Ivan-tea "White-pink" (from the tops)

Len, don't speak your teeth! Call about a new recipe.

Call about a new recipe.

I guess it's spicy-aromatic

Who is next?

This is yeah! Siberia rules! Yesterday I vomited Ivanushka, only embryos ...

Nooo, our foliage is good, but the buds are still mostly in their embryonic state.
We have white nights, so everything ripens.
Lyudochka, the recipe hasn't been posted yet, but I'm a bore ...

[Natalo4-ka]

the recipe hasn't been posted yet, but I'm a bore ...

Lenusik, whisper in your ear ...

I guess it's spicy-aromatic

Natalo4-ka, I think so too .

By the way, today I decided to listen to Lina and began to ferment lemon balm. Now it is drying ... The aroma is for the whole village!

My tips are wilting. My husband picked up yesterday while I was working.

[elena kadiewa]

Today I made the long-awaited pink and white, my last year's dream ...

Lenochka, dreams come true, congratulations and very happy for you !!!
And I seem to be raving about teas
I went to the capital, but the duration of the trip was reduced to a minimum

I treated everyone close to me with strawberries, saw them, slept one night and went back to my "men", now I have two of them: Victor and Ivan
Ivan drives you crazy

I arrived very late yesterday, but in the morning I "galloped"
I collected a package, it blooms very unevenly, in the evening I go to another place.
I want to say that I did not manage to rip off the ideal tops, the upper leaves partially fall (but the mass will be greater). I was not particularly upset because this "impurity" will not worsen the quality of the finished product.
elena kadiewa, Lucilia, girls, do you have HIGHEST quality raw materials, without a single leaf?

Yesterday I vomited Ivanushka, only embryos ..

Nadia, we still have more embryos than flowers.
I noticed that with them it turns out an admixture of leaves
At the next collection, I will more carefully collect

[space]

elena kadiewa, Lucilia, girls, do you have HIGHEST quality raw materials, without a single leaf? Quote: Nadjusic on June 21, 2016, 04:43 PM

space, Lida, do not bother ... Our Vanechka is always HIGHEST QUALITY. I also wrote in the recipe that the leaves will not interfere in a small amount. And the leaves come across when there are still plants that did not have time to bloom, and they got to the company with the tops. Or you are in a great hurry and tear from 2 stems at once, grabbing leaves from the neighboring one. I didn't have that. Be glad that you are collecting now. In autumn, this process is much more complicated - there are many "wooden" stems.

My tips are wilting. My husband picked up yesterday while I was working.

Lyudochka, well done husband!

[space]

space, lydia, I have the first batch with leaves too, but what to do, hunting is worse than bondage!
I make it every day, ferment it in sour cream cups, now I'm drying it again, and in the evening, the rest of Ivanushka will go to drying.

in the recipe wrote that the leaves will not interfere in a small amount.

I thought it was an option

And the leaves come across when there are still plants that did not have time to bloom, and they got into the company with the tops

this is my option

Or you are in a great hurry and tear from 2 stems at once, grabbing leaves from the neighboring one.

no, I'm not in a hurry, I try to carefully pluck

Be glad that you are collecting now. In autumn, this process is much more complicated.

what I am doing

I have my first batch with leaves too, but what can I do, hunting is worse than bondage!

similarly, Lena
worked on my mistakes, now I understand everything
and what a magic aroma and when it was collected it enjoyed and when it dried

do not bother ... Our Vanechka is always HIGHEST QUALITY.

you know how, Luda, to calm

Aha! She will always support!
And in EVERYTHING!

I make it every day, ferment it in sour cream cups, now I'm drying it again, and in the evening, the rest of Ivanushka will go to drying

Lena, did I understand correctly that you collect a little?
I am tormented by the question of a sufficient volume of raw materials for proper fermentation
or more importantly, the height of the fermented mass? and then you can do it in small portions? and ferment in small narrow containers

[space]

you know how, Luda, to calm

space, Lida, well, thank God! After all, everyone is trying to make tea, so we will always find a way out of a non-standard situation. Almost no one had punctures with Vanya. Even if at first it seems that the tea is not ice, then later it will still be straightened in dry fermentation, if only it has been properly dried and it has not become moldy.

