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

I'll go and drink some tea. Altai Ivan-tea, I haven't opened the pack yet. Does a broom taste too?

I got it from Altai the other day. Ordinary, without additives - almost no different from homemade according to the local recipe (but everyone liked "Our" more, the taste is more intense), but with meadowsweet (I took a set of 7 types: Rosehip, Oregano, Ch. Currant, Tavolga, Mint, Thyme and simple) the tea turned out to be strong and tart - 2 teaspoons of tea leaves for 1 liter of boiling water. in a thermos gave an almost black color and an almost complete lack of Ivan-tea taste. His wife compared it to ordinary black tea.

Olga, thank you!

Just think of what I found! And I never knew

Tea can be brewed from the branches of fruit trees!

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Has anyone tried it? Tasty or just as a treatment / recovery, but the taste is not important?

I brewed twigs of currants, raspberries, cherries, ...
Allochka, thanks for answering, I took a walk yesterday

[nikozay]

nikozay, Nikolay, welcome to us! Here is oregano, C. currants, mint, thyme, it is better not to ferment, but simply dry it and add it to tea if you wish.
I made Tavolga last year in the form of mono-tea, I didn't like it ...
I wouldn't make more of bird cherry either, try raspberries, forest raspberries! Unique taste with a slight sourness !!!
we will not advise bad)).

[jannyjane]

jannyjane, Zhenechka, you can't even imagine how grateful I am to you for the link!
I remembered that the new increments were most useful, but I completely forgot the source of information and could not remember in any way, I was trying to find out in the Arbor too ...
I adore Zamyatinu, I have more than one of her books, the most "senior" - from 1994. She writes very interestingly, she illustrates her books, the storyteller is very interesting (I saw her video on YouTube).
By the way, recently I bought her "Robinson's Kitchen" at Ozone as a gift to my friend. It is with great pleasure that I recommend this book. The only drawback is the black and white book.
Gal, why don't you need to ferment currants? I added to the mix, like everything is fine

[YaTatiana]

YaTatiana, Tanyush, I'm not saying that it's not normal, this is my personal opinion)), do not pay attention. My train of thought is, if in just dried form these herbs give an excellent aroma, then why waste time?
Well I'm a working person from morning to evening.

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., Galyun, about the rest of the fragrant herbs, herbs, I agree to all 100! No, 1000 !!!

[jannyjane]

jannyjane, Evgeniya,

Tea can be brewed from the branches of fruit trees!

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Thank you for the information!

Tea can be brewed from the branches of fruit trees!

Always at the dacha, after barbecue, we have tea made from twigs and leaves of currant, raspberry, rosehip + mint leaves. The taste is very different from just leaves, richer and more interesting

[YaTatiana, Tanya,]

YaTatiana, Tanya, I'm glad that it turned out to be useful just by chance.
I'll buy the book right now, I was going to B.-Globus (discount there today)
Vasyutka, Nikozay! Thank you for the encouraging answer - it’s great, you go from the porch like that, you plucked a twig and .... Oh, do you need to defrost it? Or just cut and brew for 15 minutes and leave overnight? Brew in a water bath? It is important to know this, so that neither the healing properties, nor the taste-color are lost.

And about all sorts of fragrant herbs - they seem to be sold in pharmacies as unfermented, you can just add it to tea. Therefore, I also agree with Galina Iv.

Is there a thread here on the forum about the brewing method? Let's talk about this too

Is there a thread here on the forum about the brewing method? Let's talk about this too

Yes, I'm also interested, I haven't fully figured it out.

Girls, in offhand topics I don't remember-where-there is a detailed discussion about both water and teapots. I'll see where later.

Or just cut and brew for 15 minutes and leave overnight?

It all depends on the required strength. I was satisfied with such a "marching" option: when making a fire and waiting for the coals, the kettle was put on the fire, and even before boiling, leaves and twigs plucked from the surrounding area were thrown. As soon as the kettle boils, I remove it from the heat and set it to insist where the children can't get it. After the coals + kebabs, I just put it on the coals to warm up and drink without diluting. I did not collect twigs for the winter. but this year, without saying a word, my wife brought sprigs of C. currant, and I got sprigs of bird cherry. All this is easy to dry and will be added to the tea leaves like flowers and berries. And I insist everything in a thermos, I think the longer the better.

