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

I am stubborn, I will still divorce))

Then good luck to you! We will follow the development of events with great interest. In our topic, one girl shared her joy that she also ordered seeds from Russia to plant fireweed in her USA.
I studied the information about seeds in the summer! Was killed on the spot at the cost! Probably, on this basis, I collected a package of seeds. Although, I do not need to plant fireweed - it begins to grow 50 meters from my house.

But mulch is good - yes, it’s true, it takes a lot of time from other things, but this is the second question.

But what kind of time savings then - no need to water, loosen, weed, or fertilize. And the harvest grows noble, without sores, environmentally friendly.

Thank you) Everyone, they called from the store, today or tomorrow they will send a parcel, probably I'll try to plant some of them even in the fall - I grabbed 4 bags))))) You are lucky that fireweed is growing nearby - we only have pine forest)
As for watering, it's like summer, we once had a year when there were 3 rains - one in spring, another in summer and third in autumn ... But our own well, we can water it all day, even in the heat - we put the sprinkler and go, better so what to dry. And this summer, on the contrary, it was flooded so that some of the flowers and shrubs died - we have a decrease in part of the site, although we are constantly raising it, the landscape is like this.
In general, the last 10 years not Siberia, but some kind of Africa, if earlier 27 degrees were considered southern heat in our country, now forecasters say - a cooling is expected - 27 degrees ...))))))) Well, yes, after 36 -38 in the shade this is a cold snap))

Yeah, competitors and enemies ... I'm terrified of them

And can at the same time make lard from wild boars and stew?

Good day to all.
I sat in the bushes with my tea and decided to unsubscribe.
I came across your Temko at the beginning of summer. I decided to try it.
We were with my husband on vacation in the village. I went to collect leaves all over the village. The neighbors looked at me as if I was sick. The husband was also skeptical about this. And I asked a neighbor for an old mechanical meat grinder and the process started. I collected all the leaves alone, and when it was my turn before picking the black chokeberry, I called my husband with me. He was all exhausted: "Maybe that's enough, but that's enough." Well, something like typed.
I prepared teas, waited for the allotted time, and I brewed my first tea. We sat down to drink tea: my husband is drinking, and his eyes are wider and wider in surprise, the daughter, who never liked tea with any leaves, drank and did not believe that this tea was from the same "poop"... The son generally said that the tea was purchased, that such tea could not be made by oneself.
So we tried all the teas, and when we tried blackberry, the husband was indignant: "Why did you do so little?"
Like this! Thank you so much for Temko.

so i'm alone

Nah, there are already two of us. I, too, are at work all day and there is no dacha. Only on weekend forays into the fields and what friends will bring. At first they giggled mysteriously, and then they began to listen to my stories with interest. So, next year there will be a replenishment in our ranks.

[flete]

flete, and ticks live in tall grass, and not in trees. So the forest has nothing to do with it. And they cling to the bottom, and then only crawl up. They crawl slowly, about an hour, so you can have time to shoot. The main thing is to examine each other and yourself every 30 minutes. And I sowed fireweed myself, now I have a clearing of it, but enough for 1 tea ... And I need a lot!

I don't even go for fly agarics myself - my relatives collect them)

And here in more detail.Why do we have fly agarics?

Why do we have fly agarics?

And fly agarics (gray-pink) are excellent delicious mushrooms! They are one of my favorites. They are great for fried and sourdough. At first, friends were also surprised: “She used to drink moonshine and liqueurs, and gave pickled fly agarics for a snack,” and then they liked it so much that now they collect and make everything themselves.

And fly agarics (gray-pink)

Well, these are not fly agarics. This is an umbrella mushroom. I myself love it very much deep-fried or in a frying pan.
Even the memories started drooling.

Well, these are not fly agarics. This is an umbrella mushroom.

No, the umbrella mushroom is a completely different mushroom, also very tasty, but different. I do a bunch of recipes with him, but ... that's a completely different topic. And I can talk about mushrooms for a long time, even at one time I supervised this topic on another forum. But this is on a different topic, right here, eg.

