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

[Radushka]

Radushka, Thank you! Everywhere, links work in different ways, I couldn't do that)))

sweet_blondy, elena88, on the bottom of Zhenechkin's photo clary sage!

Well, thank you! Sorted it out now.

Friends, I have a question about pine shoots. only young, unblown "candles" can be twisted and dried, or are the blossoming young shoots also suitable?
I have run out of space in the freezer, but I need to stuff 5 more bags there. we need to tune in somehow and make tea today. free up a spot. but no strength. even there are some things constantly ...

[sweet_blondy]

even there are some things constantly

sweet_blondy, Evgeniya, yeah! And what are they? These matters

only young unblown "candles" can be twisted and dried, or the blossoming young shoots will also do

Zhenya, I twisted-dried-fermented-jam-syrup cooked from coniferous shoots of all ages. They just got into different dishes.
And twisted and dried candles and shoots! The main thing is that the twigs are not yet woody, so that the meat grinder will suck.

[Light,]

Light, I think they test me for strength
Tricia, Thank you! they are still young, they must master! I'm afraid to make jam - it seems to me very much an amateur. I did this last year with pumpkin jam, this year with dandelions. I'm afraid I won't eat, neither I nor my husband

[sweet_blondy]

sweet_blondy, address me, I am a big oooo sweet tooth! Even now I can't drink our teas without sugar ((

[sweet_blondy, Zhenya]

so last year I made pumpkin jam

sweet_blondy, Zhenya, you just cooked jam from the wrong recipe and from the wrong pumpkin!
Nutmeg pumpkin + cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanillin + a spoonful of balsamic vinegar - you can eat your mind! And candied fruits with the same taste - how delicious it is!
And put dandelion jam on dandelion cider - mmm, delicious

Even now I can't drink our teas without sugar ((

Eh, and sugar hides the taste pretty much!

Eh, and sugar hides the taste pretty much!

So it is more than enough! Since I can feel it with sugar, and even a smoker! Our excellent teas! Can be added to any low-quality for aromatics!

We don't buy "regular" tea for TWO YEARS. The spouse washes his eyes with those that remained from the past (expensive, sorry to throw it away), if he powder it. His blink reflex pumped up, it often happens

Second time today I'm frolicking with opuses Fermented tea "Pink dance"
Perhaps the last recipe of the season)))

[Yuri K]

Yuri Kis not the time to sum up the season. The recipes are awesome! Keep it up, early to relax. We are waiting for the next ones. Well done!

[IrVas]

IrVas, No, that's enough, I'll just quietly make blanks

[Yuri K]

Yuri K, believe yourself? quietly now you will have a little rest, you will come to your senses and will pull on to feats)))



and today we brewed tea which we made on Saturday. rosehip, apple, cherry, strawberry, raspberry. pleasant fruity bouquet. when dry, it smelled more like cherries. eeeeh, I do not know how to pompously describe the taste and smell. but I really liked it! the first tea of ​​this season that is prepared according to all the canons and is not over-fermented to say that I am happy - to say nothing! I can't even imagine what will happen to him after dry fermentation

[sweet_blondy]

sweet_blondy, oh don’t even know why I’ve sold out in earnest, every day I sculpt something, the heat of the house from the oven is hellish! Stop tomorrow! 37 promise overboard!

and today we brewed tea which we made on Saturday.

Oh well, congratulations !!!!

Good day to all tea-makers! For a very long time I did not go into the topic. And here is so much new and interesting! But the tea business did not stand idle))) the season had begun))) I want to write and tell a lot.To begin with, my father-in-law, a "noble" purveyor of various tea herbs, said the other day that I and my Kurare (as he calls herbs) are worse than him. I never found Ivanushka in our area, but the rest of the raw materials are enough))). The first thing I started to create tea stocks was tea rose. The father-in-law brought a hefty bag of this fragrant miracle, he prepares it every year. And here I am with the idea: "Let's put it through the meat grinder?" With his consent, everything was according to the recipe, dried-meat grinder-a couple of hours fermentation (the smell was crazy right away, there was simply no time to dry) -and in the oven. The result is a very modest output, BUT it's soooo tea concentrate !!! A couple of tea granules give not just aroma, but aroma of tea rose jam. From such a pleasant start, the tea preparation began to boil. The tea was made by black currant + apple + grapes, raspberries + garden rose + cherry, apple + grapes, garden mono-rose. And there are so many plans ... the leaves are already everywhere and dried, and in the freezer)))

[Likar Nadiya]

Likar Nadiya, Well! Happy teas!