Added Thursday 23 Jun 2016 08:12 PM

I am tormented by the question of a sufficient volume of raw materials for proper fermentation

space, Lida, there are situations when it is impossible to collect enough raw materials. Then you have to dodge and ferment in a small container. In this recipe, I just did it. Although I understood that I had gained few tops (it was more unrealistic - Vanechka was already fluffing), I really wanted to make this tea at the end of the season. White-pink is difficult precisely because the raw material is difficult and takes a long time to collect (that's why no one except Grachev makes it on an industrial scale. And that's why this tea is so expensive). In such cases, we recruit as much as we can. But in other cases, I recommend collecting at least 1 kg. With such a quantity, tea always turns out better - anaerobic bacteria carrying out fermentation need volume, otherwise, with a small volume, they will die - they cannot live in air.

Aha! She will always support! And in EVERYTHING!

Lenusik,

[lappl1]

lappl1Lyudochka, I went to another place in the evening to check for tops
Got 2kg of top-notch tops, easy to assemble
I would like to advise everyone to go around all their "plots" so as not to miss what we are waiting for !!!
To this day, I can say that two places (both within walking distance from home), the growing conditions are the same, but the flowering stages are DIFFERENT. If in one it is still early, then in another, in a day or two it will be late: girl_sad: And then you will have to collect the "big" tops of the head, this is where it will be long and tedious
It was very easy for me !!!!
Luda, thank you for all the clarifications

Hello everyone. I leave the bushes. I have dreamed all last year about white and pink. I drilled a hole in my husband's brain, how I will collect it, but how delicious it is. Today we went 1.5 kilograms of tops, and even leaves. : girl_dance: What are they juicy at the beginning of summer, just space. So for girls from Belarus, I responsibly declare on sunny plots it blooms throughout Ivanovo, there are even boxes with down. Funny !!!!

[Ludasik]

there are even boxes with fluff.

Wow how fast!
Ludasik, Ludmila, welcome to our tea-maniac company!
As you get involved, then it's ready to put everything into tea

Maniac is poorly said, my husband and I just have some quirk for tea. Last year we tried both fireweed and garden herbs of all sorts, but it turned out to be not enough in March already had to buy. It was here that SurprYz was! But Ceylon tea is not tasty for me, and green tea is not tasty for me !! In short, she got boiled .... This year, in May, they began to beat with a hoof, and went to harvest pine shoots. But I did not like drinking tea from pure pine shoots. Very tart and bitter.But as an additive, it's just class! By the way, she shared pine tea with her mother-in-law, she said that she had problems with the thyroid gland, and the doctor advised her to take pine shoots. Well, that's me, you never know someone will come in handy infa. So, I never tire of thanking my namesake, thank you so much Lyudochka for opening such a wonderful Tea world to us !!!!

Added on Friday 24 Jun 2016 00:44

What else I wanted to say ... I don't know about you, but my collection of flowers has turned into some kind of relaxation. I was tired, like a horse after the races, but when we arrived at the plantation, everything seemed to be gone ... The sun, the bees are buzzing, my husband mutters that he has come “to collect elite tea from flowers, and they are forced to do his dirty work, poor thing, to collect leaves ", and straight so good, good, though meditate. In short, the buzz.

[Ludasik]

In short, she got boiled .... This year, in May, they began to beat with a hoof, and went to harvest pine shoots.

Ludasik, Luda, it's so cool that you and your husband are in the same maniac company! This is much more effective, and more pleasant, of course ...
We, too, were connoisseurs of green tea (we haven't drunk black for a long time), but for several years now green tea has not been available. Now only yours!

Added on Friday 24 Jun 2016 01:04 AM

In short buzz

In general, in every sense Lyudochka gave us all a huge gift with her tea themes!

[Ludasik]

I come out of the bushes.

Ludasik, that's a fine fellow
all the more experienced already, you will share your developments with us

I don't know about you, but my collection of flowers has turned into some kind of relaxation.

similarly

In general, in every sense Lyudochka gave us all a huge gift with her tea themes!

in this matter, you, Lenochka, will not have a single opponent
she's on my lips now, and when I collect it, and when I do it, I constantly mentally consult and analyze my every action
I persuaded my husband to go in the evening "to the plot", sort of like showing a good path
I'll grab a bag for his share
Now my first batch of "White-pink" is drying, tomorrow I will report in more detail about two batches at once, since the initial raw material is different.