[Natalia-65]

I sat in the bushes with my tea and decided to unsubscribe.

Natalia-65, well, first of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you! Let every year bring you such pleasant discoveries as homemade tea. I wish you health, happiness, good luck and all the very best! This is for you:



And welcome to our tea topics. We are very glad to see you. We are glad that your tea turned out to be such that even skeptics were surprised and delighted. We know this about our tea. Now you know, they also know! I hope that in the next tea season your relatives will be active assistants in the preparation of tea. And in your ear:

ask me to give you a good email for the coming holidays. meat grinder. The process will go happier and more fun.

And can at the same time make lard from wild boars and stew?

There are more hunters and guns in the village than residents. But while they eat the stew themselves ... Disorder! We must dispossession ...

And can at the same time make lard from wild boars and stew?

we will ferment lard

[Natalia-65]

Natalia-65, and I, and I congratulate you !!!!

[Stirlitz]

Stirlitz,: friends: thanks for the company

The problem is that it’s like spring in our country, it’s just a collapse of those who go to the hospital with tick bites, the grass in the pine forest is also decent, there is enough sun, especially when the strawberries begin, just a friendly crowd are bitten. Therefore, I simply do not risk it, right there, in the neighboring forest, ticks are picked up.

For more than 20 years I have been regularly drinking fly agaric tincture as an anti-inflammatory, antitumor, etc. About 3 years ago, after defending my dissertation, all the moles began to grow strongly - then I found out that it was all about the hormonal therapy against the background of stress, but since I’m afraid of doctors, purely because of constant communication with them)), so I just sipped the tincture and everything stopped.
In general, I do homeopathic - without skins, I read the recipe in some magazine and did it) And I sing my cats too))
Natalia-65. Happy Birthday) Magic tea to you)

3 years ago, after defending the thesis

About 3 years ago, after defending the dissertation, all moles began to grow strongly

I assure you that fly agarics will not cure it (this is what I tell you as a specialist). It is necessary to be observed by specialists. And prevention is the right tea and pickled mushrooms (and homeopathically too).

) I assure you - fly agarics cured it, as a practitioner say. In fact, the growth of moles has stopped since that time and until now in the same place.
That is why I am afraid - that's putting it mildly - of doctors. Because people with certain knowledge KNOW for sure - that this cannot be or can be so. And what the human body does, and life in general, often does not fit these rules in any way. Therefore, I do not go to doctors - only when I need a sick leave, now, I work at home, I do without it.
It's just that when you are almost immediately diagnosed with such diagnoses as asthma, tuberculosis and a brain tumor - but in fact, asthma goes away from a weekly hunger strike, tuberculosis simply does not appear - well, they scared, and the skull was simply removed from the wrong angle, you no longer believe anyone ...Now I just laugh if they try to deliver something to me.
So I will still drink amanita))

So I will still drink amanita))

I know medicine very well and that's why ... I'm terribly afraid of doctors! But I also know about fly agarics and moles (I have several specialties), so I warn you. I wish you health and many years of active life!

Thank you, likewise)

[flete]

flete, me on "you" (here they know it)! And add juniper to your tea, it is delicious and, in this case, very useful.

lard will be fermented More: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=389380.0eat

it won't rust behind us. I laughed so loudly that people came into my office and asked what happened?

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., so what, Galochka, did you fill up the hog? Do you ferment berries and boars? Yes ... I missed a lot. I'm going to read the coffee recipe.
Lyudochka - are you fermenting acorns yet?

[Oksana]

Not fermenting acorns yet?

Oksana, so I have been crying for two days - there are no acorns in our forest. There are oaks, but no acorns.

Yes ... I missed a lot.

Noticed ...

I walked down the street yesterday - a woman picks acorns - ours, perhaps?

Our - our ...