Girls, good afternoon!
please tell me two points:
1) my blackberry has been drying for 24 hours, but all the same, the vein crunches, and when I squeeze, the lump breaks up. that is, it has not yet wilted to the end.
the temperature in the room is 22-25 degrees. yesterday at 11 I gathered the leaves - they still lie (thin layer ...
at the same time, other leaves (strawberry, apple, pear are great, they wilted well last night!)
is this possible with blackberry? why?
2) if the leaves do dry out a little during the withering process, can they be slightly moistened with water when twisting? or are they no longer suitable for fermentation?

thanks in advance for the answers)

[Elena]

Elena, good day.
I didn’t do blackberry, maybe the leaves are rough. I think you can put it in the freezer, let it freeze for a couple of days.

[Elena]

Elena, will you make loose leaf tea or granulated tea?

[Elena]

Elena, will you make loose leaf tea or granulated tea?

planned to roll the rolls, and after fermentation, cut into pieces ...

[Elena]

Elena, good day.
I didn’t do a blackberry, maybe the leaves are rough. I think you can put it in the freezer, let it freeze for a couple of days.

yes, the leaves are coarse ... although my pear is no more tender ...
thanks, maybe I'll wait a little longer and still try without a freezer)

[Elena]

Elena, are you going to freeze the leaves at all?

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[Elena]

Elena, are you going to freeze the leaves at all?

no) I so understood from the "theory" (that is, the post itself) that you only need to freeze raspberries and currants ...

[Elena1183]

Elena1183, you can freeze any leaves, especially now when they are tough, then it will be easier for a meat grinder, or for your handles if you are making a leaf.

[Elena1183]

Elena1183, I wither garden leaves all together, in one heap. I don’t make a thin layer, but very often I destroy them, interfere. It happens that most of the leaves have already wilted, and some of them, like you, crunch a vein. This is often the case with pears. Then I do as the girls in the subject advised. Veronica seems to do so. If my leaves are partially wilted, or I have to leave them overnight (and at night you don't really run over them), I wrap the leaves in a tight roll (I have 2 old duvet covers for this) and then put this roll in a large plastic bag. I keep it in this package from a couple of hours to the whole night. Then I unwind, pack the T-shirts in small packages and send them to the chest for freezing. All the leaves pass through the freeze.

Well, I didn’t freeze it last year, I just dried it well in twists, and even twisted it in a manual meat grinder.

Lenochka, last year I did not even go into this topic ... and on the forum almost ... there was no time ...
Therefore, all your experiments and developments passed me by.This year, in the spring, I just drew attention to this topic and immediately became interested, I use the latest tips.
But along the way, I try to overcome the topic from the very beginning. I hope to read half a thousand pages closer to winter, because now there is sorely lack of time.

[nila]

nila, Nelya, the most important thing on the first page, LYUDMILA, gave links to the main teas, where girls and ZAKHARIY shared.

I know about the first page, I studied it. But it's interesting to read how everything was ...

Finally I reached the raspberry grove outside the village - my own repair shop, waiting for the berries, cut it off later. She brought in a couple of kilograms, dried. Last year I did it with an apple tree so that the granules were good. This year I will do mono, with a sheet and a bag overnight, double twist. Or, if necessary, triple. I will freeze the next batch according to Zachariah, while the leaves are quite tender.

I sip what didn't fit in plastic containers. I tasted an apple tree with grapes - misk. Pale straw color, taste - green tea with lemon. Quite, but next time I'll add a pear for color.

As usual, when packing for dry fermentation from a pillowcase, I brewed a 50/50 pear-raspberry. Yummy! And color, smell, and taste (black tea - aromatic black tea - black tea with a dried pear aftertaste, without sourness and sweetness).
I wonder what it will be like in a month?

I added a pear and a little cherry to the apple with grapes, I can say that I drank real elite tea of ​​my own production. And today the cherry is over, I did it without it - and something is already missing. Cherries seem to be my favorite ingredient.

I also love cherries more than anyone else (except for Ivanushka), I add them everywhere.

But my raspberries this time gave out excellent granules. Without anything, and without freezing. Hurrah! I will dry it in a couple of hours.

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[Oleg]

I would like to write about the fermentation of tea in a vacuum, tell me how to insert an image into a message

Oleg, write a message, then do a preview. In the window that opens, at the top left there will be a button "Insert author's photo". click on it and follow the prompts. upload as many photos as you need. Insert codes instead of photos into the text.

Hey everyone. She did not return for long. So I haven't read anything yet. And again you need to leave. I see that there are many newbies. I'm very happy about that. After the next return I will read it more and more carefully.

