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

[flete]

flete, and there is nothing to think about - of course, to rip off ... And, maybe, there is something else for raspberries.
20.5 liters of tea is a very decent result! Congratulations !

Thank you) Probably, I'll rip off) maybe there are still strawberries ...)
Thank you very much for this topic and for the knowledge that you shared - that's really, before that I read how many times about Koporye tea and did not even try - how incomprehensible everything was described. And to make from other leaves, but such a miracle did not occur to my head)
Low bow to you and all the best!

[flete]

flete, to your health! Thank you very much for your wishes! And I wish you all the best! May this year (until the new season) be warm and cozy with our tea. And next year I wish you to prepare not 20.5 liters, but at least 20.5 kg ...

Thank you)) My family members are already grabbing their heads)) What a maniac with this tea) In principle, if you don't give out tea much, then it will be enough oh, how long ...)
And exactly next year, if the Gods give me, I will rip off the whole irga - so I liked tea from it!)

My family members are already grabbing their heads)) what a maniac with this tea) In principle, if you don't distribute tea much, then it will be enough oh, how long ...)

Never mind, next year the family will look at this hobby, to put it mildly, through their fingers ... And tea, really, should be enough ...

And exactly next year, if the Gods give me, I will rip off the whole irga - so I liked tea from it!)

And I learned about Irga late this year. Until the girls from the topic poked their noses at her. By the way, she is growing near Anyuta-Anyuta73's house. While I figured out what's what, the sparrows have done away with all the leaves. I only managed to make one game. next year, you need to start making irga early, until the berries for the sparrows are ripe.

)) That's right - berries for sparrows) By the way, dried irga is very useful - and it can be added to tea. And we have a lot of young growth - they removed one large bush, if I may say so - there are also many trunks, so there were a lot of growths in this place by autumn and clean - the sparrows had fun on the big one. In combination with cherries, it turned out to be just a fabulous tea ...

I picked black chokeberries the next day after frost at 14 * C, they were still frozen, but they were weak and did not knit at all. And now I'm going to brew irgu, I have it for 2.5 months, it's time to try.

Aha ... everything is fabulous with cherries ... I'll try to make cherries and irga together ...

Collected blackberry berries the next day after frost at 14 * C

Lina, what are you doing with the blackberry berries? I can also collect it. It is still hanging ... And after the frost, I collected an ordinary, red mountain ash. Now I will sort it out. I'll try to make some jam ...

I keep it frozen. Then either in a compote, or in a casserole, or in some kind of cake. And generally so to eat. A jam I have already done.

here it is, tea from irgi:

the taste of mono tea is mild, slightly bitter, slightly tart. The aftertaste is long, reminiscent of the taste of a mixture of black and green teas. As mono tea is not very good, it can go in mixtures.

I keep it frozen. Then either in a compote, or in a casserole, or in some kind of cake. And generally so to eat. And I've already made the jam.

Lina, I saw your jam! Even unsubscribed in that topic. But I didn’t do it ... There are still apples and blackberries. Maybe I will.

here it is, tea from irgi:

ABOUT! Thank you for showing the photo and sharing your impressions. Tomorrow I will brew too ...

And they brought me raspberry leaves from the dacha, but somehow they are dry, withered, I put them in the freezer, once, we are doing repairs in the kitchen after the explosion of lingonberries. Someone promised to help ... invite ... to tea!

raspberry leaves from the cottage, but they are somehow dry, withered

Lena, the raspberry leaves have been dry for 3 months already. But after twisting with something, even nothing turns out.

Someone promised to help ... invite ...

I'm like Pavlik Morozov ... I rent this someone - our checkmark ...

The leaves were not dry, do not forget that we had rainy summer and autumn, they plucked their ice cream, kept them on the balcony, and in the package they were dry. There is nothing to twist with, we have knee-deep snowdrifts. As for Galina, I remember how she calmed down somewhere, guarding her bourgeois tea reserves. Oh, definitely: dispossession! Ay, Galinka!

Left ... to the kitchen ... I

The leaves were not dry

Maybe ... But the raspberry leaves themselves are dry. Even in the rainy season and early summer. Therefore, we began to twist it with something.
Helen, we are mentally with you and your kitchen ...

we do repairs in the kitchen after the explosion of lingonberries. Someone promised to help ...

Yes, nooo, mulberry, I'm already putting on a fur coat (like a Fox from a fairy tale), and my older child, when I read him a fairy tale, said: I'm dressing, getting dressed, already putting on tights

so she calmed down somewhere, guarding her bourgeois reserves of tea.

