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

[Lyudochka]

Rich people drink whatever TEA they like.

Lyudochka, there are already 85 of us Wealthy on the site!

[they don't know how to make tea themselves]

Rich people drink whatever TEA they like.

Allochka, exactly ... Yesterday there were still 84 people. Vote on the sly. When there were 60 people, I thought it was the limit. Then it somehow slowly got to 70. Well, I think that's all. And then up to 80 ... Now 85. Can you imagine if we all get together?
By the way, there is such a movement "Tea Drinkers". There are both in Russia and Ukraine. This is a category of people who are passionate about tea tastes, for whom the tea theme is one of the determining factors in their lifestyle. They create groups in real life and virtual. They have specialized shops, cafes. They have conventions. There is even a movie of the same name. And the song.
There are not so many of us as these people who are bogged down in buying Chinese tea, various gadgets for it. They know how to buy, brew and drink tea in accordance with the traditions of traditional tea consumption. They can do it. They consider themselves a white bone, mostly dismissive of people outside their group. But they don't know how to make tea themselves... Moreover, there is practically no mention of this tea in their groups. So we're cooler anyway. Because we know how to make tea... Even if not yet fully understanding the processes of tea production. But we'll figure it out on the sly. After all, we are nothing together ... And traditions? Tradition is a profitable business. I think that we will have something similar, but kinder ...

I don’t vote because I haven’t made my tea yet.

Picked strawberry leaves today. Decided with preliminary freezing.
It turned out only 150 grams of raw materials - the garden is small. I didn't pick up strawberries at all, I have only 3 square meters of it planted under an apple tree.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, nothing, still vote ...
And a small amount of tea should be fermented in a small container so that the layer is at least 5 cm.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, Thank you. I will try not to screw up the process tomorrow. On the second try I can't get the foliage.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, good luck in making tea !!!

Ludmilawho have already voted 86 !!!

86 it's me

86 it's me

Oksanchik! Even your mood has lifted from your number 86 ... And then Tanya will also vote ... Will we reach 100? Hardly this season. Well, okay ... There will be the next one ...

Of course we will hold out, and not all tea-makers have had tea

I continue to write on the tea topic. this time about bans. These prohibitions were formulated by the Chinese. I think we can listen to them too.

Ten Chinese Tea Prohibitions

In the Chinese tea culture, a view on the harmfulness of tea was formed, and it was expressed in the "Ten Tea Prohibitions".
The first prohibition is tea on an empty stomach.
When you drink strong tea on an empty stomach, the cold nature of tea, penetrating inside, can cool the spleen and stomach, which is like "the penetration of a wolf into the house", in China since ancient times it was advised "not to drink tea on an empty heart."
The second ban is on scalding tea.
Tea that is too hot irritates the throat, esophagus and stomach. Long-term consumption of very hot tea can lead to painful changes in these organs. According to foreign studies, frequent consumption of tea with temperatures above 62 degrees leads to increased vulnerability of the stomach walls and gives symptoms of various stomach diseases. The temperature of the tea should not exceed 56 degrees.
The third ban is on iced tea. While warm and hot tea invigorates, makes consciousness and vision clear, iced tea has side effects: cold stagnation and accumulation of phlegm.
The fourth prohibition - on too strong tea.
The high caffeine and tannin content of strong tea can cause headaches and insomnia.
The fifth ban is for long tea brewing.
If tea is brewed for too long, tea polyphenols and essential oils begin to oxidize spontaneously, which not only deprives the tea of ​​its transparency, taste and aroma, but also significantly reduces the nutritional value of tea due to the oxidation of vitamins C and P, amino acids and other valuable ones contained in tea leaves. substances. In addition, when infused, tea is exposed to the environment, if tea is stewed for a long time in the heat, the content of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) in it significantly increases.
The sixth ban - on multiple brewing... Usually, after the third or fourth infusion, little remains in the tea leaves. Experiments show that the first infusion draws approximately 50% of the beneficial substances from the tea leaves, the second 30%, and the third only about 10%, the fourth infusion adds another 1-3%. If you continue to brew the tea further, then harmful components can also come out into the infusion, since the harmful elements contained in a very small amount in the tea leaves go into the infusion last.
The seventh prohibition - tea before meals.
A large amount of tea, drunk before meals, leads to dilution of saliva, food begins to seem tasteless, in addition, the absorption of protein by the digestive organs may temporarily decrease. Therefore, drink your tea 20-30 minutes before meals.
Prohibition of the eighth - for tea immediately after eating.
Any heavy drink immediately after a meal leads to a significant decrease in the concentration of gastric juice, and this slows down digestion and disrupts the work of all digestive organs. If you want to drink tea after meals, wait 20-30 minutes.
The ninth prohibition is on drinking medicines with tea.
The tannins contained in tea break down to form tannin, from which many medicines sediment and are poorly absorbed. Therefore, the Chinese say that tea destroys medicine.
The tenth ban is for yesterday's tea.
Tea that has stood for a day not only loses vitamins, but also becomes an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. But if the tea has not deteriorated, it can be used for medicinal purposes, but only as an external remedy. So, the tea infused per day is rich in acids and fluoride, which prevent bleeding from the capillaries, so yesterday's tea helps with inflammation of the oral cavity, pain in the tongue, eczema, bleeding gums, superficial skin lesions, abscesses. Washing the eyes with yesterday's tea helps to reduce the discomfort when blood vessels appear in the proteins and after tears, and rinsing the mouth in the morning before brushing your teeth and after eating not only leaves a feeling of freshness, but also strengthens the teeth.

