia Koval]

Natalia Koval, I have no sourness in what I did yesterday. Not at all. And I really like it!
Veronica,

a clean leaf gives light tea

and if you mix currants with raspberries? Raspberry gave me a great color in mono!

[Natalia Koval]

Natalia Koval, In a three-liter jar ??? You have a lot of tea to prepare .......... It's time to roll up your sleeves.

[Veronica]

VeronicaI bought 6 new pillowcases, all different colors so as not to get confused.

[Radushka]

Radushka, raspberries give a very dark color! But I'm afraid the raspberry and currant aromas are too strong together. Or maybe not. You have to try.
Now I added water to the French press for the old currant and berry tea leaves and mixed the tea with the infused cherry-apple tree. And I realized that the first time I brewed too strong tea. The currant flavor remained and even overshadowed the sharpness of the cherry. Almost all the sourness was gone, as I think, in the first brewing, this is the sourness from the juice. So I will make currants mono with berries and add to others when brewing.

Oksana, I have 5 of these pillowcases. Bye. Two, however, are the same.

Girls, now I was drying the mint. Everything is according to the recipe, dried, twisted in a meat grinder and dried at 50 degrees. But I got a lot of dust.
The granules were somewhat weak.
Was it necessary to twist along with the stems or only mint leaves? I only twisted the leaves.
She also ate a grapefruit, peeled the skin of the pulp, cut it into small pieces and dried it too. My husband said that I was already crazy about my teas.

[Lind @]

And what is this forum and where is the discussion?

Lind @, 🔗
I wanted to register there and say thank you for the tool for grinding leaves, but some card code is required. I didn't understand which one. In general, I just read. very interesting. Here we are mostly girls, but there are only men.

[Irina-gap]

Girls, now I was drying the mint. Everything according to the recipe, dried, twisted in a meat grinder and dried at 50 degrees. But I got a lot of dust.

Irina-gap, Irina, I had no mint dust at all. Maybe we have different varieties? I have a small vigorous meadow and a neighbor's varietal. twisted together. All OK. Try to wither the leaves. I only roll the leaves, no stems.

She also ate a grapefruit, peeled the skin of the pulp, cut it into small pieces and dried it too. My husband said that I was already crazy about my teas.

Right! It's all about! And the husband is loving ... Then he will drink tea with pleasure.

[Natalia Koval]

Girls, it's been a month since I made tea with berries. So, there is no sourness, very tasty tea with a subtle fruity note. I don't waste time on trifles and brew right away in a three-liter jar)))) What we don't drink right away, in bottles and in the refrigerator, perfectly quenches thirst in the heat!

Natalia Koval, already a month? How quickly time passes ... It seems like just recently you showed us your tea. And we, with your light hand, also began to do it. I already did 3 times. I haven't tried it yet. Something so many different teas that we don't have time to taste the whole thing. Thank you, Natasha, for a new page in tea making. We like her very much!

[Radushka]

Does a currant leaf give light tea?

Radushka, look at my recipe for currant color. Tea is much lighter than raspberry.

[paramed1]

I tried currants with berries.

paramed1, Veronichek, thank you for sharing your currant experience. So I also needed to add apple trees to it. Veronicek, how much did you ferment it?
Here is my currant with berries. The light turned out in the photo. In real life it is darker. But I don't have pure currants, but half and half with fireweed. Dried 60 *. My dryer does not like the maximum temperature (70 *) - it burns ... I also need to try to make pure currants with berries.

[DJ]

Hello! That's all I'm getting ready to start making tea))))

DJ, Larisa, we are glad to welcome you to our tea company! It's time to make tea. Stop freezing the leaves.
Melissa and mint should be plucked from the stems. The stems are much juicier than the leaves. And excess moisture is harmful to tea.

Yesterday I twisted the currants and added blueberries (there were simply no others at hand) the granules turned out to be strong. Today I will dry.

[Lyudochka,]

I still have berries, but we are transferring them from terrible strength to biscuits.

Lyudochka, what kind of animal is this? Maybe I need it too?

My husband said that I was already crazy about my teas.

Ira! And our Lyudmilka warned ... this is normal ... everyone went through it!

Girls, now I was drying the mint. Everything is according to the recipe, dried, twisted in a meat grinder and dried at 50 degrees. But I got a lot of dust.

If I'm not mistaken ... then the mint didn't need to be dried ... at least I didn't. It turned out very tasty mint and not dust.

