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

[Lamp]

Lamp, Svetlana, is there a scent? What leaves do you ferment?

Alla, yes there is aroma, leaves of apple, cherry, pear, yoshty and a little raspberry with currant. I make tea a second time, the first fermented for 8 hours, it turned out just gorgeous)))

[Alla]

Alla know what they are processing. But I thought that oranges, lemons are also processed, but many do after processing from their peel candied fruits, dried as an additive in teas, cakes, pastries, pies. Therefore, I asked .... but of course I don't want to risk my health.

[Svetlana]

Svetlana, I think it's time to dry.

Added Saturday 11 Jun 2016 09:31 PM

Elena, oranges and lemons can be washed with boiling water with a brush, and bananas as

Alla, and the fact that the granules are greenish will it not affect the taste?

[Svetlana]

Svetlanaleaves after the freezer?
Not all leaves change color the same during fermentation. Make this tea and compare with the previous one.
Write down everything in detail in a notebook so as not to forget how the tea was made.

Here such experts and pioneers have gathered that they just do not invent and embody the MAIN thing! But of course we will not take risks ... berries, fruits, and so a sufficient variety.

Here I am! Then I made only from withered, and today I added leaves to the withered ones after freezing. Lyudmila, even at the beginning of the topic, advised one of the girls. I decided to dry one baking sheet now, and the second in the morning. That's just how it will be possible to compare and write in a notebook)) And for the notebook, Alla, a special thank you, because in a couple of months I will forget how I made the first tea, and what to say for the next year!

[Lamp]

I decided to dry one baking sheet now, and the second in the morning.

Lamp, Svetlana, just put the pellets in the refrigerator until tomorrow.

Light, as well as in a basin and with a damp cloth and plate, or just cover it with a lid?

[Svetlana]

Svetlana, so set so that the mass of extraneous odors from the refrigerator does not take over.

[Lamp]

Lamp, Svetlana, I think just with a lid.

Svetyashka, Alla, thank you very much! Goodnight!

Goodnight!

[Maryanne]

Hello everyone! I found this forum on the Internet by accident, but it became so interesting! Straight on fire to make your tea! decided to try with cherries. already done 2 times. both times the finished tea turned out to be dark in appearance, with a very pleasant sweet smell, but for some reason it is brewed like grass (((very disappointing !! the infusion has almost no color at all, but it smells nice, the taste is a little astringent, but also pleasant. now we drink it only together with black. Please tell me why this can be? what to do?

Maryanne, countrywoman, welcome to tea topics! We are very glad to see you!
Regarding cherries ... Girls, I don’t know why many cherries are light when brewed. All my teas, except for mint and pine, are BLACK. The photo in the recipe shows the color of the brewed tea.
I can assume the following. The point is drying or insufficient fermentation. If first dried at 120 - 150 *, then any tea will be very dark when brewed.
Maryanne, it is very hot in Alma-Ata now. At what temperature in the apartment did you ferment? If it is above 30 *, then the fermentation may be of poor quality (see the recipe).
In general, in order to answer your question, I would like to know more precisely, HOW DID YOU MAKE TEA! Please go to the first page in the Notes. There is a link to a list of questions that it is desirable to answer those who asked for help... Without this, it is almost impossible for those answering your questions to understand what went wrong with you.

[Maryanne]

I also want to try to make a glowing apple from an apple tree. How much did you ferment to get a bright color of the tea leaves?

Maryanne, the recipe says everything about the apple tree and other teas. Enough 6 - 8 hours. But put the container with the fermenting mass on the floor in a cooler room, maybe even in the bathroom. Otherwise, in the current heat, tea may not work at all. if there is an air conditioner in the apartment, then everything is in order. Or you can wrap the container with blankets. In Russia, I sheltered it so that it would be warmer than tea, and in Alma-Ata, I didn't get enough heat.
And pay attention to the temperature regime. Correctly dried tea is always black.

[lara55]

lara55, Larissa, welcome to our friendly tea company. Thank you very much for evaluating the recipes. It is very pleasant to read that everything in the recipes is clear. Yes, almost everything is written in the recipes. You are right - the main thing is not to be lazy and read them carefully.
Thank you for the detailed tea report. I think you have succeeded. Give the tea time. And so you will soon fill your hand, then everything will go like a knurled one.

[Alexanchos]

Please tell me about the linden! It's late or not (faded) and no one wrote anything about her (at least I haven't seen) .....