[Yuri K]

Yuri K, Thank you!))

friends, and I wanted to share my discovery. you just don't laugh if you practice this, it just dawned on me that it might be useful to someone)
In general, my problem is this - in the middle of the week, I can't find time for tea (cooking). and even getting it out of the freezer for defrosting is a problem. I come home at 10-11. ate a quick meal, did my household chores, and the maximum I can was to swaddle the leaves. but I want to temper the leaves at least a couple of times. and there are only 2 days off! and prepare tea, go to the dacha, collect new leaves, sort them out. in general, continuous time trouble.
I found such a solution. I take out the leaves to defrost in the refrigerator. for example, got up in the morning - put it in the refrigerator. went to work. crawled home in the evening, they are practically thawed. I took it out on the windowsill for an hour and put it - I look and the middle is completely defrosted - you can put it back into the freezer again.

[sweet_blondy]

sweet_blondy, smart girl, Zhenya!

if we take into account the drying itself, then 5 hours pass before the end.

For me, in time, it happened so somewhere. Only I twisted it twice at once and set it aside for 5 hours. Fried it a little, the rest for drying. I don’t know the result, but my mother-in-law is drying up to the hospital. And prunes too.
I understood why freezing is good if you twist it manually, but it doesn't go to a meat grinder.

yesterday we cut down two thorny plums

I do not yet know what kind of plant is thorny, and how much it differs from prunes. I think prunes will be closer to the plum, but not to the cherry plum. Cherry plum is small and sour. The plum is large and sweet. The leaf is roughly like a pear. The plum is usually red, and the prune is bluish-dark. If there is a desire, then I can make a photo of a tree, leaves, fruits. But when I won't.

magic meat grinder. Do not share the title.

I really liked to turn on moulinex, and as on fresh there the power is good, there is a reverse, if something does not go, you do not need to push it, I pressed the button, I pressed it back, I pressed it with a pusher and everything went, just wonderful and very comfortable. So on an old one where the power is too small, and there is no reverse (but it still spun more vigorously than the zelmer, although it had a higher rated power. When choosing a meat grinder, be guided so that there was less plastic, it will then be heavy, but reliable and there is also such a parameter as as a former consultant of technology, I tell you this to you) if you recall by brands, then of course moulinex, bork, philips is what I could immediately remember.

after the freezer, the color of the petals did not seem to have lost, but also noticeably moist

I lost the thread. Did they say that flowers do not need to be fermented? And dry it all at once?

[Katerinka]

Katerinka, prunes - plum, thorns - natural (although there are also artificially derived) hybrid of cultivated plum and blackthorn. Cherry plum can be large (and sweet, but its skin is always very sour). We had a yellow one. It grew the size of a small peach and was sweet as honey.
Do not twist autumn garden leaves without freezing.
Rose petals fermented to make rose tea (mono). It turned out great. Then I decided to try mixing with raspberries. Good luck. Then Yuri - with an apple tree. Well, tomorrow I will try with strawberries (large-fruited garden strawberries).

Did they say that flowers do not need to be fermented? And dry it all at once?

I did it in my own way. Happened. If you just dry, then they are more suitable for decorating teas.

Well, that's it, I'll leave the khan for all the roses in the area)
Yes, as if cherry plum is yellow sweet, I completely forgot about it) I do not really like cherry plum, but my relatives hardly break away from it)



I still want to make so much tea, will I have time now (my working capacity for this season has dropped by two, or maybe three times (

People! Today I slightly salted cucumbers with tea cherry + currant + raspberry + yerga and a sprig of dill and horseradish. It turned out to be a bomb !!!
Well sooooo delicious!
Try it.

[Tricia]

Tricia, the famous quote: "Well, you give a pancake ..." With tea, cucumbers !!!!

Hehe, what's that!
I also have ivan-tea-mint gingerbread!

[Tricia]

Tricia, temptress! You know, you can't talk to peasants about cookies! Sucker Punch!

Well, that's it, I'll leave the khan for all the roses in the area)
Yes, as if cherry plum is yellow sweet, I completely forgot about it) I do not really like cherry plum, but my relatives hardly break away from it)



I still want to make so much tea, will I have time now (my working capacity for this season has dropped by two, or maybe three times (

My and my neighbour's fence roses are already khan ... Two bags in the freezer ... Anyway, the wind is brutal, everything will fray, so I can say I saved them ...









Thanks to the local Chaedels, otherwise so many useful raw materials would have disappeared ... Now I am happy overgrown with raspberries, cherries and plums ... apricots and raspberries, murzit, and now I have tea plantations there too. Interestingly, maple can be used for tea, just not the volume with beautiful leaves, ordinary ... And there are thickets of hops and valerian ... And there is rosehip ... And all this tea klondike behind the fence ... ..

I also have ivan-tea-mint gingerbread!

But this is very interesting! Share the recipe, pliz

Interestingly, maple can be used for tea

I only use it in mixes with at least three components.



