Ivan-tea "Fluffy" (from immature seed bolls)

Tanyusha, well, don't call me "you", really please! We are all here already on the board! I just want to make more tea, different things - children, grandchildren, other relatives ... And I want to make a new one even more!

[paramed1]

paramed1, I forgot something, Veronique, I'm sorry, pzhlst
It's just that, apparently, your words "I schedule time for business" made me stretch out to the string and address with all respect.
I envy, honestly, because nothing happens to me on schedule, it didn't work out, but it's a pity

How many boxes have you dried?

Veronica, you can count ..... spread the hours at 8 pm, and to do the beginning at 10 - 11 the next day, it means 14 -15 hours.

Today I went to "spree" again in half, only returned at 10 o'clock, but with the prey I determined everything to wither, tomorrow I will do it again. Painfully, I liked this gull, the taste and smell are STUNNING.

[paramed1]

Luda, Anya, how many boxes have you dried? Like leaves or not? I schedule time for business, a lot of things ... I really want to start creating new tea in the morning.

paramed1, VeronicaI didn’t dry the boxes at all, but Anya got 15 hours. I was afraid that they would open during drying. But as it turned out, she was afraid in vain. I picked up a batch of boxes tonight and put them on wither. I'll do it tomorrow for lunch.

Lyudmila many thanks for your work and desire to share invaluable experience with us.

TataThank you very much for following my recipes. I am very glad that with my recipe I prolonged the pleasure of making tea.

And I saw early in the morning, I live all day, I rejoice at the new opportunities of Ivanushka! Lyudochka, you are such a fine fellow, you do not even understand this yourself! She opened the whole world to many people!

Rada-dms, Olyushka, hello! How glad I am that you looked into my recipe! I know how much you respect Ivan Chai. I would be very glad if you succeed in making it. Thank you, dear, for such kind words addressed to me. I am very pleased to hear them from you.

Lyudochka, dear, I am also in shock !!! Can we give you the title of professor ?? May God grant you health, you are our dear. You should patent your research

Galchonok, Thank you ! Get out of the shocks and do Fuzzy .... But we will not patent. Let's just be glad that we learned Ivan tea from a new angle.

A tiny seed contains all the power of the plant! There is a concentrate of life! And to show all the beauty of a plant - you need to be able to grow it. And to reveal its true taste hidden in the seed - you need to be able to extract it! How little we value what nature gives, and how much more we can discover! This is not tea, this is the elixir of life!

Vasyutka, beautifully said. And everything is so true! How good that we now know how to prepare such an elixir!

[Galya]

And I also want to say about the color of the stems and seed pods in Ivan's tea. I came to the conclusion that it does not depend on the acidity of the soil, but on the amount of sun, we have bare fields and only one sun around us. And Ivan tea stands there like a warrior in endless fields, with strong red stems and pink boxes)), and in the shade they are all greenish.

Galya, I will not argue, because you are a specialist! But someone in the Gazebo told me that the red color of the stems is from the acidic soil. I then showed the photo. Too lazy to look, otherwise I would have quoted. And how to understand that red and green willow tea grow in exactly the same conditions (sun) twenty meters from each other? It's just that in one place there was a potato field, and in the other - a natural meadow.one place is constantly scorched in the spring to burn dry grass, while the other remains untouched? In general, I will remove this moment from the recipe ...

Here guests came to our dacha, so he brewed teas at 6 !!!! different teapots and regaled the guests with tea and a story about Lyudmila, who taught him Lyudmila to make SUCH tea! Hurry up the weekend ..., it's itching in my hands, well, hold on Ivanushka ...

Lucilia, Luda, thank you, dear! Give my regards to your husband! I am pleased that my name is also remembered by a stranger to me. And he rejoices, treating guests with your-our tea. About teapots .... This is a sore point for me. I just can't find myself a decent teapot. So many different, but the best tea is obtained in a thermos or a liter mug ...

[Veronica]

I can tell you this. Last year, in August, I continued to pick fireweed leaves, and the boxes got there. Well, they didn't bother me at all!