Alexanchos, I wrote about linden. And not only in the commentary to which Sveta gave you a link (Svetik, thanks!), But in the recipe itself - look at the beginning:

I tried to make tea from leaves linden trees, maple, hazelnut. But this tea didn't impress me at all. Not tasty and smells like bath brooms ...

[Maryanne]

Tell me more please, what teas can be made mono? otherwise there is not much experience, I don't want to mix something and spoil both teas ... and another question: do you need to ferment mixed teas and ferment together? or are they already mixed dry?

Maryanne, this recipe, in which we are now communicating, is just written for mono teas. There is a lot of smell here. I think that they will be enough to make a wide variety of tea.
Other plants are referenced in the Notes. They are also all mono teas. Go to the end of the recipe, see how many of them there are.
In addition, on every page of the recipe, you see a vote. Pay attention to the preferences of a fairly large number of tea makers. Try making a tea from this list first by selecting the leader plants. And then you will mix different plants, combining the ones you like. You can mix the leaves of different plants both at the stage of making tea, and mono-teas prepared separately. But almost everyone likes Rustic teas, that is, they are mixed at the stage of preparation.

[Babovka]

hostesses tell me how long in drying to dry the leaves rolled through a meat grinder? Internet is weak, I can't read the whole Temka

Babovka, Olesya, you don't need to read the whole Temka to find out how long it takes to dry tea. Read the drying recipe. The signs of dried tea are given there. Nobody will tell you exactly the time - it depends on the type of oven, type of leaves, weather and many other factors. We look at the signs:

Well dried tea is practically odorless and produces a dry rustling sound when shaken in a bag. If the tea has a strong aroma, then it is not dry yet. Well-dried tea granules do not crumble or crush, but break.

Or do you mean a dryer? Well, there is a maximum temperature of 70 *. I do not recommend less. And you also need to focus on these signs.

and tea must first be "roasted", and only then dried to dry granules and dried outside in a bag.

The question of frying is a matter of taste! Anyone who loves gulls of vigorous, such as black, but frying is necessary.

It is not necessary to "fry" the tea. It is enough to start drying it at 100 *. It is important for us to stop fermentation. And this can only be done with a temperature of at least 100 *.I personally don't like tea from the dryer. It has a "greenish taste".

[axel23]

at the expense of the oven. I have more than 140. and not less. therefore it is in the pan. and the question is how to dry properly in a pan

axel23, sorry for the repetitions, but you do not seem to read the answers for you - neither in PM, nor in topics. It's a shame that you are being answered, and you, ignoring the answers, again ask the same questions. At least it's not respectful of the respondents ...

[Borkovna]

Today my husband decided to buy some bananas for the cottage cheese, and while peeling it, even with a stuffy nose, I caught a very pleasant smell from the peel. What does tea mean already in its full manifestation? Not only the eyes are already looking for leaves, but even the sick nose has already connected to this process in full measure.

Borkovna, Flax ... And you read the composition of the banana peel. Are there tannins in there? I have not found. I don't think it can be fermented. I think you can make it in the same way as mint and pine shoots. If, of course, it can be dried before it deteriorates. Did you notice that as soon as you peel a banana, the peel immediately turns black?
Well, try it, then you will tell us.

[Lamp]

Girls, good evening! Please help who is online now! Back at 10 am I twisted the leaves into a meat grinder and now I wanted to put them to dry, but I saw that the granules practically did not darken ((What to do? Leave until morning?

LampSveta, in order to know why this happened, you need to know HOW YOU MAKE TEA. I gave Maryann advice a few posts above:

A in general, in order to answer your question, I would like to know more precisely HOW YOU MAKE TEA! Please go to the first page in the Notes. There is a link to a list of questions that it is advisable to answer to those who asked for help... Without this, it is almost impossible for those answering your questions to understand what went wrong with you..

Listen to him, please. it is very difficult to answer without knowing how you made the tea.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, came with a small report. Cherry and apple leaves in the freezer, and dried raspberries and poured into a bag. Hanging, swinging. When I dried it in the oven, the smell was very pleasant, I liked it. And when he dried up, he became weak. I think it's okay. I will report on the cherry-apple tree later. Last year I dried the cherry leaves without freezing. Stored in a linen bag, the smell is stunning now! I ran past the topic, there was no strength, but this year I was ripe for tea

[lira3003]

lira3003, Rita, well, that's good that it's ripe! That's right, there is nothing to run past. Congratulations on the first tea this year. I'm sure it worked! Freshly dried tea has almost no smell. This is then, during dry fermentation, it gains aroma and taste due to residual moisture.
Thanks for the report! I wish you a lot of delicious tea this year!

