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

[Natalia-65]

Natalia-65, Thank you. They recalled the bumps.

[Linochka, Radushka, Svetyashka]

While crawling to the topic, all questions have already been answered! Linochka, Radushka, Svetyashka, thank you ! Natasha, I’m reading with you, and I’m talking about it. I decided, girls, to start making tea in June. I'll start with strawberries and apple trees. Maybe I'll add some grapes. I will only do Village!

I also walked across this field with a shovel and dug up a cow parsnip ... eh, it would have been the most fragrant, most useful, one leaf would be enough for the whole winter))).

Galyun, it seems to me that he is invincible. I had only three bushes, and not at all in the garden, but on the path behind the plot. I fought with him all 4 years and even burned. Uselessly . We were leaving, so he grinned at us goodbye ...

Lyudochka, Linochka, that's what I did gardening. I just missed that this method was called "Zakharyevsky". True, this year I may not be able to freeze the leaf, I hope to fill the freezer with mushrooms. This was in the last, dry year, there were few mushrooms and there was still a place in the freezer, I defrost and freeze until spring, took out the dried, played in general

Natalo4-ka, yeah, he is, Zakharievsky. Natasha, don't fill the freezer with leaves. And do the whole season little by little. And there will be a place for mushrooms.

[Light]

But my grinder is not good

Light, mine, too, did not know before
And then I began to put quite a bit of leaves in it, literally a few leaves. And, surprisingly, it went well! And even faster than when she shoved enough into it. Sometimes I had to twist it back and forth in order to remove dense lumps back
She immediately began to spin quickly and did not clog!

[Elena_Kamch]

Svetiashka, mine, too, was not aware of it before. And then I started putting leaves in it quite a bit, literally a few leaves. And, surprisingly, it went well! And even faster than when she shoved enough into it. Sometimes it was necessary to twist it back and forth in order to remove the dense lumps back. Immediately, it quickly began to spin and did not clog!

Elena_Kamch, shoved a couple of leaves do not come out. Gradually collect inside and clog. Even the reverse doesn't help
Not defrosted raspberries are the most watery

[Elena_Kamch]

Elena_Kamch, Light, hee-hee ... Girls, your grinders live some kind of their own, incomprehensible to us life. By the way, my tame ones also do not understand what I am offering them and how many - at least one leaf, at least 5, at least a whole handful - are choking ...

Not defrosted raspberries are the most watery

Light, Svetik, but I have all unfrozen leaves go better than frozen ones ... True, on electric. I took the hand ones away - my shoulder can't stand the hand ...
And the fact that your raspberry is watery is probably not dried out enough? You're better off being sluggish.

Good morning to all tea-makers
Girls, did anyone make honeysuckle tea? It is already ripe and its leaves can be used.
The girls made my first Ivan tea, though I was in a hurry to have time to process everything. Whichever part I did not have time to wilt, I immediately screwed up the balls with my hands, part with a crush, and it fermented with me for a day, not very dark in color, but very tender and fragrant. And the thing that wilted, also after that I rolled it into the sheet and it stood for only 3 hours, generally light, looking like green, but very soft and fragrant when brewed. I had to break the technology in some places, but still they took it away from me. We still have to do.

has anyone made honeysuckle tea?

I did nothing, but not great. I add it to the mixes, ok.

[Ludmila]

And the fact that your raspberry is watery is probably not dried out enough? You're better off being sluggish

Ludmila, I have it not dried at all. I collected it at work and, in my opinion, immediately into the freezer (at work). Autumn leaves, and therefore did not dry out.

I have it not dried at all. I collected it at work and, in my opinion, immediately into the freezer (at work). Autumn leaves, and therefore did not dry out.

well, I thought so. Light, everything is sluggish, even the autumn leaves. It seems that they are dry, in fact - there is excess moisture in them. It is better to dry the autumn leaves in a cloth. Then they will definitely not dry out. Or how do Lina - wrap it in a cloth, hold it, and then put it in the freezer.

[Ludmila]

well, I thought so. Light, everything is sluggish, even the autumn leaves. It seems that they are dry, in fact - there is excess moisture in them. It is better to dry the autumn leaves in a cloth. Then they will definitely not dry out. Or how do Lina - wrap it in a cloth, hold it, and then put it in the freezer.