[Natusichka]

Natusichka, come here. We in the gazebo have all sat down on it.
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[Natalia-65]

Lyudochka, what kind of animal is this? Maybe I need it too?

Natusichka, come here. We in the gazebo have all sat down on it.

Natalia-65Natasha, well, what are you ... Now Natusichka is in trouble ... Natusichka, it is better not to go where Natasha showed. Crackers are like a drug! I have never met such pastries - fast, light, always different, but awesomely tasty ...

If I'm not mistaken ... then the mint didn't need to be dried ... at least I didn't. It turned out very tasty mint and not dust.

Natusichka, I did not dry my own too. it doesn't crumble. But if Ira is crumbling, then you can try to wither it.

Ira! And our Lyudmilka warned ... this is normal ... everyone went through it!

Natusichka,

Lyudochka fermented currants for 6 hours. The dried tea turned out to be darker than in your photo, but, perhaps, due to the larger number of berries. But the color of the brew is handsome! Photos are not inserted again. But this pink shade is very good in a white vessel. I still want to do it, but the late currant is not ready yet.

[Veronica]

Veronica, but I cannot make currants. I have almost no leaves left. You can't cut it off ...

The dried tea turned out to be darker than in your photo, but, perhaps, due to the larger number of berries.

This is because of the apple tree, probably ... In general, my tea turned out to be much darker than in the photo. The flash always brightens the tea (and I photographed it late at night).

Natusichka, you'd better not go where Natasha showed. Crackers are like a drug! I have never met such pastries - fast, light, always different, but awesomely tasty ...

Ah-ahh, so I'm already in trouble ... and for a long time! After all, they are lean, but I always bake them, not only in fasting ... So it didn't work out ...
I just didn't know what they were called "biscuits" .... or forgot ...

[Natusichka]

Natusichka, lappl1, girls, I just withered the mint. Everything according to the recipe: To do this, you need to wither the leaves, twist them in a meat grinder and immediately send the resulting granules to the dryer at 40 - 50 * C for 40 minutes.
Maybe you have not crumbled, that it was not dried?

And on my head I went to the gazebo. Now I have put the dough on biscuits ... I went to pick raspberries ... I want, I want

[Ira!]

Ira! You hit .... (oh, nothing, what about you?)

Let's wait for Lyudochka, she knows everything! I just twisted it through a meat grinder and put it to dry in "Isidri" ... I really liked the taste, my husband too.

[Irina-gap]

Irina-gap, Irina, the biscuit dough is the weight.

[Irina-gap]

girls, I just withered the mint. Everything according to the recipe: To do this, you need to wither the leaves, twist them in a meat grinder and immediately send the resulting granules to the dryer at 40 - 50 * C for 40 minutes. Maybe you have not crumbled, that it was not dried?

Irina-gap, Ira, that's another matter. On the contrary, un-withered leaves crumble. that's why they are dried. Most likely, this is a kind of mint. To make the granules stronger, you can twist them twice, or even three times. a very good way out for crumbling sauces.

And on my head I went to the gazebo. Now I have put the dough on biscuits ... I went to pick raspberries ... I want, I want

Well, fans of biscuits were added! Congratulations, Irochka!

[Natusichka]

Natusichka, of course on "you". I'm just glad.
lappl1, Ludmila, I saw that the granules are rather weak, but I have not read anywhere that the mint is crumbling. So I was afraid to twist it twice. Now I'll try.
I have this mint ... like shoe polish :-))
I went to pick raspberries and froze .... There were not many garden raspberries. I decided to add a little forestry. Fortunately, we have everything at hand. While collecting raspberries, I again filled a packet of fireweed, a packet of forest raspberry leaves and found a currant bush (apparently someone regretted throwing it out and planted it in the woods. She also peeled it off. I threw everything to wither and now I run to make a pie.

And I want-want-want raspberries with berries!

I did .. I will report later .. now there is a lot of work ..

[Mono raspberry with berry]

Mono raspberry with berry
Gathered leaves, wilted, frozen.
Then a small defrost - literally 5-10 minutes. While the leaves were thawing, I prepared everything for scrolling.
Leaf weight after withering - 823 grams

The first scroll - a large grate - only leaves, and just sprinkled with a berry

after the first scroll, it turned out to be a whole bowl

The second scroll is on the middle lattice already in the place with the berry.
Added berry weight - 164 grams or 19.93% (I will write all the comments below)
Fermentation in MV first 15 minutes on the "Yogurt" mode - to create a temperature - with an open valve. Then the MV turned off. Yesterday I had to wet the cloth twice, because the house was stuffy.

