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

[Barquentine]

Barquentine, the main thing is that the tea should be tasty, aromatic, bring pleasure from tea drinking.
And this can be sheet, and granulated, large or small.

[Barquentine]

Girls, our main goal is to get and keep good sausages are they pellets? When processing

Barquentine, it is desirable. In granules, tea ferments better. Look at the difference in raspberry tea in the photo in the recipe - not spilled tea brews better and more aromatic. There is not enough juice in the spilled raw materials to ferment at the proper level. And the aesthetic side of the issue is important to many.

[Mila1]

Mila1, Luda, well, that happiness has come to you! Congratulations on the first pink! Well done, great tea turned out!

[Barquentine]

Barquentine, it is desirable. In granules, tea ferments better. See the difference in raspberry tea in the photo in the recipe - not spilled tea brews better and more aromatic. There is not enough juice in the spilled raw materials to ferment at the proper level. And the aesthetic side of the issue is important to many.

Despite the scattered granules and a small amount (320g of dried leaves), my raspberry tea turned out to be very tasty. And the children said the taste of prunes Where it comes from is not clear.
I am meditating with this activity. Very tasty, very interesting. Hopefully helpful! Many thanks to everyone who gives advice and lays out recipes!

Dear tea makers, I seem to have saved it, but I won't find it about strawberry tails ... I lost the technology

[Elena_Kamch]

Elena_Kamch, Yes. Pryzharka the other way around (I read somewhere HERE, I don't remember where and when. Last season). I will interfere with the apple tree. And one batch of strawberries. If there are enough currant leaves for two batches, of course. Everybody wants tea, nobody gives leaves

[Ludmila]

I can't find about strawberry tails ... lost technology

Ludmila, here in this recipe see... Don't cry

Added on Tuesday 28 Jun 2016 03:41 PM

There was no very strong aroma like Lena

I didn't have this when frying that year either, I already noted this. Then I began to dry at 60 * C and the aroma was much more pronounced, which is natural, since essential oils evaporate at the time of frying (that's why such an aroma in the beginning).

Dear tea makers, I seem to have saved it, but I won't find it about strawberry tails ... I lost the technology

Lyudochka, here is Zakhary wrote

do not throw out the stem from the strawberries, but use it. They lay a little in a heap, then I cut them and dried them in the oven at 100 Celsius, this beauty went into green mulberry tea.

But I want to know, can you ferment them? Nobody tried it?

and you can ferment them

Here, here, and I have the same question, ferment? well, at least double freezing ?!

[Mila1]

Mila1, People, I also dried the stem from the strawberries and added to the tea (when brewing)

Since I have purchased strawberries, every time I gradually put the tails into a bag and freeze. And then, together with other leaves, I scroll and ferment.

[Alla]

Alla, I have my own, but the same little by little, I have dried them. I'll put the same in the freezer until I run out of my own strawberries.

[Mila1]

Mila1, People, I also dried the stem from the strawberries and added to the tea (when brewing)

Tonya, this is a last resort, if there is no other way

Added on Tuesday 28 Jun 2016 4:06 pm

Since I have purchased strawberries, every time I gradually put the tails into a bag and freeze. And then, together with other leaves, I scroll and ferment.

Allochka. I also have a purchased one. I dried them slightly and put them in the freeze. Already from five buckets I have accumulated large ones. I’m thinking how to do it. I also want to mix with something.

Who made tea from wild strawberries?
I think not to go "to business" .....
And blueberries?

Here they told about a peony. And what do we have? And we have .... poor mother's pions were not allowed to bloom calmly. Stripped like sticky.

Can peony flowers be fermented? Collected a lot

There were 300 grams of mint with lemon balm in the freezer. for a separate tea is not enough. I decided to add to the rustic one. I dried with frying at 150 for 20 minutes, then 100 and 50. Immediately after the oven I brewed it. Strong mint smell, tingles in the mouth. As I understood, at high temperatures, essential oils evaporate, or did I confuse something? There is a film in the cup on top, probably butter. The tea is delicious!