Ludmila, there is nowhere to dry at work, at home - to freeze

[Light]

there is nowhere to dry at work

Light, wrap it in fabric and everything will be OK. You can put this twist anywhere you want.

Svetiashka, wrap it in cloth and everything will be OK

Where can I get the fabric? At work.

Last year I didn’t make tea from silvery sucker, the remnants of leafy 2014 are very fragrant, added to other teas. If it doesn't rain on the weekend, maybe we'll go. Since the spring was early this year, the sucker must have already faded.
I really want cherry, but there is nowhere to collect leaves.

[Light]

Where can I get the fabric? At work.

Light, bring an old sheet from home.

I really want cherry, but there is nowhere to collect leaves.

francevna, Allochka, the same story with cherries. And the sucker is growing here. Only I don't know him by sight, although I saw the picture. I have to ask my neighbor.

[Ludmila]

Svetiashka, bring an old sheet from home.

Ludmilaprobably have to.

[Actually why I wrote all this, but everything is simple, do not miss this herb !!!!]

I sent my tea to Zakhara using his method. He also really liked this tea, right, Zakhar?

Hello everyone! I confirm I drank, it ran down my whiskers and got into my mouth

Girls, boys and all tea lovers, I want to return your attention to these posts

Hello everyone! Maybe my first tea-making experience will be interesting to someone. It really was a very long time ago, then there was no Internet and such competent teachers. When we went to pick berries, we were shown the herb from which our ancestors made tea. And we several people started making tea. I remember the leaves crumpled a little and put them in an enamel bowl under a press, the more advanced ones wrapped them in oilcloth and put them under their mattress to ferment. Dried simply in the air. Translated from Tatar, this herb is called (mullah's herb). It is strange that no one mentions this herb, it is positioned here as tea herb. The tea was delicious and brewed very hard. Botanists said it was a forest geranium. It grows in bunches. flowers are pinkish lilac. leaves are carved.

I have been collecting meadow geranium for a long time. But I didn't even think about fermentation. Thanks for the tip. I mow it with a small scythe, otherwise it is inconvenient to tear. Usually it is covered with a carpet. Here is a photo from the last trip.

This year, spring is early, and this miracle - a flower - is blooming on the mountain forest lawns. And so "Forest Geranium" or (mullah's grass).



Geranium survived by the method of Zechariah.

minced twice in a meat grinder

(this is how the first grind looks like)


(this is what the second looks like)


left for fermentation for a day (cool in the kitchen and indeed for the experiment), drying 30 minutes 160, 1 hour 60

after drying, with the help of a druslyak, separated the tea fractions into granules and a fine residue





Bottom line: after drying, it vaguely resembles Ivan-tea by its Smell after drying, color (GORGEOUS). Astringency with this color is too small, but let's see it will be in half a year, although I already know the answer (everything will be as it should)

It's not a color, it's something with something







Actually why I wrote all this, but everything is simple, do not miss this herb !!!!

[Zachary]

Zachary, thanks for reminding and showing again the process and the result. I remember those posts from last year. And I even went to look at geraniums in my meadow. But then I had no time for geranium ...
Girls, don't miss it! I highly recommend it, especially to those who do not have Ivan-tea.
Zakhar - photo - otpad! The granules are so strong in the end ... Beautiful tea! So I wanted to have a glass ...

Zakhary, there the girls are asking to draw up your method with a recipe, I join and ask you the lowest!

[Zachary]

Zachary, very beautiful tea and photos, everything is ready for a separate recipe. Do it please. It's much easier to find it in the recipe topic.
But we have never seen a meadow geranium anywhere.

[Zachary]

Zachary, Tsvetj, behold the handsome. Tell me, can you make mono from a garden geranium ?. And how does this tea behave in the mix?

I have not seen such geraniums here either ...

Zakhary, thank you so much for such photos and tea report! I scouted meadow geranium plantations two weeks ago! We have regular rains and her leaves have become larger than usual. I don't know if it is blooming already? I'll take a look on Sunday. I really want this tea!

[elena kadiewa]

there the girls ask you to draw up your method with a recipe, I join and beg you!

elena kadiewa, Lenusik, I got it in PM! I agreed!
By the way, Natasha Koval also agreed. So, we live.