Drying in a fry oven took about 2.5 hours because the layer was thick.
As a result, we got these granules:


Cooking Comments:
For a given volume of leaves, I first took 6.23% of berries - this is 52 grams. It turned out to be few. I went to the garden for the second time and added 4.86% (40 grams), then the third time - 3.65% (30 grams). this is my whole raspberry
ended. I had to urgently run (or rather even go by car) to the next street to another vegetable garden. There I collected another 5.1% of berries (42 grams). As a result, it turned out 19.93%. But this is not enough - in my opinion. To all the granules were strong, about 25% of the berries needed - no less that's for sure. Since at the end - just a little bit, I have already gone "dust" - that is, exactly what we here call dust in tea. I just missed a couple of berries.
But all the same, I got quite pronounced granules and not crumbling. I dried it last night. In the morning I looked again. There is actually virtually no dust. And what it is is the consequences of mixing. I will shift it only in the evening after work, I will see how strong the granules remain.
Colour - light green, absolutely not dark (unlike cherries)
Smell - bobma is really a bomb ... I was just shocked by the richness of the tea. At the time of drying the tea, garlic was fried young in a frying pan, and so raspberries interrupted him not only by 100%, but by all 500% !!!
In general, it remains to wait a month ...

PySy: I ran to show off in the tea gazebo - what I got yesterday ...

[* Anyuta *]

* Anyuta *, I would first twist the leaves and the berries separately, and then mix and twist everything together. So less berries are needed. I will do it tomorrow. True, I no longer have raspberries at all. I will do it with ripe gooseberries, or with raspberries, not prickly Loganberry

I would first twist the leaves and the berries separately,

then from the total mass of twisted berries it will be very difficult to distribute parts of the berries according to the mass of leaves and track which part of the leaves the berries will fall on, and which part will not, since raspberries are very dry compared to other leaves .. but this is purely my personal opinion ....

[Anyuta]

Anyuta, class! Literally - a master class on making raspberry tea. I painted everything! And from your percentages with hundredths, I am generally in shock. I usually round things up ... But of course you are doing the right thing. The main thing is that you yourself will then know how much, what, when and how you did it.
Anyuta, so how much did you ferment your raspberries?
Thank you, dear, for the excellent report and photo!

[at once]

Anyuta, so how much did you ferment your raspberries?

I planned about 7 hours, but it turned out about 7.30-7.45. But in principle, it was already ready for drying in 7 hours - it was just that my oven was busy and my hands were doing other work ...

And from your percentages with hundredths, I am generally in shock.

Well, it's not for nothing that I am an engineer by education and an estimator by profession - all my life (from school) I have been friends with numbers ...
It’s not just the same on my desk on the first photo and a calculator and a pen with a notebook at hand - everything is under the record - otherwise you won't remember everything later ..

I would first twist the leaves and the berries separately

I also want to add to you, when you spin the berries separately from the leaves, then some of the juice you just "get lost" can, and scrolling the berries together with the leaves juice at once impregnates leaves, or rather granules ..

[F]

Thank you, dear, for the excellent report and photo.

FSyo ... embarrassed me ... I'm all so red ...

[* Anyuta *]

* Anyuta *, smart girl .. all in an accessible language ...

[Anyuta]

Syo ... embarrassed me ... I'm all so red ...

Anyutayou more than deserve it! Well done!
We need to ask the Chief again to give me the opportunity to edit, to make links. So many developments have already appeared. It will be a pity if they get lost in the comments. Anyut, I will definitely make links to your posts.

Girls boys! Who can, who's conditions allow ... Breed Loganberry! What a wonderful berry it is! Sour, true, but I love this one. The plant is beautiful! It blooms very magnificently and beautifully. The flowers are similar to crimson, only pink and larger. Absolutely not prickly! The berries are large, they begin to sing with us after the raspberries and the prickly hedgehog-raspberries of Cumberland.
Soon I will make tea from its leaves ... If it turns out that the tea is tasty too, then ... I will dilute it even more!
Py. sy. And when you look at how much it costs in the supermarket ... The pleasure is two ... three times more!