Good day, dear forum users. My husband and I have been doing Ivan-tea for several years now and only this year we got to this site. And there is so much new information. For that, MANY THANKS to Lyudmila, the creator of tea themes. And here there is such a warm and friendly atmosphere. And I ask you a question. We collected the tops yesterday, today they twisted them, they have been fermenting for 4 hours already. The smell is stunning. So, maybe they should be dried already or can they still stand? Thank you very much for your reply.

[Pani Tasha]

Pani Tasha, dry already! Especially if you like the smell.
Welcome to us, we are very glad!

I fermented for 4 hours today. I think it's time to dry.
Look at the first page of the recipe, Luda also didn't ferment for a long time.
It is very good that there are more and more tea-makers !!!! Glad to meet you

Thank you girls for the answers. I went to dry, otherwise it already seemed that the smell was leaving.

Lidush, well, such gamblers as you, you need to look!
The first year I was the same, but now everything is calmer, more meaningful, measured.

Lidush, well, such gamblers as you, you need to look!

there is such a sin
I try to do everything with my heart, I really like to learn something always. And I also consider everyone who needs to be gifted, shared, and the amount is accumulating

last year there was a good harvest of cranberries, we went with my husband to collect, I counted 10 cans to give, 2 or 3 to us personally. He no longer resists

now everything is calmer, more meaningful, measured.

my regularity depends only on the state of health

Added on Friday 24 Jun 2016 08:46 PM

I went to dry

and I went

went for berries, could not resist, pinched the tops, a little, lie dry.

Good day to all! Here I am with a report on Belorozovoe.She began to tear the tops, and then decided to just sniff the buds up. It turned out the third part of the tops, and the rest are buds. Spun twice, fermented for about 5 hours. I dried half with a fry, and the other half just in an open oven, how many degrees there were is unknown. The color turned out to be almost the same. The smell when drying was different than when drying the leaves. Today I brewed both, the tea is very tasty, but I liked the roasted tea more, the astringency is felt. I don't like it from the leaves right away, but this one is good right away. I imagine what a masterpiece will be later! And the smell of tea in the bag is now changing by leaps and bounds. Everything tastes better and tastier. It has been raining for two days, when it’s over, I’ll run to collect more buds. Tea, I feel, will be incomparable! Thanks to Lyudochka for the recipe for this tea!

Good day to all!

kind, Nadyush

Today I brewed both, the tea is very tasty, but I liked the roasted tea more, the astringency is felt. I don't like it from the leaves right away, but this one is good right away.

I also made this tea. My husband collected a little yesterday, but of the highest quality.
I just dried the first one, and the today's one with a fry.
I tried (don't swear, I know it's too early) and, to be honest, I didn't understand
Although he was "applauded by London", I still liked "Rustic" more.
Apparently I'm not an esthete in tea
I have everything signed, what and how I did it. After dry fermentation, I will report more
I would like to note the breathtaking aroma during fermentation.

Good night all! Made yesterday "white-pink". When dried, as with fermentation, the smell is mind blowing. I also could not resist and brewed a grocery for testing. It somehow seemed incomprehensible, to be honest, it just seems tastier from the leaves. But the son was delighted and my husband really liked it. Maybe this is "male" tea?

I tried (don't swear, I know it's too early) and, to be honest, I didn't understand
Although he was "applauded by London", I still liked "Rustic" more.

I tried it on purpose in order to know later the magic of transformation.
Last year, I also liked the village more immediately. And closer to spring, Ivan Chai took the first place.
I bastard with the aroma of white pink in the pillowcase, it's getting better and better. I would run again for the buds, but at night the thunderstorm passed, maybe after lunch it will dry out ... Now I have an itch on him, I want, I want, I want a lot!

When dried, as with fermentation, the smell is mind blowing.

I agree to everything 200%

But the son was delighted and my husband really liked it.

it is important

It somehow seemed incomprehensible, to be honest, it just seems tastier from the leaves.

Natasha, you and I, I hope we get into

Last year, I also liked the village more immediately. And closer to spring, Ivan Chai took the first place.