Flowers, the petals themselves, do not ferment at all, they are simply dried. Can a peony be used in tea?
Dear tea-makers, what do you think on this topic, I just cut a bunch of my peonies - the rain destroyed them, brought home all the vases, filled them, the smell - stunned! I know there is a medicinal soothing peony tincture, but is it that peony ?! And did anyone dry the peony petals?

[Lind @]

Who made tea from wild strawberries?

Lind @, Olga, I did and the recipe says about it.

Once I tried to make tea from wild strawberry leaves. It is recommended to collect them in the fall, when they turn red. But all our strawberries were covered by half-meter grass by the fall, so while I collected half a packet of leaves, winter almost came. The tea, of course, turned out to be noble. But I was no longer qualified for such feats.

And blueberries?

And it is written about blueberries, but in the comment, the link to which is in the Notes:
Blueberry

[Barquentine]

Can peony flowers be fermented? Collected a lot

Barquentine, I do not advise ... Just dry the PETALS, after cutting them, and then you will add to the tea for beauty.

And did anyone dry the peony petals?

Mandraik Ludmila, dried, but only for beauty ...

[lappl1]

lappl1, thanks, I see.

Who made tea from wild strawberries?

Made from meadow.
After 8-10 months, it was stunned. and taste and aroma.

Thank you. It's clear about blueberries.

Thank you all for such an interesting and multifaceted world ... DIY TEA !!! I just finished drying a second kilogram of the same mixture of leaves that I did yesterday. I did everything the same way, but decided to try drying it at different temperatures. I wonder what will happen this time! And we got tea with a completely different smell. This is really a flight of imagination, creativity that you all have been creating here for more than a year and describing ... And we, beginners, are taking on our arsenal and also starting to create slowly ...

[Mila1]

I report. Tea made

Mila1, Luda, congratulations on your first rose tea! Delicacy and elite definitely!

Added Wednesday, 29 Jun 2016 00:18

Everybody wants tea, nobody gives leaves

Radushka, they have no conscience! It is necessary to introduce coupons for tea Leaves did not give - one coupon and without talking!

Frying vice versa

I'm waiting for the result Somehow this frying passed me by ... But I feel so sorry for the currants ... I want the smell to stay

One of these days I will try to make it from black currant. Last season, this tea did not work out for me, as I wrote - hay with hay. Collected at the end of summer and dry, perhaps that is why. While drying, the groin, and then the seams. I read a lot here about currants, I want to try this: "I collected the leaves in a transparent plastic bag, then tamped them - and into the freezer. After the freezer, I thawed and crumpled right in the bag until the leaf gives juice - and again into the freezer.Then again in the same way (that is, two frosts and two defrosts + kneading the leaves) the smell from the package is awesome! After that, simply drying at 45 * - and EVERYTHING! Did not ferment and did not keep warm; I just tore the leaves and into the dryer (it is possible in a cooling oven - it also works). "But I have never done this, without fermentation ... There are not many currant raw materials here, support, experienced tea makers! How is it better to make black currants, so as not to ruin? For drying, there is an airfryer and a dryer.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anna, I, here, also have not made pure currants yet. I expect that Radushka will write after his experiments.
Didn't dry fermentation help your last year's currants? Hasn't the taste improved at all? Did you dry it at a high temperature?

Dry did not help, it was better right after drying. I have written that currants do not tolerate above 80 degrees, which means they dried it like that, made two batches and both were unsuccessful. Irga did not work either, it's a pity, because it's a useful thing.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, AnnaI hope the girls who made currants will do. Everyone is sleeping now
And so, of course, I would still try to do, as you described above

"I collected the leaves in a transparent plastic bag ......