Girls, I'm very, very sorry, thanks for the congratulations, of course, thank you so much. But my birthday was a month ago. I corrected the profile. Once again I ask everyone for forgiveness.

ask me to give you a good email for the coming holidays. meat grinder. The process will go happier and more fun.

There is a meat grinder, then it is in the city. And it is not handy to carry to the village, and I'm afraid the traffic jams won't stand it.

And now about the fermentation of dill and parsley. I did, the color turned out to be dark green, it tastes until I understand. I will try to post pictures in the coming days.

[Natalia-65]

But my birthday was a month ago. I corrected the profile. Once again I ask everyone for forgiveness.

Natalia-65, then, with the past you!

And now about the fermentation of dill and parsley

They probably don't need to be fermented. Just twist in a meat grinder and dry immediately. I made so young dill umbrellas. First there was the flavor and color - awesome. But now the color has changed to brown and the smell is not very good. I think it should be better with parsley. I'll do it later, before the snow ...

You ferment both berries and wild boars

Girls, and I was laughing right now, instead of the above phrase, I read the following: berries FROM hogs

Yes, a specific product would have turned out ... I just came from a distant forest. I saw these "berries" from wild boars, but no mushrooms and acorns ...

Lyudochka, have you become bolder today, alone in the forest ...

Yeah, I got bold ... Since my husband and I went ...

: girl_haha: well then, definitely brave, my husband has a medal for my husband for supporting your, Lyudochka, interests.

Oh, how tea-making is contagious)) I went to the garden in the morning - I picked 4 packets of leaves)))))) I even found a decent apple tree, and winter varieties do not want to give leaves at all, they are greenish). But the blackberry was stripped to the end.
By the way, did anyone make jasmine leaves?

[flete,]

flete, but teasing is not good, I really hear this all summer, but it's impossible to get used to it (went, narwala ..), and we dried the jasmine flowers so that we could add them to tea later. Tea is capable of absorbing aromas very strongly.
For example, I made vanilla tea this way, put a vanilla pod in a jar of tea and forgot about it for 2 months, you can imagine how it smells now! mmmmmmmmm

[flete]

flete, oh, how contagious ... Once you feel the aroma of tea, and you can't pull away from this business.
And with us everything has already flown. Only the red cherry is worth it. So much for Siberia ...

I've been crying for two days - there are no acorns in our forest. There are oaks, but no acorns.

Lyudochka, you probably don't go there .... have you been in the oaks behind the highway? There were always sea acorns.

Yes, now I drank tea) strawberries with an apple tree - I liked it very much, very much! Thank you very much for such a magical kick to tea making!
And we still have a lot of other things) strawberries, raspberries, rowan, apple, cherry - though not all of them, it’s so green between the neighboring bathhouse and the greenhouse, there are even fresh leaves)) I don’t know how long this beauty will last)

were you behind the highway in the oaks?

Anya, where is the highway? I was opposite the tower in the oaks, in Rekhta, behind Vasya's house, and, well, where all the mushrooms are gathered.

[Lyudochka]

Lyudochka, I'm in shock ... just opposite the tower, across the road (highway), oaks, there were always acorns visible invisible. Maybe the boars did their best? This year there are many of them, we even dug in potatoes.

Anya, there are a lot of wild boars, but there were no acorns at all. There are not even hats on the oaks. And not a single acorn under the oak trees.

Some kind of mysticism.

cataclysm!

Girls, here is my photo report on working with hawthorn fruit fermentation.
A few words:
in previous posts I described my attitude when drying fruits ...... ++++++++
No, you still need to maintain the style and frame your impressions with lace phrases. So. preliminary preparation, processing and drying of these fruits was like a romantic date and preparation for a wedding, with her excitement, doubt, and suddenly nothing will work out and fuss.

