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

she confused me a little - a slight taste of FISH

Yes, Checkmark, we have already figured out why the smell of fish is obtained. This is due to the underdevelopment of the leaves. Excess moisture oxidizes the protein in the leaves (fish, protein - from the same opera). I remember that you sin by not drying the leaves. And I'm pretty sure it was granulated tea. Because leaf tea is difficult to get a lot of juice and, as a result, fish smell.
Glad the rest of the tea is good! Congratulations .

No, Lyudochka, wilted properly, everything is according to science, but it was granulated tea, you are right. No, I hope that it will also be the "right" tea when it stands. I went to dry the blackberry))

[Stirlitz]

Stirlitz, Tatyana, I studied the composition of hawthorn fruits. I quote:

The biochemical composition of fruits of different hawthorn species is somewhat different, but in general they contain 4-11% sugars (mainly fructose), 0.26-0.93% malic acid, 60-180 mg% triterienic acids, 0.59-0.61% pectin, 0.84-1.73% tannins and dyes, about 3.4% coumarins, including oxycoumarins, which reduce the prothrombin index. In addition, they contain up to 25 mg% ascorbic acid, 380-680 mg% vitamin P, 2-14 mg% carotene, and in some species up to 5% vitamin E. Dried fruits are rich in sorbitol (up to 22.5%), and in Central Asia, when ground, they are added to the dough of flat cakes.

Bold highlighted those substances that are in tea. Note that hawthorn contains 0.84 - 1.73% tannins. In the tea leaf - 18%, in Ivan tea - 20%. Let me remind you that it is tannin (tanning agent) that gives the effect that is obtained during fermentation of tea leaves. The more tannin, the better the tea. Feel what is called the difference.
Well, there are no other substances necessary for fermentation of tea leaves, for example, phenolic compounds, alkaloids ... either ... Maybe that's why they don't make tea from fruits?
Sorry, Tanya! It turns out that I almost beat you on the hands ... In no case! I am very interested in your experience. I think about him a lot now. And before I thought about adding some semi-dried berries to tea. I just think that through joint efforts we will come to an ideal result.

I went to dry the blackberry))

Checkmark, magical sensations to you!
Yesterday I dried clean cherries (the leaves were in the freezer for 1.5 months). Moreover, it was drying in the house. Before that, all the tea was dried on the veranda. So, until now, the house smells of cherries. Crazy smell!
By the way, my tired of bullying email. the meat grinder coped with these leaves with a bang - it didn't even groan. That's what long-term freezing does!

Girls, I walked around my site and could not understand for almost a week - it smells like tea. Then I realized that the entire area was littered with leaves (apple, pear, plum, rosehip, viburnum, currant ...). They are dry, freeze at night, thaw during the day. Natural fermentation turned out! Take a rake and brew tea!

Lyudochka, so what's the matter ??? Wheelbarrow in hand and forward

forward to the market))), they will ask what you have: Tea!

Wheelbarrow in hand and forward

As if they were not suspected of trading in spice.

Lyudochka, so what's the matter ??? Wheelbarrow in hand and forward

And I can't collect them yet. On a manual meat grinder she worked her hand so hard that while she does not want to shovel, take a pitchfork and a rake. So a little later I will have many, many tea leaves ...

As if they were not suspected of trading in spice.

mind you, but finally the grass will say suspicious ...until they figure out what's what, while we all stand up, years will pass

dried the blackberry .... succeeded, mmmmmm

Checkmark, I'm very glad! Congratulations !

It's so interesting and beautiful in the topic, you read it like a novel.
My son and granddaughter are visiting me, we all drink tea and rejoice, and only he alone smells like fish. I wonder why?

[Alla]

Alla, yes, a riddle with this fish ... Tell your son that you made pu-erh tea - elite tea. All pu-erhs smell like fish. Connoisseurs and lovers of traditional tea know this. Mistletoe will confirm. She also loves this fish.
you have such cool avatars. Change them often. But we will immediately recognize you in any guise. And I installed mine from the bulldozer, but I don't like it. I want to change too ...

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, the son is very fat, and in "Health" Elena Malysheva says that the fat ones do not feel the taste and smell. Maybe it's connected with this.

you have such cool avatars

I liked changing the avatars, how the new dress changed. My granddaughter taught me how to insert a photo, we urgently need to remove the teas and add them to the topic.

I liked changing the avatars, how the new dress changed.

I like this LJ - I like the Live Journal. There, the avatars are called userpics. You can have 10 of them. If you change our avatar, it changes in all previous messages. And in LJ, you can put a new userpic on any message and the previous ones remain with the one with which it was written ...

My granddaughter taught me how to insert a photo, we urgently need to remove the teas and add them to the topic.

Well done granddaughter! We will wait for your photos.

in "Health" Elena Malysheva says that overweight do not feel taste and smell.

Oh, this Malysheva ... I have special feelings for her. I will not voice them, so as not to offend someone inadvertently ...

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.

Yes, I agree. This is probably impossible. I was expecting something unusual, but (I will not say unfortunately) everything is very usual, I think that you shouldn't bother, but the leaves are a completely different matter.
Girls. Thank you very much for your feedback, I noticed that making tea awakens literary abilities ...