[Tiger striped]

He collected the leaves in a transparent plastic bag, then tamped them - and into the freezer. After the freezer, it thawed and crushed right in the bag until the leaf gives juice - and again in the freezer. Then again in the same way (that is, two frosts and two defrosts + kneading the leaves) the smell from the package is awesome! After that, simply drying at 45 * - and EVERYTHING! Did not ferment and did not keep warm; I just tore the leaves and put them in the dryer (you can also put them in a cooling oven - it also works). "

Tiger striped, Anya, during thawing and fermentation took place. And drying at a low temperature retained the smell. Now Zakhar has set this method up as a separate recipe. Have you seen? So try it. Last year I made currants with Vanya, added quite a bit of dried unripe berries. At first, this tea did not seem to me very much, but now I trudge from it. The currant even came out ahead of Ivan-tea with its taste and aroma. I dried this tea at 80 *.

Irga did not work either, it's a pity, because it's a useful thing.

Elena_Kamch, Flax, Irga disappoints everyone. Apparently, it also needs to be done at low temperatures.

[irga]

irga disappoints everyone

And I don't even know who it is ...

Last year I made currants with Vanechka

Luda, did you do everything as usual, except for a low temperature? Fermented for about how many hours?

Girls, pay attention, I made mint with frying, the taste of mint remained !!! maybe currants so!

Good day)))
I also tried to make this tea and this is WHAT I did.
I collected for a sample of leaves from wild apple, pear and cherry. A few black currants and raspberries. In general, what came across on the way, then pulled.
Withered in a towel. There was a package in the freezer for three days. Then she turned it on in a large meat grinder and in an earthen pot under pressure sent to the greenhouse for the whole day in the morning. All my granules turned into gruel and I passed them into a fine meat grinder. So I dried it in the dryer. I put small strawberries on the bottom tray. Then two trays of tea and the top one with rosehip petals, jasmine buds and a little peony petals.


I chopped the strawberries a little and sent them all together to the jar. I've been waiting for three days. Probably I'll try it today. Very interesting)))

[Mila1, Luda,]

Mila1, Luda, and I congratulate you on your first rose tea! Having beautiful queens, you just need to use their splendor to the fullest. Itself is now in anticipation of re-flowering to collect a decent amount of petals.
Jeanne, what a beautiful tea it turned out ... mmm. : nyam: I can imagine how delicious it will be to drink, especially in the cold season. I got used to drying petals, herbs and berries without drying ... but now I need to get this miracle for sure.
Lyudmilka, Did you freeze black currants using the method of Zacharias or did you use your own method, without freezing?
Girls, and I am awaiting results on blackcurrant tea. I would have already done ... my three bushes, plus the neighbor gave the go-ahead for the leaves .. and she has a decent amount of it. But the freezer is still full of grapes (you need to hold it there for a week), raspberries and pears, which I collect.

Now Zakhar has set this method up as a separate recipe. Have you seen?

Uh ... I mean - a separate recipe for currants? No, can you poke me in it? And in general, according to Zacharius, I did repeated freezing and thawing last year, but then fermented under pressure, as usual.

[Tiger striped]

I mean - a separate recipe for currants?

Tiger striped, Anya, not a recipe, but a method, the one by which you made tea last year. But last year this method was described in the comments, and this year Zakhari made it a separate topic. A link to his method is in this recipe in the text and in the Ivan-tea topic, and in the Gazebo on page 1.

Lyudmilka, did you freeze black currants according to the method of Zacharias, or did you use your own method, without freezing?

Borkovna, Len, no, I make tea in the usual way. I have no opportunity to freeze - we always live in villages, there are no shops at all, so we stock up on food. And the freezer is small, packed to capacity ... So I want to do this, but there is no way.

Luda, did you do everything as usual, except for a low temperature? Fermented for about how many hours?

Elena_Kamch, Lena, yes, she made currants with Vanya, as usual. Fermented for 6 hours. Dried at 80 *. In this thread last year I reported on this tea, and posted pictures, and described how I did it. Now I can't find it. But then we made currants with the whole topic. Maybe someone will remember?
Zhannptica, Jeanne, well done, that she brought her tea here, otherwise very few people will see it in the bread theme. I repeat, very handsome. Well done! Keep up the good work.

Tiger Striped, Anya, not a recipe, but a method, the one by which you made tea last year. But last year this method was described in the comments, and this year Zakhari made it a separate topic. A link to his method is in this recipe in the text and in the Ivan-tea topic, and in the Gazebo on page 1.