Veronica, and I always tried to tear the leaves so that the boxes did not fall. Eh, if only you hinted at that last year. maybe they would have started doing Fuzzy earlier.

Lyudochka, a miracle is you and thank you for sharing your talent!

Our Lyudochka lappl1 for a long time for us Teacher, Grachev was not standing by.

marina-mm, musyanya, Marina, Luda, you say that about me, thank you, dear ones. I wrote the recipe not for praise, but to share what turned out well. And if this recipe brings joy not only to me, then I feel so good! Make tea for your health. let it invigorate and amuse you.

BLINNNNNNN! And I carefully took out all the boxes when I made fireweed and threw them away! decided that the fluff in the tea will float!

filirina, Irina, oh, it's a pity ... Well, nothing, next year you will come off to the fullest ...

[Natalia Koval]

I will try it soon. I went to the specified site, there are two types of white-pink tea. One of the tops and the other is a fluffy seed. Did you make the first option? And the second one should be done already from the fluff? I wonder how?

Natalia Koval, Natasha, I wrote in the recipe that I made from boxes, not tops. That is, I did the second option - "White-pink Fluffy seed. I think that the name accurately reflects the type and composition of the tea. White is the color of the down, which is in the unopened boxes. Pink is from the color of the boxes and flowers that are found in The word "seed" is also logical - a tiny, almost invisible seed is attached to each parachute fluff.
And the first option - "White-pink" Grachev makes from unblown flowers-buds (you can see it in the price list on a tiny photo). They are whitish-pink in color until they bloom. I didn’t make this tea. time has already passed, but I did not set myself such a goal. I was interested in exactly "Fluffy" tea. So I wondered all summer how to make one. Because I know that collecting fluff is almost impossible. In principle, this can be done. Again, from immature boxes. You need to put the boxes in a bag and hang it out in the sun. They will ripen in a bag, dried empty boxes will remain at the bottom, and fluff at the top. I did this last year out of sports interest. But then she could not get the fluff out of the bag. It’s good that I did it outside, otherwise I wouldn’t take him out at home. It scatters, it is difficult to assemble it. And it is difficult to collect from a fluffing plant - it clogs the nose and eyes. I collected. For half an hour I collected half a bag of sugar. You can't make tea out of such fluff ... You can't put it into a meat grinder.
So we are talking about fluff, which is in an unripe box. In the photo in the recipe you can see it (when I ruffled the boxes). Due to the juicy box, the fluff in it is moist and does not scatter. Therefore, it is easy to scroll it on the meat grinder along with the box.

Thank you Lyudmila for the inspiration, I already thought that the season was closed, and now I will go to the field again

[Elena-Liza]

There is Ivan tea. With boxes. No meat grinder. What are they doing? !!! I'm at the dacha. Can you use knives? Or not fate?

Elena-Liza, Elena, knives will not work.you need the fluff to mix with the juicy seed pods. And then it fixed in the granule during drying. This can only be done with a meat grinder. And with knives, a juicy mass will not work. The fluff will scatter throughout the apartment when dried. I can advise you to ask neighbors or colleagues for a manual meat grinder. She will take granules easily.

[natalisorel]

Thank you Lyudmila for the inspiration, I already thought that the season was closed, and now I will go to the field again

natalisorel, Natalie, to your health! We don't give up so easily. We will squeeze all the juices from our beloved Vanya.

[elena kadiewa]

Anyut, and to what extent are the boxes dried?

elena kadiewa, Lenusik, Anya wilted them until the flowers, which fell into the boxes when collecting the leaves, wilted. It's very warm in their house, so everything faded in 15 hours. We have not yet learned how to determine the degree of withering of the boxes. I didn't wither at all. Although it was necessary. Now I will dry up and watch. I'll tell you later.

Girls, thanks. I understood - they dry like leaves, that is, they will be ready in 10 hours. I run to the plantation until the bugs flew out to hunt. I'll try to make two options - Lyuda and Ani, right today.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, thanks for explaining in such detail about fluff!

One and a half kg of bolls and, as always, so that the good does not disappear, 1 kg of leaves, that is, she cleaned the plants both from below and from above. For those who are afraid of lime fireweed: it is extremely difficult to remove all the boxes from the plant, some remain in the leaf axils. I spread it out to dry separately, then I mix 1/3 with the leaves, and I will ferment the rest.