Nadyush, you know better, from the height of your experience, after all, I'm only in the "preparatory" class, and you are already in the third or fourth
so we will listen to you and your advice

I bastard with the aroma of white pink in the pillowcase, it's getting better and better.

in solidarity with you completely, it is VERY fragrant in the cup

I would run again for the buds, but at night the thunderstorm passed, maybe after lunch it will dry out ... Now I have an itch on him, I want, I want, I want a lot!

we also have rain, soars, breathing heavily
now I will take a pill on my chest and also go to the fields
Oh, that's what I forgot

it seemed to me. that this tea has very strong diuretic properties

I concluded for myself that while it is blooming, you need to collect, and then we will figure out something for what

Well, I'm already dry. As I expected, I could not stop collecting the tips of the grabbing hand. Gathers slowly compared to leaves. The dried raw material came out 3 kg. Spun 2 times, dry two full dryers 60 *. The layers turned out to be thick, you will have to leave to dry overnight. A strong honey scent, so strong that the dryers were sent to a distant room, the smell is intoxicating.
And now I just returned from the village, and I'm already thinking how to get out for the tops

[I got excited with the assessment]

The dried raw material came out 3 kg.

lot

Twisted 2 times

yesterday I played it 3 times (it was spinning well, a little tea, so I decided to "play"), the granules are SUPER

And now I just returned from the village, and I'm already thinking how to get out for the tops

Natasha, did you wind it up first?
I seem to have had enough, I went today, it's hot, my head still hurts
now the next line of leaves will be
Tea that was dried in a dryer is not my option, it is more suitable for green tea lovers, in my opinion.
Yesterday was dried in the oven and fried. The aroma is also awesome, but the color of the tea is darker.
It looks like my attitude in this tea is changing for the better,I got excited with the assessment
Five times she poured tea in a mug, the aroma was preserved

Added Sunday 26 Jun 2016 9:56 pm

It turned out the third part of the tops, and the rest are buds.

Nadyush, today I remembered that you are picking buds, I
I tried and decided that I was not capable of such a feat, and you are smart
I also wanted to ask about withering, I do it for 24 hours and it feels like you can even hold it. What about you?

Withering is highly temperature dependent. I scored a little on Saturday, but I wanted to hold out until Monday so that my mother-in-law would not grumble about the oven in the heat. To do this, I put a roll of fabric in the basement (there is no more than twenty and even less), now poured it into another sheet (in a day), just a little wilted. The last batch that dried at 25 I dried for a day and a half

[Nadyushich]

Nadyushich, Nadia, oh, how glad I am that you liked this tea! Cook more while you have time.
space, Pani Tasha, girls, if you are not yet imbued with this tea, then just add it to Vanechka. There will be a stunning tea.

[Catrin]

Withering is highly temperature dependent.

Catrincertainly depends. I wrote about this in the recipe. And also depends on the humidity of the air. And from the thickness of the layer. And on the type of fabric in which we wrap. And from the time of year - in the spring the leaves dry longer, since the leaves are juicier, and in the fall - faster. In general, there are a lot of nuances that you need to pay attention to.

if you are not yet imbued with this tea, then just add it to Vanechka. There will be a stunning tea.

Luda, I got excited with the assessment (I wrote about it)

And on the type of fabric in which we wrap.

but I don't wrap it at all, they lie on my sheet, I just stir it (I admit, not often)
do you still need to wrap it up?
I just realized that they are wrapped up when the technical process needs to be changed in time in one direction or another

In general, there are a lot of nuances that you need to pay attention to.

it turns out that it is better to weigh after withering?
it's just that it's difficult for me to determine by eye by these tops: they look sluggish, there are no veins like a leaf (you can't define a crunch), they gather in a ball, and I had a feeling of underdevelopment
Although the smell and quality of the granules were not affected
with experience can flair come?

[space]

space, Lida, it is not necessary to wrap it up if you are near. Over time, you will feel the moment when the tops wilted.

it turns out that it is better to weigh after withering?

Why weigh? To find out moisture loss? If so, then you need to weigh before and after. 60% of the original weight should remain.

I just realized that they are wrapped up when the technical process needs to be changed in time in one direction or another

got it right. And also, so as not to run to the leaves endlessly. Wrapping makes our life much easier - there is no need to stir, and you will not miss the right moment.

Over time, you will feel the moment when the tops wilted.

I really hope for it

If so, then you need to weigh before and after. 60% of the original weight should remain.

I did so (though not with the tops) to control myself.
maybe I feel wrong by touch

Wrapping makes our life much easier - there is no need to stir, and you will not miss the right moment.

understood, thanks, Luda

To your health, Lidochka!