Today I got up at 5 in the morning to go to hunt behind the leaves of the wild pear. She looked after a tree with us, on the farthest street, it grows on the street, or rather, near someone else's yard. I don't know anyone there, I wanted to ask around, and then I just went early and picked up the leaves. When I was tearing up the leaves, about 20 small pears were caught in the menu. I also found a wild cherry there. I also added a couple of cherry leaves. I came home, just started washing the leaves (a tree near the road, and we haven't had any rain for 2 months already) a neighbor calls - raspberry nada? Of course nada !!! She threw me 2 armfuls of overgrown over the fence! Now all the leaves are withered, I will wrap it in a sheet and a bag for the night, like Veronica. And in the morning I will send it to freeze.

[nila]

nilawhat wonderful neighbors do you have
I also need everything, no one offers current
Our cherries turned yellow very early this year, and pears are not growing. I picked up just a little bit from a tiny pear. She is already 10 years old, and she is still the same tiny

And I, too, take the leaves from the neighbors, last year for so, and now cry- "give your tea to drink!"

And I opened the group "Healthy life in pleasure" called and one of the first topics posted a topic about fermented teas - with the permission of Lyudmila. With her permission, I post here a link to the group. Please join us! I invite you!
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[Ulia_M]

Ulia_M, Yulenka, thanks for the invitation! We will definitely visit the group. Thank you for your good deed - to bring health to the masses!

Now I finish the usual store tea, adding dried yarrow to it. You know, very, very. I like the smell and taste.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anya, so yarrow is a medicinal herb. And even very much. You need to be careful with him!

[Lilya34676]

oh no one appreciated my efforts, no one likes my tea somehow now and there is no desire to make teas

Lilya34676, Lilechka, don't be upset! This has not yet been appreciated. Because caffeine is hard to give up. But in a couple of days they will already be appreciated and understood.

Hello everyone new! Olga35, Olya, jannyjane, Zhenya, nikozay, Nikolay, Elena1183, Lena, I am very glad that our friendly family has been replenished with the same enthusiastic people as we are. Thank you all for thank you! And thank you for sharing your experience in making tea!
While I was away, our girls met you. Thank you all, my dears! Thank you for leading the topic and answering questions. There is nothing left for me to do but to be glad for it!

[IvaNova]

The only boy from the rehabilitation center at the temple became interested. I brought him last year's "Ivanka", tamped it down with links to the forum and explained the technology. Father blessed him to prepare tea. I just don't know if this guy is living in the center now or how. We do not intersect. But, I think, sooner or later, a grain of interest in tea eating will sprout. If the guy doesn't break

IvaNova, Ira, thanks for the boy. God willing, everything will be all right with him. And your thoughts will certainly ripen with him. not now, so then tea will do.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anya, so yarrow is a medicinal herb. And even very much. You need to be careful with him!

I read the properties and contraindications. Hopefully two or three times a week you can add a couple of twigs to your tea without fear. I added it fresh all summer to the tea leaves, and brought three packets of dried tea to the city, but I just remembered about it.

[Yunna]

Lyudochka! Thank you for infecting me with such a good hobby

Yunna, Natasha, now we are with you! Thanks to you, I now know what a biscuit dough is. And I never tire of thanking you when I bake a biscuit - good with any filling!

Natasha, come on "you". Good?

[Tiger striped]

I read the properties and contraindications. Hopefully two or three times a week you can add a couple of twigs to your tea without fear.

Tiger striped, Anya, I drank it on the recommendation of a doctor. He warned that you shouldn't drink for more than 10 days. And I brewed just that much - a couple of inflorescences. By the way, today I have only gathered dry land in my meadow and now ... But only for medicinal purposes, and not for tea.

[jannyjane]

Is there something thread here on the forum about the brewing method? Let's talk about this too

Yes, I'm also interested, I haven't fully figured it out.

jannyjane, Tiger striped, Zhenya, Anya, in winter I wrote about different methods of brewing in this topic. But then I could not make the link, and now I could not find it.
you know, we came to the conclusion that it is best to brew OUR tea in a tea maker. But I don't have it, so, as I already wrote, I found a way out to brew our tea in a thermos. In ordinary teapots I get not the same result as in a thermos, although I have a lot of teapots - 10 pieces and I also like to brew tea in an ordinary porcelain mug with a lid. I have it very large - 1 liter. But this is a winter brewing option, when the stove is heated. I have a little brick on the stove. Here I put the mug. the effect is no worse than from a thermos.
And what is clear to me is that our tea does not brew quickly - at least 10 minutes. I brew for longer - 30 to 40 minutes.