And I miss a lot of viburnum. Her leaf is somehow not impressive, dry. Although, I tried to add a couple of times to the mixes for extras.

[elena88]

You know, you can't talk to peasants about cookies! Sucker Punch!

Oh, my husband doesn't really eat sweet cookies, so I didn't even have a thought!

But this is very interesting! Share the recipe, pliz

elena88, the recipe still needs to be piled. But as soon as I get ready, I will make it and bring you a link!

Then I decided to try mixing with raspberries. Good luck. Then Yuri - with an apple tree. Well, tomorrow I will try with strawberries (large-fruited garden strawberries).

I made a tea rose with strawberries - I really liked it)))

[Hang out]

Hang out, Natalia, my teahouse faded long ago. I will do it with an odorless lash. It starts to smell during fermentation. Not like a teahouse, of course, but a rose. Strawberry tea will have such a shade ... (hopefully)

[Radushka]

Radushka, Thank you! the pot frantically tried to figure out how to fill the freezer to the full and not re-ferment the leaf
Tricia, it is quite possible that the pumpkin was not the same and the recipe my mother planted and used. but in general I hate pumpkin. but honestly trying to make friends with her for a year. sorry,

gag reflex is triggered

This year I want to try making marshmallows - pumpkin as a base, fruits in addition. we'll see)
eeeh, and I was so hoping that this weekend it would be possible to go to Bashkiria for Ivan-tea ... but the machine was not repaired ... but I sit thinking - maybe for the better? later St. John's wort and oregano will go - maybe I’ll also collect them, because I have never seen them in our district ... and I’m still waiting for the linden ...

[sweet_blondy]

sweet_blondy, if it is appropriate here, I would like to talk about St. John's wort and oregano ... my own five kopecks

excellent medicinal herbs! But, like any medicine, they should be used only on business.
Oregano is a "female" herb. If it is not consumed at the time of illness, it can reduce the vitality of a woman. And quite a lot. With prolonged consumption, it may well lead to a breakdown, as they say. It works great on men! With St. John's wort, the situation is exactly the opposite. "Male" weed. Beats the beast in the man, so to speak. Can "kill" before the loss of male power. For a woman, readings with a plus! So ... be careful.
As a "prophylaxis" it is better to drink oregano for a man, and St. John's wort for a woman.
And as a treatment (presence of an inflammatory process) for a man - St. John's wort, for a woman - oregano

The elder daughter-in-law sculpts marshmallows constantly. Dreams of closing under Vaksov covers. Funny ... we eat faster than the pastille dries!

[Radushka]

Radushka, thank you very much for the herbal help and experiences

we are not zealous in any way, I make herbal teas multicomponent. recipes only from the book. undoubtedly there is a healing effect. but it seems to me weak, because I add a little herbs. tea leaves are not concentrated. nor as a decoction.
I will be especially careful with these herbs

it's easier for me with the marshmallow - only I eat it)) my husband says b) stupid! but I get more)) but I keep mine in the refrigerator. to be surely preserved)

Dreams of closing under Vaksov covers.

And what are these covers?

[Nadia 2016]

Nadia 2016, VAKS - you evacuate in banks at once. As far as I understand, the Russian Federation produces. At least the kids bought with the Isidri dryer

Good evening everyone! I finished reading the pages of the forum that I missed. About roses. Almost all of us have already faded, somehow quickly this year. But I managed to turn them into tea. Tea rose - my father-in-law brought a huge amount of petals, put it on the windowsill to dry, then I remembered the recipe for tea from roses. The petals lay for a day, withered. I twisted it immediately without freezing. I left it on the table for a couple of hours and in the oven. The yield turned out to be very modest, the granules were greatly reduced. But what scent ... a few granules are enough, no more than half a teaspoon per cup.



Further roses bloomed in the yard! Climbing, hybrid tea, ostina, tantau ... and all colorful, and all smell differently, but still rose. In the break of the year, I was making raspberry + rose leaves and petals tea. I really liked it. This time I decided to do it without pink greenery, but millet with petals. Narwhal raspberries, wilted and in the freezer. She collected rose petals as the roses bloom. When I decided that it was enough, I began to temper everything together according to the method of Zachariah, and then, as always. Meat grinder, fermentation, oven. The smell cannot be conveyed! ..



The flowers of the climbing rose were enough for jam and tea. Plus just petals for decorating tea. It was done without freezing. Just wilted, then prescription.