Do it please. It's much easier to find it in the recipe topic.

Allochka, so I also thought that geranium should be made with a separate recipe. Zakharushka, please do it!

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Tell me, can you make mono from a garden geranium ?. And how does this tea behave in the mix?

Fofochka, Lena, and what is it - garden geranium? Is this the one who lives on the windows in winter?
If it is, then I don’t know ... It’s unlikely ... But in mixes everything behaves well. Well, let's wait for Zakhar, what he will answer about the garden geranium.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudochka, garden geranium in properties, as a medicinal plant, does not differ from other species, as far as I know. And, here's how she behaves in tea, I think you need to try.
I have this geranium in my garden. But, for tea it will not be enough. Will grow - I will definitely

[lappl1]

lappl1, Yes, it looks the same as the forest in the picture. I have her 2 colors pink and purple.

[Zachary]

Zachary, Tsvetj, behold the handsome. Tell me, can you make mono from a garden geranium ?. And how does this tea behave in the mix?

Here is a quote from our herbalist

tea can be made from any geranium, it has no poisonous representatives. It's just that the leaves can be smaller or larger.

Do it boldly, I think it will not be worse in bowls, it will add color

Added Friday 20 May 2016 03:31 PM

Added Friday 20 May 2016 03:32 PM

At your request, friends of the chase, posted it in a separate post

"Method of hardening tea leaves in preparation for fermentation"

This will make it more noticeable:


Method of hardening tea leaves in preparation for fermentation (Zachary)

[Zachari,]

Zachari,Thank you!

[Zachary]

ZacharyThank you very much for the recipe! Wait!
Linadoc, Linochka, thanks for posting the link!
Girls, boys, I made a link to Zechariah's recipe on the front page of the Gazebo in the first post. Now it will always be at hand!

[Ludmila]

Girls, boys, I made a link to Zechariah's recipe on the front page of the Gazebo in the first post. Now it will always be at hand!

Ludmila, Thank you!

[lappi]

lappi, Luda, today I collected shoots from my pines.

I also added a little mountain pine

Separately collected a little cedar and fir

I cleaned them a little of scales, a lot of pollen, they bloom, I did not collect blooming ones
I scrolled and put it in the dryer, first at 65 degrees, and now it is drying on the middle one. Tomorrow I will continue, I hope it won't rain.

The smell is awesome, it was very tasty when picked, after the rain, and now it is drying, it is even tastier

[Jouravl]

Jouravl, Nadia, what pines, what a beautiful tea! I could smell it directly!
Thank you very much, Nadenka! I am very touched that you answered my request!

Good day, dear tea-makers.
Fate brought me this topic yesterday, when I thought about what to do with mint. I gave out one recipe last year and was not impressed. This spring I even planted the monarda very correctly - it turns out I need it, I love Erg Gray.
I will study the topic, but I did not find anything in the table of contents for sage. I want to do it with mint. The leaves are drying now. Who tried it?
She also picked the leaves of an apple tree, a pear tree, a peach. Is it possible to add rosehip petals to them during fermentation - now it is blooming.

[Lapulechka]

add rosehip petals during fermentation - now it is blooming.

Lapulechka, Larissa, girls simply dry the petals and add them to the finished tea. Do not ferment.

[Lapulechka]

Lapulechka, Larissa, welcome to tea themes! We are very glad to see you! Stay with us and we will make tea together.

in the table of contents did not find anything on sage. I want to do it with mint. The leaves are drying now. Who tried it?

I don't remember any reviews for sage. But I didn't do it myself - a lot of other predictable material. Although there are tannins in the composition, you can even try to ferment. But I would not do them with mint - mint has a very strong smell, it will overwhelm sage.

Is it possible to add rosehip petals to them during fermentation - now it is blooming.

I do not advise. If twisted together with the leaves of other plants, they will get lost there. And when dried at high temperature, their aroma will disappear. If not twisted together, the petals will simply burn out during drying. And all your work will go to waste. Do as it is written in the recipe and Svetiashka answered you (Svetik, thanks) - dry the petals separately in the dryer and then add to the finished tea.

[Larissa]

I will study the topic, but I did not find anything in the table of contents for sage. I want to do it with mint. The leaves are drying now. Who tried it?