Yes, I found a link in the gazebo, which is exactly what I did last year. But in the method that I quoted, there is no fermentation step under the cloth: "I did not ferment and did not keep it warm; I just tore the leaves and put them in the dryer." So I have a template break.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, well, time has passed ... And Zakhar improved his method. Try both methods and choose the best one for yourself.

[Lyudmilka]

Thank you, Lyudmilka, for answer ! Time goes on and there are indeed improvements in tea making for everyone. And since there is something to collect the leaves from, it means that today I will go to pick it up, wither for the night, and tomorrow I will twist it, ferment it and dry it. I will do it according to your recipe completely, using the method of Zachariah, Radushka will give us a new one later ... and we will all be happy. Various black currant tea!

The heat will subside after lunch I will go through the forests and fields and look for Ivan-tea. That's when it is not necessary to come across everywhere. As needed, I look out for a week and do not see. But I am sure that I will find, my husband said he will go with me, he will help to collect the cherished kg

I really want to try the blueberry. They wrote here that it did not work out, but even if it is not really tea, it should still be good for the eyes, right? I was checking the Ivan-tea plantations now - in full bloom, I have to collect it, omg, where can I get freezers for all the time?

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anna, have a desire, make blueberry tea. But what benefit are you expecting for the eyes? A berry is useful, and even then - you need to eat a ton of it, and hardly anything will come from a fermented leaf.

It's clear with blueberries. And the bone? The sheet will be larger. Who tested her for tea suitability?

Kostyanik seems to have done it, I don't remember who and the reviews either.

Added Wednesday 29 Jun 2016 1:07 PM

Conduct a batch test - will it smell delicious or not?

But interestingly, the smell of tea strongly depends on the place of collection of raw materials?

The smell, I think not, but the taste is different, in some sourness appears, depends on the soil where the raw material grows.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anna, have a desire-make blueberry tea. But what benefit are you expecting for the eyes? A berry is useful, and even then - you need to eat a ton of it, and hardly anything will come from a fermented leaf.

They write that the leaves are also useful, including dried ones. What ton ?! Recipe 1. Take three tablespoons of fresh blueberry stems with leaves, ground in a meat grinder. You can also take dry mass. The proportions are the same. Pour three cups of hot water over the blueberry mixture. Take one glass chilled three times a day. Recipe 2. In the treatment of conjunctivitis, impaired vision
With chronic conjunctivitis, eat 1 tbsp daily. l. fresh or dry blueberries. Fresh blueberries eat 100-200 g 2-3 times a day to improve visual acuity and reduce eye fatigue at dusk and at night. For the preparation of the broth 2 tsp. dried berries are poured with boiling water, insisted and drunk 1/2 cup 4 times a day warm.

[Tiger striped]

Tiger striped, Anna, how many times it has been written that there is no need to look for medicinal properties in tea. It is of course useful for organism, but if you need to heal, it is better to use not tea, but a medicine, whether herbal or otherwise, this is everyone's personal business. And use tea for delight. )))

I feel sorry for something so currant

Helen, as I do, I will share my impressions. The most interesting thing is what happens. Although, I don't have a lot of currants, but still more than last year.
Girls!!! I'm going to make blackcurrant mono in ONE way! Freeze - thaw just in the room, without removing it from the bag, and so on a couple of times. I don’t have the opportunity to keep her in the sun, and I don’t want to. Then I remember, cut and ferment for 3-4 hours. Divide into three portions and each portion will dry in a different mode (at 70 in the dryer, after 10 minutes frying at 100 + drying in the dryer at 60 and drying in the dryer at 70 with a short place in the oven heated to 150 and off). Then I will compare the first impression.
And I will do the rest of the currants in granules. Mixing it in one case, with an apple tree, in the other with strawberries.
There won't be enough leaves for more! Here will be my plantation, as it once was ... 50 bushes! Then ...

[Mushroomer]

Mushroomer, I on the same forum read a long list of useful properties of Ivan tea.

where to get all the time and freezers?