Lyudochka, on this I will probably end the tea season
Another time has come to invite friends and treat them to tea, and they will never guess what they are drinking

Natural fermentation turned out! Take a rake and brew tea!

I walked in the park today. Mostly maples grow there, very beautiful. So I also caught this aroma of spicy leaves, I confess in my head, too, the thought was the same.

I was not able to go to the dacha this weekend, for the first time in 6 years, my grandfather was probably ill
but by the way, today I dried a 700gr blackberry jar, oh how!

I have a lot of leaves in the freezer, but I don't have time to finish the tea yet.
Girls, and there are a lot of us "tea-makers", 64 people have already voted in the topic.

Checkmark, I'm close to that too. There are strawberries left. All normal people have already processed it, and I keep making tea ... And there are also apple trees and fireweed in the freezer. So it's time to take stock and display photos of your stocks.

[Alla]

Girls, and there are a lot of us "tea-makers", 64 people have already voted in the topic.

Alla, this figure warms my soul too ...

[francevna]

francevnawhat an avatar ...

Another time has come to invite friends and treat them to tea, and they will never guess what they are drinking

After such a tea party, be prepared to receive them often.
Eh, about one thing I only regret that I stumbled upon this branch late. it is a pity that only 300 gr. to make tea, now I use it like black caviar, one might say almost secretly, I don’t treat anyone to it anymore, so I became such a greedy person.

I walked in the park today. There mostly maples grow, very beautiful. So I also caught this aroma of spicy leaves, I confess in my head, too, the thought was the same.

Now tea will pursue us everywhere ... I will not be surprised if in the winter cold we "catch" some cherry aroma ...

Ha! you can safely add 2 more people to this figure, they simply did not register here, but a clear instruction was carried out and they can also boast of their reserves, like this !!! during this season I have involved a lot of 2 people on the trail. season according to plan 3 people.

I will not be surprised if in the winter cold we "catch" some cherry aroma ...

yeah, from the chimney

now I use it like black caviar, one might say almost secretly, I don’t treat anyone to it anymore, so I became such a greedy person.

Not surprising ... 300 grams is, one might say, nothing ...

[Stirlitz]

Stirlitz, Tanechka, can I come to visit you? (right now let's check if greedy is really)

700g jar, oh how!

Check mark! These are the quantities ... 700 gr. - this is a couple of packed bags of fresh leaves ... And where did you find so many black chops?

for the first time in 6 years, my grandfather probably got sick

Let the grandfather get well soon. Solder it with fireweed tea with honey fireweed ...

Tanya, can I come to visit you? (right now let's check if greedy is really)

Galya, I also wanted to ask for it, only not for tea, but with my own tea ...

I also missed a lot, the spring-summer work slowed down, I studied theory all winter and when I already made my first tea at the end of June, I came across this topic.
But I believe that I have made up for lost time, but the truth of Ivan-tea could have been prepared even more, but I have a 3-liter jar in its pure form and that's it!

I also wanted to ask for it, only not for tea, but with my own tea ...

so I'm greedy too))))), though liter 2 probably already hated

And in general, girls, do not relax. We will invent and make gift wrapping for our tea. My son has already bought all kinds of cardboard and napkins for boxes. Only I don't know how to make these boxes yet. Yes, and there is no time yet. I'll deal with the garden, with the processing of vegetables and apples, then I'll start the boxes.

and my son gave me different packages, about the same as the ones in which they sell tea, so I'm almost ready for gifts, but I'll look at your work with pleasure)

eyes close, right now I'll have another tea and go buy bye, Derevensky !!! Come on in a cup, it's already brewed. Tanya, and you rake
By the way, today I was worn out with the black chokeberry, probably I already ruined the knife in the meat grinder and it didn’t spin at all, I made a sheet.

liter 2 probably already handed

I liters 7. Still need to be sent by mail - across Russia and the CIS. I don't know how the post office will react to this. Will they take it for spice?
We tried to find out by mail, but they didn't even want to hear the question. Sent to the Internet - to study the rules of sending. I studied, did not understand anything. Girls, who knows? Can our tea be sent to the CIS?

and my son gave me different packages, about the same as the ones in which they sell tea, so I'm almost ready for gifts, but I'll look at your work with pleasure)

Eh, nooo! Handmade tea. And the packaging must match.
okay, Checkmark, Spock of the night ...

Today I was worn out with the black chokeberry, probably I already ruined the knife in the meat grinder and it didn’t spin in any way, I made a sheet.

My cherry also clogged the meat grinder. But after deep freezing, the cherry went like clockwork ...

I sit like a fool and smell today's black chokeberry in a bank
chiki chiki I seem to have become

I pressed it very much in a meat grinder and it came out well, very juicy, with a rich aroma

Not too early, you put her in the bank. Anyuta noticed that tea that did not go through the bagging stage did not smell as it should (fish ???)

for technical reasons, I poured it into the jar, but did not close it (my grandfather sleeps in my tea room), tomorrow I will put it in a bag

Well, then I will calmly sleep too ... And then I was worried about your tea ...

I’m doing everything according to science, I experimented at first, then I realized that I should not deviate from the rules and I will be HAPPINESS))))

Clever girl!

But what I do from "gag", so I always cut "bobs" before fermentation

Well, this is not a gag, but an ingenious discovery. So don't be shy. Now I advise everyone to do this.