Larissa here is a little about sage
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=389380.0

I did it over time, tried it, not impressive. Nothing bad to say, but there are much better options.

[Zachary]

Zachary, yes ... My memory began to fail! Now I remembered that you were making sage. Thanks for reminding me!

[Zachary]

dry the petals separately in a dryer

My dryers ordered to live a long time ... New in the plans only at the end of summer. Moreover, I read here about the fermentation of rose petals. I will make them separately.
Zachary, thank you very much. I have several bushes in my garden.
Today we were in the floodplain. I noticed a thicket of blackberries. They are still too small, but when the mushrooms start, about August, it will be just right.
It's a pity you can't make tea from oak leaves

We were weeding now, I just found sage, last year I planted it and forgot to weed it well, but I remembered that it should grow in this place ... We don't ferment so strongly fragrant, we just dry the land in bunches, my husband brought a thin birch tree broken by elk, hung it horizontally from the ceiling and we hang on this "rail" to dry what we do not ferment: lemon balm, mint, basil, there are braids of onions hanging there.

[Lapulechka]

Lapulechka, Larissa, I made sage tea last year. fermented for 8 hours. Dried at 65 gr. Added to teas. I agree with Lyudmila just dried is good too. And in Provencal herbs and rinse the throat.

Girls, don't ferment aromatic herbs for so long. Enough 1.5-2 hours and in a container closed with a lid. And it is better to dry without frying and at a temperature not higher than 60 * C, preferably 40-50 * C. Then there is an option to keep some aromatic oils in the herbs. But the pharmacological properties almost disappear after fermentation, even this short one. I liked the mint after such a fermentation, the taste and aroma was like a mint candy.

planted a monarda - it turns out I need it, I love Erg Gray

Monarda, depending on the variety (color), has a different aroma in the leaves.

I read about the monarda in the tyrnet, I wanted the same, I wonder if it will grow in the north-west ... without a greenhouse

When I'm in the forest, I'll take a picture of it. He is exactly a cedar

She brought our cedar to show. The buds are still completely dormant, the candles are still far away.

[Mandraik Ludmila]

I read about the monarda in the tyrnet, I wanted the same, I wonder if it will grow in the north-west

Mandraik Ludmila, the monard will grow. It grows like a weed. In my village near Vyazma, it grew in the shade and in the sun. They did not cover with anything. We had, of course, not the northwest, but we also had enough of all kinds of natural disasters - we endured everything.
It is only better to make it like mint, not to ferment it, otherwise it behaved worse in the mixes during fermentation than alone, simply rolled in a meat grinder and dried.

She brought our cedar to show. The kidneys are still completely dormant, the candles are still far away.

Elena_Kamch, Lenochka, thanks for the photo! Now I will have an idea what you and the bears are competing for.
Girls, I highly recommend paying attention to snakehead! It's a miracle! He is also from a number of aromatic. I did it like mint. Excited!!!! Sowed with seeds collected in the fall (from a neighbor). This is a one-year-old. But it's worth sowing every year. I brought the seeds with me and brought them here. This year will not work, but the next I will definitely sow. I like more than monarda. The first was drunk - added to ready-made tea mixes.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudochka, and after the pine shoots, is the meat grinder well washed from the resin? Already everywhere I asked this question ... everyone is wetting And I need to twist ... but I'm afraid

and after the pine shoots the meat grinder is well washed from the resin? Already everywhere I asked this question ... everyone is wetting And I need to twist ... but I'm afraid

Absolutely nothing happens to my typewriter after twisting.

[Mila1]

Mila1, Lyudochka, when you asked this question, apparently, I did not have an Internet. And so it would calm you right away ... There is no tar there. The shoots are very tender, soft, spinning easier than light ... Don't be afraid, spin it boldly.

I have not seen such geraniums here either ...

I have already raised this issue before - geranium tea is so enticingly praised!
I found this grass in nature: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=389380.0
Look, maybe you also have such weed.
When it blooms, I will ferment ...

[Natusichka]

Natusichka, Natasha, has already thanked you for the answer in another Temka, stuck with this question everywhere But once again I express my gratitude There will be no extra
lappl1,
Lyudochka, thanks. It's just that when I was picking them up, all my sticky hands were scared. But thank God, the girls calmed them down. Thank them HUGE !!!