[axel23]

axel23, sorry for the repetitions, but you do not seem to read the answers for you - neither in PM, nor in topics. It's a shame that they answer you, and you, ignoring the answers, again ask the same questions. At least it's not respectful of the respondents ...

I apologize and sincerely apologize. Just recently on the forums. I didn't have time to figure it out. I will improve

Added Sunday 12 Jun 2016 09:00 AM

Good day. Friends. He made tea from rosehip flower petals. Collected at night. Has faded. Freezer. Twisting into rolls. 7 hours of fermentation under pressure. very long drying in a pan. Bottom line: a very tasty tea with honey notes, rich taste, smell and color. Recommend.

I took apple leaves out of the freezer (second freeze). The color of the leaves is dark, the smell is unusual, but very pleasant. I brewed, could not resist the first batch (withering-freezing) - the color of the tea is dark, the taste of weak black tea, but maybe I am mistaken, pleasant tart. I will make the second option and compare.
Girls, I can't remember about Antonovka leaves. Someone wrote: whether it is better to make from other varieties, or good tea. Remind granny. Thank you in advance for your response.
Have a nice day everyone.

Radushka, it seems, wrote that it was not very purely from Antonovka, but again it still depends on the soil and other conditions.

Hello Luda! Good day to all members of the forum! Today I made my first granulated apple tea. Now it is being dried in the bag. Currant leaves are waiting in the freezer. So I wanted to pick raspberry and cherry leaves, but it's raining since night.
I want to thank you, Lyudmila, for “infecting” me with this exciting activity!
It is a pity that Ivan-tea does not grow in our region, so I want to make it myself, and not buy ready-made.
I will start making other teas, for sure questions will arise, but for now, I read, enjoy and wait for the sunny weather!

[Tat yana]

Tat yana, with the first tea!

For some reason, our boys do not appear ...

[Zachari,]

For some reason, our boys do not appear ...

Exactly, exactly Zachari, do not come without a photo - there will be absenteeism

Tat yana, with the first tea!

Thank you! First tea and first presence at the forum. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but people are so excited about the excitement that I also want to be in the subject!)))

[Lyudochka]

Today I cut pear leaves, grade Talgarka, 2890 grams, are now wilting.
She laid it out on the fabric and rolled it all the time. I look that they won't fit on the pillowcase, put it inside, spread it out evenly and twisted it. I have been making tea for the third year, and I have only come to that.
Lyudochka, a good idea came to mind, but I will do it or not, it will be seen.
Right now there are a lot of pears and one could try to make mono tea in different ways in order to compare and determine.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Ludmila, in your photo on the 1st page. Apple-tree leaf granules are so light. When scrolling through a meat grinder, even without freezing, the granules become dark in color. I must have missed something.

[lara55]

even without freezing, the granules become dark in color.

lara55, Larissa, everything is fine. Do not worry

[Light]

Light, This is not to say that I am worried, but I want to study the intricacies of the process.

[axel23]

I apologize and sincerely apologize. Just recently on the forums. I didn't have time to figure it out. I will improve

axel23, is accepted ... If something is not clear on the forum, ask. You can go to the Tea Arbor, where you can quickly get answers. Link to the Gazebo under each of my posts. Come, it's interesting there. And I invite everyone!

He made tea from rosehip flower petals. Collected at night. Has faded. Freezer. Twisting into rolls. 7 hours of fermentation under pressure. very long drying in a pan. Bottom line: a very tasty tea with honey notes, rich taste, smell and color. Recommend.

Thank you, axel23, for the description of the experiment with rose hips. It will come in handy for many. Light, and you asked what to do with it. Try it!

Girls, I can't remember about Antonovka leaves. Someone wrote: whether it is better to make from other varieties, or good tea. Remind granny. Thank you in advance for your response.

lara55, Larisa, I had two Antonovka trees. And the neighbor's - a few pieces. did both mono and Rustic. Mono-tea is a little weaker in all respects, but in mixes Antonovka behaves well. I cut it off for the mixes at the neighbors.

Hello Luda! Good day to all members of the forum! Today I made my first granulated apple tea. Now it is being dried in the bag. Currant leaves are waiting in the freezer. So I wanted to pick raspberry and cherry leaves, but it's raining since night. I want to thank you, Lyudmila, for “infecting” me with this exciting activity! It is a pity that Ivan-tea does not grow in our region, so I want to make it myself, and not buy ready-made. I will start making other teas, for sure questions will arise, but for now, I read, enjoy and wait for the sunny weather!