Good evening everyone!

girls, if you are not yet imbued with this tea, then just add it to Vanya.

Thank you, for myself, I probably will. But my men were very impressed. Today we gained another 4 kg. the tops, they have just begun to appear in our country.

I concluded for myself that while it is blooming, you need to collect, and then we will figure out something for what

Yes, yes, I fully agree with you. Tomorrow again to leave. I'm starting to feel like a maniac

From my 1.5 kg, I got almost 300 g. The smell, of course, will rock. In the evening today, friends arrived, could not resist boasting ... What can I say ... three teaspoons per liter teapot, the color is awesome, the smell of the guard, the taste is sweetish, but we added three more times, but the color remained the same, here's another tomorrow I'll try a cold one in the morning (I stayed in the kettle). I can't even imagine what it will be like in a couple of months if it's fresh and so tasty. In short WOW !!!!!!

[Natalo4-ka]

The dried raw material came out 3 kg.

Natalo4-ka, this is a heroine! How long have you been collecting these tops?

Added Monday 27 Jun 2016 01:53 AM

Turning around makes our life much easier - there is no need to stir up, and you will not miss the right moment.

And I always wrap it very conveniently! The husband treats the wrapping process responsibly Straight so tightly twists
It is convenient to dry it like that if you picked up leaves in the evening, twisted it overnight and left it to dry, and your head no longer hurts ... well, how are my leaves
And in the morning you can already check them. The roll becomes so lukewarm.

Added Monday 27 Jun 2016 02:00

In short WOW !!!!!!

Ludasik, Luda, well, everything, I was completely intrigued and hit hoof... a heel in anticipation of flowering! I also want to try it

[Ludasik]

In short WOW !!!!!!

Ludasik, and also do not forget to tell everyone how much this tea costs in internet stores. You can't buy it yet! But seriously, I'm very, very happy for you and for everyone who made this tea. And I'm glad for myself that last year I managed to make this tea once and introduced you to it. Now, unfortunately, Vanechka is not available to me.

[Lida]

Natasha, did you wind it up first?

Lida, White and pink this firstborn, yeah. Ivan-tea has already made a couple of batches this year. And I almost missed the White-pink, I want to get out on the next vykhs, maybe the flowers will not bloom everywhere, although even now it blooms a lot and the stem has become tough. Well, there it will be seen, if I don't have time for White-Pink, I will do Ivanushka.
Elena_Kamch, Elena, surprisingly, the buds spin so easily, I really do not know how the leaves spin, I make leafy Ivan tea, I love it more, and granulated only from fruit and berry, but it turned out with a bang! But still, yes, it's a bit too much, it's not convenient to dry, it's good that there are two dryers.

I do not know how the leaves are spinning, I make Ivan-tea leaf, I love him more

The leaves are spinning great!
And how are you using your hands to wash your leaves? Something I tried this thing and realized that I'd better get into a meat grinder. I couldn't really squeeze it ..

Yes, Len, I knead it with my hands like dough. Now it is still normal, but closer to autumn it will be more difficult to knead, now the leaf is young. I'm already thinking of starting to make granular, too, it takes a lot of leaf space, and that's not even the point, I have enough space, but the container for storage is already running out, I store it in jars, well, or I need to select another storage method, but then jars for compote juices are needed, and I shove all the teas in them

it takes a lot of sheet space

In-in! Did it and was stunned! Granular is much more convenient in this regard!

[Natalo4-ka]

Well, there it will be seen, if I don't have time for White-pink, I will do Ivanushka.

Natalo4-ka, I made my only white-pink at the end of July. So there is still a lot of time. Look at the edges of the forest glades - there he should still be unblown.

surprisingly, the buds spin so easily, I really don't know how the leaves spin, I make Ivan-tea leaf, I love him more,

Natalo4-ka, yes, it turns cool. And Ivan-tea is not capricious in this sense, True, in August, and he begins to torment the meat grinder. But here you can start it up through freezing.

True, in August he also begins to torment the meat grinder.

Lyudochka, I'm twisting in a manual meat grinder, because it will torture me more quickly
She promised her husband not to make so much tea this year, in the past he made a mess of squeezing and twisting, decided that we already have so much tea, now I have to do everything myself. But I like it, albeit a bit hard.
Lyudochka, does White-pink smell after drying? Mine is very fragrant, or did I not dry it? But the granules are normal, rustle, do not crumble.