[Veronica]

Veronica, I also have 1.5 kg of boxes. I will make Anyutin an option.

thanks for explaining in such detail about fluff!

Natasha,

[Ludmila]

Ludmila collected 2 large bags of 4.4 kg bolls and 2.8 kg leaves. We have a sea of ​​them. And the leaves are still completely green, not damaged. I am so glad. Please tell me if it is possible to dry the boxes in a roll and what to do with the flowers. They are torn together.

[Tata]

Tata, congratulations on a successful hunt. The boxes dry easily in the air. It is not necessary to stir them up - spread them out in a thin layer. I do not know how they will behave in a roll, since I make this tea only the second time. I twist the flowers together with the boxes. They themselves give a cool smell. And in comparison with boxes, their weight is much less.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, the fact is that it does not work out thinly, there is not enough space. From greed we typed (now let's go). and all because from Monday rains again.

[Tata]

Tata, I'm afraid that it will run on a roll. Yesterday I noticed that the boxes became a little drier and easily open on the plant. And three days ago this was not the case. But try to do it carefully. And then you will tell us.

lovely! just beautiful! I can only dream, it doesn’t grow with us, but I didn’t even suspect that he has fluffy boxes, we can only buy dried ones ;-) last year I made only bushes and trees, dried in a multicooker, this year at I e. dried, but by the way, no ;-), the garden remains, and so I would be with you

[radalina3]

radalina3, Alina, thanks! And you and so with us, but in other tea topics. I am glad that you continue to make tea this season.

ALL! I made it! Now drying-smell-stupefying, one Ivanushka does not smell SO!
Dried all yesterday day and night, it's damp with us, twisted the boxes and leaves together once (well, the meat grinder pulls badly for the second time!), Fermented for 7-8 hours, drying in the airfryer.

ALL! I made it! Now drying-smell-stupefying, one Ivanushka does not smell SO!

Lenochka, I'm so happy that you made it! you have no idea how! Oh, what a fine fellow you are, what you did right away, without hesitation. Do more while you can. Something he suddenly began to push. Today, while collecting, I breathed in peace ...

I will only do it! As if hands will not reach the garden ...

Lyudochka, and what turned out more tart? If you ignore the scent? I have no leaves. I sit and think: ferment or dry immediately? For your taste, which is the more astringent of your two ?? I repeated it.

[Oksana]

OksanaThe first is the one that is unfermented and dried in a dryer at a low temperature.

I will only do it! As if hands will not reach the garden ...

Lena, so my freezer is stuffed with cherries and currants, but so far it hasn't come to them.

twisted the boxes and leaves together once (well, the meat grinder pulls badly the second time!)

Lenochka, after the first scroll, try to disassemble and clean the meat grinder .... you don't need to wash, just pull out the remnants of the flower leaves and then the second scroll will go off with a bang.

Lyudochka, Thank you! Fotnula her rarity Rubel, but I couldn't download it. I'll show you tomorrow.

Here's another link to tea. He does not reveal all the secrets, but you can try. 🔗.

Do more while you can. Something he suddenly began to push. Today, while collecting, I breathed in peace ...

Today I also collected and had to tear off the seed pods one piece at a time, if I passed my hand, they immediately opened and the fluff crawled out ... You can say I did a feat today, since it was +46 on the street!))))

[Natalia Koval]

Natalia Koval, Natasha, exactly a feat! Last year I tried to collect fluff on a pillow. From a plant like the first photo in the recipe! I didn't last long! I decided that I didn't need such a pillow. I'm so cool! And 46 * is something!

Here's another link to tea. He does not reveal all the secrets, but you can try. 🔗.

Medunika, Thanks for the link . I already got acquainted with this information. Vyazemsky is one of the enthusiasts for the revival of Ivan tea production. In fact, from what is written, it is easy to understand how to make tea. It's just that I don't understand how to provide a quick vacuum drying at 30 * at home. You need special equipment. The Chinese have it. Apparently, Vyazemsky has it. Unfortunately, we cannot provide such drying at home. But the rest is quite within the power of any tea-maker.