Well, and a picture in the subject:

Of course we will hold out, and not all tea-makers have had tea

It would be good...

Let's make it! I didn't vote either! Because I haven't tasted everything.

Well, try it, Anya! Don't rush ... let's wait ...

Lyudochek, I don’t vote, add me. Yazh wrote that topics with voting on the tablet are stretched into blue 2/3 pages, on each page, and this is annoying. So 86 + Gabi will be 87.

Vikulya, I remembered your tablet. Only a little different arithmetic - Oksana (86) + Tatiana + Anya + you = 89. Oh! quite a bit to 100 left ...

[Vika]

Omela, congratulations on the new cups, let them serve for a long time. Doesn't the cup get very hot? I once bought a glass one and couldn't drink - it was hot.

Vika, Thank you. The cup does not heat up, because the glass is thick. Today I went, I wanted to buy more to the dacha, but there weren't any. And they didn't like them.

Clearly Omela, but your cups are cooler, in the sense of prettier.

Lyudok, there is nothing left to a hundred.Lyudochek, who do we count, who liked the tea? Or who did it? If you liked it, then I and my daughter.

and who do we count, who liked the tea? Or who did it?

Vikulya, we consider those who liked what tea. But you can vote with one nickname only once. Now, if your daughter registers on the forum, then she can vote.

And they didn't like them.

Ksyusha, and it is correct that they did not like it. I had 5 of them - for each family member. There was only one left. Moreover, I broke all of them. Of course, not on purpose, but somehow it so happened that the arm came across by chance. This despite the fact that I do not break dishes at all. I was not very upset, because it was very difficult.

I have such cups, fishman

Written for broth. We drink tea. 500 ml One has already been broken.

Tanyusha, cool cups! And what I broke was luckily.
I didn't worry at all about my broken ones. Only then I had to buy a new one for the one whose cup I broke. Therefore, I have practically no tea sets in my house. except for one, French. Yes, it is not breakable either. But I rarely use it, since it is very small dishes. I have these cups in the photo in the recipes.

Broke the grandson. Then another - from a different set. I think that by the age of two it will be possible to make a service from the cups he breaks.
I would like the omen to work!

Tanya, what beautiful cups, and I want the same. I don’t have a liter mug, my half-liter broke, of course, fortunately, lately I have bothered to buy myself a large cup for tea, but so far I don’t see anything suitable that I would like.