But then I brewed the finished "product" into a thermos (1 tbsp. Spoon per 1 liter of water) and held it for 30 minutes at first. I tried .... m .. m .. m .., I think I should leave it for the night ..... In the morning, as soon as I woke up, barefoot on the cold floor, ran up to the "cherished" place on tips, opened the thermos with excitement ...... first sniffed, a veil of a slightly spicy, barely perceptible scent fell on her face. I pour it into a cup, I see the color of young amber, the taste is interesting. slightly sour, but organic with a slight spicy undertone. I am looking for an association: well, of course, how can I tie it all together. This is already serious, this is already family life, correct, strict and measured ...


here is such an amber color ...

The mixture itself looks like this



but then I still decided to grind it in a coffee grinder;
became a little more intense, but not significantly.

To be honest, I do not remember how simply dried fruits are brewed, if I have time to find, dry and check-compare, then I will definitely report back.
I love everyone, thank you.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, You just done!

Girls, here is my photo report on working with hawthorn fruit fermentation.

I read it like the second chapter of a fascinating story. Insanely bright, colorful, and it feels like you yourself are trying this divine drink.

[Tanechka]

Tanechka, the hand does not rise to answer your post in the usual style. I would like to immediately search for the same "lace phrases". Moreover, our tea is more than worthy of them. But let this be your hallmark, because it is not possible to repeat this. Yes, and on the 172nd page of the topic you will not change immediately and suddenly. Although I really want to correspond to the moment. Reading your posts is already a holiday! Thank you very much for the fact that at the essentially prosaic forum we have the opportunity to enjoy high style and beautiful style. I regret that you joined us so late. Otherwise, this holiday would have lasted for the entire tea season. One thing pleases me - this is not our last tea.
Well, some comments about your tea.
You brewed your tea correctly. This is exactly how dried fruits are brewed - in a thermos and for a long time. So that's okay. But to the technology of fermentation of fruits, not leaves, I have a lot of questions. I can name the "friends" and "enemies" of fermentation. Tea is made into tea by the tannins found in the leaves, namely tannins and catechins, as well as phenolic compounds, alkaloids, proteins, essential oils, pectins, enzymes, minerals, etc. The presence of these substances is most similar to the tea leaf. fireweed leaf. The quality of tea depends on the quantitative ratio of these substances. For example, the more tannins, the better the tea. Traditional tea leaves contain 18% tannins. In fireweed - 20%.
What do the fruits of plants contain is a question ... Therefore, no matter how delicious in its essence the process of making tea from fruits, it is probably difficult to achieve the same result as from the leaves. I may be wrong, since I have not studied the topic of fruits. Surely, there are similar substances in fruits. But is that all?
One of the "enemies" of good tea is excess moisture. It simply interferes with the enzymatic processes. For this, the leaves are wilted before rolling. Experiments in India have found that the best tea is obtained with a dry matter to water ratio of 1: 2, that is, the remaining moisture in the leaf should be 60–62%. The fruits contain a lot of moisture - much more than the leaves. And the fruits are dried for a long time. Therefore, I already wrote to you that if the fruits are properly dried, then perhaps you can get something "tea" from them.
Let me summarize. For tea, it is necessary to choose those fruits that contain tannins and dry them by 50 - 60% before fermentation.
Tanya, forgive me, please, that I took apart your delightful lacy phrases. But I really want to get to the bottom of it. I think that if paramed1 and Linadoc join the discussion of these issues, then we will all benefit.
Once again, thank you very much, Tanechka, for your wonderful experiences and posts. It's a pleasure to read them!

Girls, I tasted my teas yesterday
I had this time:
1-Village (with Ivan-tea)
2-Mixture: apple, pear, raspberry, black currant, blackberry (i.e. without Ivan tea)
3- Apple tree.
Of course, the first one is beyond competition (I will try to say in Tatiana's language - a cloud of bright taste and pleasure enveloped me with my head), it turned out only a hint of Tanechkin's statements in a romantic style

by the way, the apple tree is very young, only 2 days old and its aroma confused me a little - a slight taste of FISH
if I'm not mistaken, then someone also once caught this particular scent