And how could it be otherwise .... yesterday I twisted the "last" packet of leaves ... eeehhh, although I'm not sure if this is the last
So I stand with a gun on guard, (Recovering: Lenochka, then I won't come to you ...)

we have knee-deep snowdrifts

Lena, then you'd better come to us, we have +12, and we will make repairs ... in winter

So it’s winter, it’s freezing at around 20, there is a lot of snow, we’ll go skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, and, well, it’s an entot repair. (We just have a dad in a hospital in Tomsk, so my son and I will do just a cosmetic , with a floor screed, etc., because after growing up, Elm was gnawed and torn off oh how much, but as they say, a person assumes, but God ...)

a speedy recovery to dad !!! Nooo, Lenochka, to us, to us !! we are collecting more leaves
Winter ... brrr ... I studied in Arkhangelsk for 5 years, got frozen there, not hachuuu

I'm like Pavlik Morozov ... I rent this someone - our checkmark

Lyudmila, what are you traitor radish, and who will guard the stocks ?? It's almost gold !!

Don't, Checkmark! Not a radish ... I just have a good memory ... And to guard ...? So give grandfather a gun. The one with which you stand on guard ...

Yes, my grandfather is a former forester, a hunter! In the couch he had a gun for a long time, and for some reason it was not registered, then, thank God, he gave it to someone. But you take it, put it in the car, go to the registration area, and they will stop you ... then prove that you are not a terrorist

The stocks must be watched for sure, otherwise there were a lot of hunters before my stocks. I haven't prepared that much. Last year, I drank almost all the tea alone, so it was enough for me for a year, and now how did all the sentries taste ...

Anya, everyone

Well, now my husband called from Tomsk, the tests came from Novosibirsk, what I was afraid of, tomorrow the operation. Lord, how is he there without me, and I'm already poking around here, everywhere, they don't cook their brains, at least take their hands. I'm going to defrost the refrigerator. Moreover, it is necessary to call his relatives. or not? Damn, I can't figure it out

Helen, honey, I hug you !!!! Everything will be fine!! Believe it !!!! All the tea-maniacs are with you !!!
You see how many of us!

All the tea-maniacs are with you !!!

I support!
Everything will be fine, Lena! And call his relatives, they should be aware of.

Helen, I wish dad a speedy recovery! And pull yourself together, drink some tea ... Everything will be fine! We are with you ! And let's pray for dad!

I don't even know how to pray

It doesn't matter, Lena, you know how, you don't know how, the main thing is to do a lot of good deeds in life. Often, very pious people commit completely disgusting deeds, and people who have never been to church do so much good for others! Whom does God love more ??? In, in !! and we have only good and kind people here, including you !! So the main thing is to believe, hope and be patient !!
I hug!

I don't even know how to pray

Lena, in her own words, coming from my heart! It's enough!

Helen, everything will be fine! The main thing is to believe in this, and we really will support everything. The Lord cannot help but hear when so many people ask him for a successful outcome

[Lyudochka]

Lyudochka, that's all .... wait for a visit on Friday I'll come to the tasting we'll have a gathering

Uraaaaaaaaa! I'm already waiting, Anya! Come!

What can I say to you girls? I dried the last batch yesterday, yes, yes, the last. The leaf is very dry, the fermentation was very bad, it was dry, but when it dried the smell was excellent. And when I went to bed, and this is from the kitchen through the corridor and a large room, the smell was already in the bedroom.

and also in secret I want to tell you about the undeniable benefits of our tea, we have been drinking Village for a month now and you know .. how to say ... I noticed a regularity in a very intimate question

I dried the last batch yesterday, yes, yes, the last.

Rest now, Galochka, with a cup of our tea ... Tune in for the next season.

and I also want to tell you a secret about the undeniable benefits of our tea

What a good secret you gave us ... I am very happy for you, your loved ones and for those who have not yet shared their secrets with us ... I am sure that they have the same result.

Lyuda, this is a little bit different from what you thought, I meant the bowel function

Lyudochka, good afternoon! And I decided to try it again with tea, I promised that I wouldn’t, all my options smelled like brooms (I already wrote about this), and yesterday such wonderful weather was, simple heaven, things like everything on the street had already been done by winter , so it began quickly this year, even -15 was one night, now the roses had to be opened again, it's warm, but why, I walked past the strawberries, they are so green, alive, as if there were no frosts, I wonder if they were freezing? Miracles are direct, -15, and she is alive (leaves), well, I dug in, cut the leaves, and still a little bit of raspberries, also lively. Has dried up, now I will go to twist in a meat grinder, granules, Lyudochka, ferment for 4-6 hours? I need to wrap something up or not, otherwise I'm already afraid to do something wrong, the temperature in the house is 23g. Girls, keep your fists for me, so I want to get a taste like yours caramel, honey, etc., and not brooms. Although I drink tat (but only myself, my husband refused) I even like it, the original one, maybe not quite brooms, like a berry (fireweed), the village is still a little easier. Well, everything, I went to twist!