[Tea site]

Girls, I am now reading website one about tea. That's what it's called - "Tea site". Here 🔗
So much useful information for us. Of course, only traditional tea is written there. But in our tea there is a main sign of whether it is possible to make tea from scent. This is the presence of tannins in the leaves. Ivan tea contains even more of these substances than some varieties of the tea bush - up to 30%. There are tannins in cherries, black chops, apple trees, pears. Now I'm always looking for the composition of plant leaves when girls ask about some new scent. So this information can be safely transferred to our tea.
And there are also notes from Nikolai Monakhov, an employee of the Abkhaz tea company. His notes are very valuable as he tries to reproduce the famous pu-erh teas by hand. Here - 🔗... So if you follow his experience, then you can create pu-erh from fireweed. Much becomes clear about our tea. Now it seems to me that our technology needs to be slightly changed. I will not write now. Firstly, maybe I'm wrong - first you need to test your thoughts in practice next season. Secondly, maybe some of you will also read and find these nuances that we did not take into account this year. Then my thoughts will be confirmed. And you can safely experiment next year.

[Gaby]

Gaby, here is the directory 🔗 ... They only work with Moscow and the region, I can't say anything about Ukraine - is there a representative office at all.
Cups of pleasant bed shades. But for those who love ceramics - thick walls.

Lyuda, I read it. One thing I can say is that they won't push me to a three-week fermentation. This is how many containers should be around the house if you collect a kilogram of leaves every day ... But you can try wetting. This year I once sprinkled fireweed leaves, they were very dry, fermented for 18 hours. No special differences were found during tasting. Maybe try increasing the fermentation time to 72 hours while wetting the leaves. At my leisure, I will look for what it is fraught with in terms of chemistry. Fortunately, there is a lot of time.

I would like the omen to work!

When the dishes break, you must say: "Fortunately." And then everything will be exactly like this.

[Veronica]

This is how many containers should be around the house if you collect a kilogram of leaves every day ...

Veronica, why put a new container every day? You can try on one or two parties.

At my leisure, I will look for what it is fraught with from the point of view of chemistry. There is a lot of time.

It would be great! Look! You as a specialist can analyze this. I also read a lot about tea now. Interesting!!!

Sure you may. But imagine, if you like it - endless rows of pots, bowls, and on each sticker with detailed data ... No, they will definitely not understand me and will treat me kindly and carefully, so as not to disturb me again, looking at each other sympathetically ...
It’s interesting to try. Precisely, our company will work out almost 100 people (and I think that there are still secret tea-makers who have not shown themselves on the site, but are sculpting for themselves on the sly) some stunning technology! Everyone, to sleep, to sleep, grandchildren went to all parts of the body all evening today ...

But imagine, if you like - endless rows of pots, bowls, and on each sticker with detailed data ...

And there will be a bad smell for some time ... So you need a separate warm room for this tea. Well, okay, while we theoretically make tea ...

Everybody, sleep, sleep,

Good night, Veronica ...

Well, here's a separate room ... What is it, to build an extension at the dacha again ?! And you can vacate a place in my personal shed ... We will work on it!

We will work on it!

We will definitely!
Oh, and we are already 88 ... Voices are being actively added today! Thank you girls ...

[Ludmila]

I continue to write on the tea topic. this time about bans.

Ludmila, thanks a lot for this stuff. It's a pity that my son has already left, every morning he drank tea on an empty stomach and suffered (although I told him about it), but after switching to homemade tea, he felt better.

[Alla]

Alla, to your health! I am glad that I liked the information. I will continue to try to spread useful information. Tell your son by phone. I wish him good health. And you too. By the way, how are you feeling?

I am now reading a website about tea. That's what it's called - "Site about tea"

Took the site in notes, so much necessary and useful information for us. I wonder when I'll go to bed today.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, my health is improving, I shouldn't be upset. And here on Tuesday my husband got sick, and everything immediately affected me.