It's almost 12 at night, all of mine are asleep, and I, like a squirrel, make supplies, dry tea ..... the smell is mesmerizing

Anh, can you come for a minute? I'm drying tea. There is a question.

I will try otherwise around Stirlitz

[Who has already made tea option number 3. What color do you have granules?]

Girls! It is necessary to reflect ... I even pulled Anya out of the house at night to help me deal with my Fuzzy (option No. 3, Anin - fermented boxes + leaves 1: 1). You see dried granules in the recipe in Anina's photo. Blackeners! I tried to dry it as Anya said, but it didn't work out black. I was afraid to burn the tea at the end at a high temperature, as Anya said. I always get ivan tea black, even if I dry it at 100 *. It is clear that the boxes lighten the tea. But why is Anya black, and mine - light. The scent is okay.
Anya and I have the same ovens - mini ...
Who has already made tea option number 3. What color do you have granules?
Here's my tea. It looks lighter in the photo than in real life (from the camera flash). But still not black.

Here is mine, also not black, just from Ivanushka.
Anyuta, thanks for the advice about the meat grinder.

I drove them, picked up leaves and boxes of willow-tea, laid out the dried ones.

Well, you are high-speed.

I'll just go tomorrow!

And here is my yesterday's tea, which was hung out to dry immediately after my visit to Lyudochka)))

[Anyuta]

Anyuta, tea looks beautiful.
I wonder how much of a kilo of fireweed comes out?

Anh, not a fig, however, I can't see it, the tablet does not enlarge the picture in the country, but the color is very beautiful.
And now I'm dry too! So far, purely korobochkin. In half an hour it will be ready, put the fluffy one. Fermented for 12 hours, it so happened. Tonight I will collect more, tomorrow I will ferment for 8 hours and compare. But I like the pure Roly 18-hour. I wonder how with that?
Alla, if a blank sheet, then 5 to 1.And the boxes fade less, yesterday I got 1050 jerky out of 1480 g. And the leaf fades 2 times. Probably, they are dried in different ways. So out of the boxes, the ratio will be different, probably 3 to 1.

[Veronica]

Veronica, Thank you,
How I want to go to the fireweed fields.

So far, purely korobochkin.

Veronica, another name for PUSSY ...... BOXES NSKY

[Anyuta]

And here is my yesterday's tea, which was hung out to dry immediately after my visit to Lyudochka)))

Anyuta, all! You have to dry my tea! You will not get out! I also want this black!

[Alla]

Alla, and to me - to corn, sunflower and vineyards ...

[Veronica]

and to me - to corn, sunflower and vineyards ...

Veronica, I also want to go there ... And also in melons and watermelons ... In my last southern life, my summer diet was simple to the point of monotony and disgrace - corn, grapes, eggplants, melons, watermelons, tomatoes. I didn't get bored ...

[Veronica]

Veronica, the first (prototype) fermented for 6 hours, and this 10 (it happened) has not yet tasted, but the smell during drying was stronger from the first. I will report on how I will conduct tea and drinking tests.

Anyuta, that's it! You have to dry my tea! You will not get out! I also want this black!

Yes, I’m not against wherever I can find time, I would not leave you. You understand, a construction site ...
Yesterday I didn't manage to break out into the fields, I'll try to sneak out today

I am reporting. Dried a clean box, hanging to dry. Dried 2 out of 4 mixed batches. And she could not resist, brewed - well, you have to understand whether or not to run into the fields! With a cup in hand, she rushed to her husband, he is in the second house primus fixes seals windows with sealant. He took a sip, felt it and ... silently shook his head, pensively looking into the distance. It's a miracle! And that's just now, and what will happen in a month ?! And a slightly astringent astringency, and aroma, and color ... Girls, Luda and Anya, what clever fellows you are!
And even the photo was inserted! First time with a dacha internet!

[Veronica]

Veronica, I'm very glad that you did it. Balm for the soul. Even the Internet is on your side today
I went to brew my own (while there is a break). I will report back later.