I'm not Lyudochka, but about fermentation: 23 in an apartment is not enough (IMHO). After scrolling in a meat grinder, I put everything in a PE bag, cover it with a damp paper towel, tie the bag loosely and put it on the stove in which something is baking in the oven. (if the stove is electric and you don't feel like driving the oven, you can use a heating pad on a low heat). As my practice has shown, the best and most aromatic tea is obtained at a fermentation temperature of 30-35 degrees and a time of 4-5-6 hours (we follow the aroma). Apparently there, like in yogurt, bacteria live better in warmth.

Lyudochka! The other day I tried summer actinidia. The tea turned out to be quite good. I looked like high-quality Soviet black in color, aroma and taste. So soft, unobtrusive, and without bitterness. Quite good in a solo version, but for lovers of something brighter, you can add extras to enhance the aroma, any will blend with it.

[Oksana]

Lyudochka, ferment for 4-6 hours? I need to wrap something up or not, otherwise I'm already afraid to do something wrong, the temperature in the house is 23g. Girls, keep your fists for me, so I want to get a taste like yours caramel, honey, etc., and not brooms.

Oksana, everything will work out, I'm sure! You can ferment strawberries for 8 hours. And the temperature is normal. But I still wrap it up, because due to oxidative processes during fermentation, sufficient heat is released. And the blankets / jackets keep it.
Here is a quote from a book about traditional tea production. Although we make tea from the leaves of not the tea bush, the bacteria that ferment, I think, are the same.

The fermentation room is usually located on the north side of the factory so that direct sunlight cannot enter and can be maintained relatively low temperature and high relative humidity.
A high relative humidity must be maintained to avoid drying out of the leaf, as well as to ensure that fermentation takes place more evenly, as a result of which the tea boils down better and the infusion is brighter.
The optimal temperature for the fermentation process should be considered 22-26 °C. Below 15 ° C, the fermentation process stops, at a temperature of 15–20 ° C its beginning is noted, above 30 ° C part of the soluble fermentation products that give strength and "body" to the infusion becomes insoluble, while the pleasant aroma of tea is lost.

so want to get a taste like yours caramel, honey, etc., and not brooms.

To taste honey-caramel, you need to "fry" the tea at the beginning of drying. I do this at a temperature of 130 - 150 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. Then I lower it to 90 - 100 degrees for 40 minutes, and then I dry it at 60 *. The main thing here is that the layer is not very thick - no more than 1 cm. Well, and stir constantly so that the tea does not burn out from below.

Girls, keep your fists for me

Ksyusha, I'm already holding it! Good luck!

Lyuda, this is a little bit different from what you thought, I meant the bowel function

So I thought about it ...

[Irochka]

The other day I tried summer actinidia. The tea turned out to be quite good. I looked like high-quality Soviet black in color, aroma and taste.

Irochka, the quality Soviet tea was very good. Only it was difficult to get it. So, we will assume that actinidia (who would tell me what it is...) got the credit. Maybe we can grow it? We need to look for information about her. But someone made tea from it too. In my opinion, Lina.

The best and most aromatic tea was obtained at a fermentation temperature of 30-35 degrees and a time of 4-5-6 hours.

I completely agree. My tea also ferments at this temperature. And if we heat the bathhouse, I put it in the bathhouse at night (from 12 am to 7 am). It's warm and humid there, just right. And I run there and send it to the dryer. Tea did not disappoint)))

that actinidia (who would tell me what it is ...) got credit. Maybe we can grow it?

Lyudochka, who is actinidia, you can look in the net, but it grows in the Far East in the wild. Very useful and vitamin stuff. In appearance and in taste, the berry is tasty, similar to a small kiwi (only bald). Wildly prickly liana, does not require shelter for the winter (frosts at 15-25 degrees she does not care), so that maybe it grows with you. The only thing, she is dioecious, wind-pollinated, that is, it is necessary to plant both a woman and a peasant. And all the roots, bark, leaves, berries and tea are useful for her! Universal Soldier!

in our St. Petersburg actinidia is growing too.

[Irochka]

Irochka, Thank you ! I already looked at this UNIVERSAL SOLDIER ... She needs to be planted for her beauty alone. And if you make tea, then it has no price. It is necessary to ask our seedlings sellers in the spring. They love to sell exotic. They have several hectares of land occupied by all sorts of beautiful bushes. And they sell everything. 2 years ago I bought 11 bushes from them. All got accustomed. but still small.

Lena Kadieva doesn't write anything ... how is she doing!
Helen, why am I guarding my supplies here and refused to come to your aid, I felt ashamed. You can take them with you
Lena, all the very best to you !!!