[Alla]

Alla, there is so much information that you can't overcome it in a day. I've been reading for days. So you won't be able to read it today. Nothing, we have a lot of time until next season. We will have time to read.

my health is improving, I shouldn't be upset. And here on Tuesday my husband got sick, and everything immediately affected me.

Allochka, well, why did your family take it !? I, too, can not be calm when someone close to me is sick. Well, like many ... I hope that everything will pass soon. I wish my husband to get better sooner! And you calm down!

Lyudochka, everything is fine with my husband, today I even went hunting, though there were more hunters than game. I walk away for a long time, he is a fiery sign, and I am earthly.

everything is fine with my husband

Well, thank God ... Hunting is the best medicine for a hunter. And nothing that there is little game. My husband says that he does not go fishing for fish, but fishing ... Apparently, hunters also ...

There is a lot of information on that site. It is necessary to read for a long time and thoughtfully.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, yes, there is a lot of information and everything is very interesting. After reading some of the tabs, I do not close ... To return later ...

There was no home for a day (in the sense of here), but there are already so many new things! Lyuda changed the avka, I read a familiar syllable, dear, but the picture is not ours !? They began to reckon, we got into the chemical jungle, we must, we must, soon a new season (some still have this one, lucky ones !!), we will make new teas, although for me there is still nothing better than fireweed, how it saves! The mood did not go very well, I brewed myself, my beloved, sat, meditated, aha! It became better! I went on to move, not brains, so take your hands! Thank you for being there, and Lyudochka is special for organizing and leading the TEA MAFIA !!!

Lyudmila so fascinated us all here with making homemade tea (and united) that it is impossible to stop. Since there is nothing to make tea yet, I began to look for all the information about him. And I read about Chinese and about reviews about it, manufacturing. A lot of interesting.And it turns out that we are not the only ones who are addicted to tea here

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- ours is better. I was also interested in the Chinese way of brewing tea - no one brewed like that? I want to try.

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And it's just interesting how they do it

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, I regret not found a video about the manufacture. Sorry, I wrote a lot.

[lappl1]

lappl1, beautiful avatar

Lyudochka changed the avka, I read a familiar syllable, dear, but the picture is not ours !?

beautiful avatar

Lena, Oksana, thank you girls! I also like this ava. The main thing is that there is a cup of tea ...

we climbed into the chemical jungle, it is necessary, it is necessary, soon the new season, we will make new teas, although for me there is still nothing better than fireweed, how it saves!

Helen, and I think fireweed is a panacea. And the jungle ... So they will better help you understand the nature of tea in general and make ours even better.

I was not at home for a day (I mean here),

Helen, dear, thank you for considering our theme home. It's so nice !

[natushka]

Since there is nothing to make tea yet, I began to look for all the information about him. And I read about Chinese and about reviews about it, manufacturing. A lot of interesting. And it turns out that we are not the only ones who are addicted to tea here

natushkawhat a fine fellow! Right! We all need to read as much as possible now about tea in order to be so savvy in the new season so that our tea becomes even better.

And it turns out that we are not the only ones who are addicted to tea here

Well done man! It can be seen that the same "sick tea" as we are. He has very beautiful tea! It's great that there are such people. Thanks to such healthy, tasty, and, most importantly, tea from our plants , will become more widespread. If only we could lure him here ... The benefit would be mutual ...

I was also interested in the Chinese way of brewing tea - no one brewed like that? I want to try.

Yes, this is very interesting, because it the right way to brew loose leaf tea... For him, the tea-lovers have a set of special utensils and accessories. Of course, you can do without them, the main thing is to follow the principles. Then the tea will be tastier and more aromatic.

Sorry, I wrote a lot.

natushka, and I love it when a lot .. Thank you for sharing information!

Lyudochka, with a new avatar, I immediately noticed the cup.

with a new avatar

Thank you, Vikulya!

I immediately noticed the cup

our person ! A cup of tea is the main thing ...