Tat yana, Tatyana, welcome to our tea company! I am very glad that you are "infected" with this exciting and useful business.Congratulations on your first successful tea! Keep it up! Let the fine days come faster for you.

in your photo on the 1st page. Apple tree leaf granules are so light. When scrolling through a meat grinder, even without freezing, the granules become dark in color. I must have missed something.

lara55, Larissa, it is in dried form they are light, and twisted - they look darker. Or maybe it also depends on the variety? True, I had several varieties and all such in dried form. I don't think it matters at all.

Thank you, Lyudochka! With your light hand! : rose: When I twisted it too, these dark granules were fermented. And then they turned brown in the oven. I played my bag for a couple of hours on drying, I could not resist and brewed myself))) Well, at least to see the color. A very decent dark color. Transparent) So! All! I forget for a month))))

[Ludmila]

Svetiashka, and you asked what to do with him. Try it!

Ludmila, no, Lyudochka, I don’t want to. It is prickly. And I have nothing to keep. I still have last year's teas. In banks (there are few of them) this year I want to close Galipomov, cucumbers and they promised me cherries at work.

Added Sunday Jun 12, 2016 7:15 PM

So! All! I forget for a month

but in mixes Antonovka behaves very well. I cut it off for mixes from the neighbors

Thank you, I'll try.

it is when dried they are light, and twisted - they look darker.

Lyudochka, sorry for my meticulousness. I also have dried dark ones, but so far I have made them with one apple tree - I don't remember the variety, but the apples themselves are red and pinkish inside. I'll try the leaves from another apple tree. The granules in your photo are very pretty in color.

[Allochka]

I look that they won't fit on the pillowcase, put it inside, spread it out evenly and twisted it. I have been making tea for the third year, and I have only come to that.

Allochka, cool idea! True, when I was making Vanechka, I would not have cost a pillowcase - not enough. And with garden ones, yes, quite a suitable option. And for Vanya, you can take a duvet cover ...

Lyudochka, a good idea came to mind, but I will do it or not, it will be seen. Right now there are a lot of pears and one could try to make mono tea in different ways in order to compare and determine.

francevna, Allochka, what about different ways of thinking? This is good ... We always need new thoughts. If anything, write ... Let's figure it out together.

For some reason, our boys do not appear ...

elena kadiewa, Lenusik, yes, it's a mess ... Maybe in the fields?

I could not resist and brewed myself))) Well, at least to see the color. A very decent dark color. Transparent) So! All! I forget for a month))))

Tat yana,! That's right ... And it's better to forget until autumn!

no, Lyudochka, I don't want to. It is prickly. And I have nothing to keep. I still have last year's teas. In banks (there are few of them) this year I want to close Galipomov, cucumbers and they promised me cherries at work.

Light, you have everything at the plant. Are there no cans?

I also have dried dark ones, but so far I have made them with one apple tree - I don't remember the variety, but the apples themselves are red and pinkish inside. I'll try the leaves from another apple tree. The granules in your photo are very pretty in color.

Yes, Larissa, this should be tried. By the way, I rarely picked leaves from one apple tree. I had 20 of them. With each, a little bit and for tea, the bag quickly filled ...

[Ludmila]

Svetyashka, you have everything at the plant. Are there really no cans

Ludmila,

[Light]

Light, Svetik, do not be sad ... Come, I'll share with you ... Today, the kids brought me 20 jars.
Light, have you tried pouring tea into plastic bottles? For example, from under mineral water (so that there is no smell) ... And what, it closes hermetically ... Isn't it a container? True, it will not be very convenient to pour tea there, but it's better than nothing ...

what could be the mistake? put in two saucepans - yoshta and cherry plums. from 7 from the bottom. Diameter 15 cm each container.As a result, it has already cost 10 hours. As a result, there are some signs of fermentation on top. and a little deeper inside, dry and unchanging.

[Ludmila]

True, it will not be very convenient to pour tea there, but it's better than nothing ...

Ludmila, and shake out of there too

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, I want to ask this: how do you feel about grinding currant and raspberry leaves in a blender (instead of rolling)?

[Tatiana1]

how do you feel about grinding currant and raspberry leaves in a blender (instead of rolling)?

Tatiana1, I think it will be porridge.

[Light]

Light, tomorrow the working week begins, I want my hands to have a decent color))) I thought to make the process easier

[Tatiana1]

I want my hands to have a decent color

Tatiana1, and if with gloves?