Well, gardeners are also going to move tea. I noticed that this year each batch of tea is more and more))) last season I tried everything only, I made mono teas more often, or I used just two ingredients. Only in the fall did all make mixes. Now, as they say, "Ostap has suffered." And there are even more plans. I put the withered leaves into the freezer, and slowly temper them every day. Hawthorn, sweet cherry, dogwood, grapes, pear, raspberry, black currant lie in packages. Until I only got to strawberries, we breed it only for the second year. Last year, after my thrifty collection of leaves, my husband was in a light shock (!), But it did not hurt the harvest. In general, I noticed a positive effect of collecting leaves for plants.Apple and black currant have just been transformed this year! And the dogwood is so in general - for the last two years of the harvest, there were about 20 berries from two hefty bushes, after last year's collection of leaves, the kusy are just a sight for sore eyes, dotted with berries. Like these ones pies teas)))



Litter for many letters

VACS - you evacuate in cans immediately.

And, I understood ..... Setups with several colored covers and a pump. In 2013, we had relatives from Ukraine, they bought them and said that it was a cool thing. We also bought, but something did not take root. Dried fruits were covered in treshki.

I noticed that this year each batch of tea is more and more))) last season I tried everything only, I made mono teas more often, or I used just two ingredients.

Likewise ...... I ditch everything and into the freezer. Fortunately, the freezer is huge for 10 boxes. Mono want to make raspberries, cherries, apple trees and strawberries later. I liked it last year in the fall, I froze a bag of pears and a bag of apple trees in reserve, but I did it in March, when I got around to it.

[Likar Nadiya]

Likar Nadiya, Nadia 2016, I also ice a lot, do a lot. And also lots of tea became larger.
I don’t do mono from the word AT ALL (except for wild pear, but this is one batch under the order). Mixes are many times tastier and each batch is special! now with the addition of thorny plum, then with barberry, then with mulberry, then with hawthorn ...
Yesterday I made a mix - strawberry + apple + raspberry + lemon basil. I dried half with frying, half without, then mixed. Basil tea does not smell at all. But, the taste ... I could not help but brew fresh, although my husband tried to dissuade me. I just have a little of my own basil, and I had to buy it on the market. I wanted to understand - is it worth the candle, so to speak?
WORTH! The tea turned out to be awesomely delicious! The first brew was even too strong (two teaspoons per glass), then the second time I poured it in - that's what happened! You will never guess what it is made of! Just an explosion of taste! And the astringency is strong (I think, from strawberries) and the color is dark tea and the aftertaste ... Mmmmmmm ... Who can, do it! The basilica has laid a lot. Well, almost a quarter (by weight). The base was tempered according to Zachariah for a long time. I was even afraid that I had over-fermented. I put fresh basil. He sagged strongly, while he brought it from the market, but cut off the stems ...

[Radushka]

RadushkaLemon Basil - Which Is Purple?



Already googled, it's green, hybrid

[Radushka]

Radushka, I will definitely try with basil!




In the meantime, I came across a whole clearing of sage! This is what we managed to collect before the pouring downpour)) It is dry now





And also a wild pear was found, also a little narwhal, but most of the time was spent on collecting sage. And this was the groundwork for the next harvest.

Yesterday I made a mix - strawberry + apple + raspberry + lemon basil.

Shit !!!! There are strawberries, there are raspberries, an apple tree too - ordinary basil, blue ..... Was the basil added after the fermentation of the rest of the leaves, or was it fermented with the "collective" ?? My usual blue is still growing ... well, maybe you can experiment with it ... ... Ivan chayushka planted with roots in the fall ascended, blooms, handsome. Just a little ... But I still pinch the leaves ... I hope it will spread out next year ...

[Nadia 2016]

Nadia 2016fermented together. I didn't want the additive to taste bright. And I like what happened - "And what is it tasty? It is not understood")))

"And what is this delicious? It is not understood")))

Thank you. There, far away, the basil will grow a little, I'll do it ... Maybe add lemon balm to them ...

[Nadia 2016]

Nadia 2016, lemon balm retains its aroma during fermentation (it did for me), just not so strong

[Radushka]

Radushka,

lemon balm retains its aroma during fermentation

Well, my cat cried, let it be in the company with the basil. Narwhal now with raspberries, rose petals and some strawberries. Dried, Then I'll attach it to the freezer, to the rest of the petals.

Good afternoon everyone! One day and a hundred things !!!! The day began quietly (nothing boded), they were picking raspberries with the children, they were berries, I were leaves. With children, I can't, especially, go somewhere for leaves (older 2-10, younger-1-3 months), collect all the houses and next to the house blessing, our place is not very dusty. And the husband here, suddenly, offered to go to the nearest mushroom places. While my husband was looking for mushrooms, the children and I were looking for different sorts. There will be a photo report)

Prepared thyme for the year ahead! Fermented, chopped, dried at 50-70 ° in the oven, when tedding the smell is crazy, just knocked down! Now, after aging, it will be stored