[Radushka]

Radushka, I went to google about this most wonderful berry. I have never heard or seen. I will wait for your impressions of the tea from it.

[Radushka]

Radushka, it's a blackberry right?

[Loksa]

Loksa, Oksana, well, they say it's a blackberry-raspberry hybrid. But, she is not at all like raspberries. Cumberland bears more resemblance to raspberries. And this is a blackberry. Only there is not even a hint of thorns. When green, the berry is red. And when it ripens, it becomes completely black. Only now, ripe is easy to pick, and unripe, even black, is difficult. Sour, with a little sweets. The spouse does not notice the sweetness. But, eating. (Do you remember? "Very sour cranberries. And I eat! And I don't frown! What a strength of character!").
I love that it is always fruitful. Only during flowering I water, if dry. Well, if there is no rain at all, of course. I did not notice any diseases on it. They say you need to cover. I didn't even hide when she was young. I just cut short the first three years. There was enough snow for shelter.

[Loksa]

Loksa, Oksana, well, they say it's a blackberry-raspberry hybrid. But, she is not at all like raspberries. Cumberland bears more resemblance to raspberries. And this is a blackberry. Only there is not even a hint of thorns. When green, the berry is red. And when it ripens, it becomes completely black. Only now, ripe is easy to pick, and unripe, even black, is difficult. Sour, with a little sweets. The spouse does not notice the sweetness. But, eating. (Do you remember? "Very sour cranberries. And I eat! And I don't frown! What a strength of character!").
I love that it is always fruitful. I water it only during flowering, if it's dry. Well, if there is no rain at all, of course. I did not notice any diseases on it. They say you need to cover. I didn't even hide when she was young. I just cut short the first three years. There was enough snow for shelter.
Mine is sour and black. The type is as follows. They say there is sweet and red. I would start if its winter hardiness is the same.

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I met such in the store, there on one Lonbury, and on the other Cumberland, the picture is the same !!!! I planted someone, why? I don't remember myself. I wanted erect and without thorns, now I look, everything is braided and the devils are growing. I'm waiting for the berries, I'll see the color! And this is the second try ....

[Loksa]

Loksa, no, this is creeping. I lift it on a trellis, or on a fence, or simply cut it so that it is a beautiful bush-hummock (what a pity that I can not photograph my own!). Cumberland is a berry just like a raspberry. Only dark blue-violet. The bush also requires a trellis garter. I have it sitting near the fence. I tie it without a trellis. With a rope from one pillar to another, so as not to fall. And I cut it to human height. It's more convenient for me, but I don't get the harvest, of course. VERY FINE! Like a forest blackberry.
Follow the link above, there is my miracle berry one-to-one.

[Zakhar]

Hello everyone! I rode to the Internet for one day. So, I have a large branch of an apple-tree collapsed from apples. I collected 11kg of apples from it, and there are also a lot of leaves. Well, apples went for wine, and I have leaves with currant leaves (berries also in wine) 50-50 according to the Zakhar method. Zakhar,! Only I reduced the freezing - defrosting time and kept within 1 day.But I added pomace of apple and black currant from the juice, froze and warmed with them. In short, when scrolling, the smell is awesome - a bright mixture of green apple and currant !!! The mixture was fermented for 8 hours (overnight), the smell only intensified, and it was preserved during drying. Very weak after drying, but I hope for dry fermentation and taste. I haven't tried it yet, I'm waiting. But last summer I didn't have such a scent. I will do it by hardening Zakhar. Here's after fermentation:

[Linadoc]

Linadochow can you dry and not taste? DO NOT PRESENT!

Girls, dried tea from blackberries, wild raspberries and wild strawberries, added a little fireweed leaves. Crumbled, almost to dust, what did you do wrong? Maybe at the stage of withering, it dried out, there were 10 percent of dry leaves. Now what to do with this dust? It's a pity to throw it out!

[Lucilia]

Girls, dried tea from blackberries, wild raspberries and wild strawberries, added a little fireweed leaves. Crumbled, almost to dust, what did you do wrong? Maybe at the stage of withering, it dried out, there were 10 percent of dry leaves. What to do with this dust now? It's a pity to throw it out!

Lucilia, the composition in your tea is all crumbling, except for a little fireweed and strawberries. You should have twisted 2 times or added some berries, as we all have been doing lately. Read the topic for the last few pages. Lina just wrote about it.