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

[Oksana]

we are now "advanced peppers".

Oksana,

Hello everyone! Mary popins, dear, all weekend laughed at your statement: but a month ago I was a normal person I am awarding you a prize for this wise truth

Galina, I also got a re-fermented tea the other day, but it stood on a slightly warm stove, so it turned out re-fermented with a substitute. Leafy, after freezing. I decided to fry more. As a result, it looked like regular black leaf tea. Smell too. I haven't tried it yet. Although initially I already thought that I ruined my last fireweed. So I fully subscribe - the tea must be saved in any case! Even if it seems like it's time to throw it out.

Recently she was engaged exclusively in tea. The lack of internet favored this

I made tea and liked it externally and to taste from a small red Chinese apple tree, it seems, is called. Apparently, she did everything right, so the taste was dried fruit, the color was pronounced brown. To add later to this tea, I dried pieces of these apples - after drying, they retained their bright red color. It turned out beautifully.

Common apple tea smells good, but less pronounced until I tasted it.

I tried to wither the currants more and twist them through a meat grinder - better than un-dried, but still a lot of dust ((

Raspberries, like the currants, are rather dry after a hot summer, moreover, they overwhelmed, so I made some of them with strawberries in a meat grinder, cut some by hand, sprinkled them with water, some drank rolls according to the principle of Ivan-tea, put the rolls and leaves together under oppression on five hours. It turned out a little fruity-sour smell, raspberries are quite difficult to catch, but in principle the main thing is that the smell is not "bath". After fermentation, all the same, the dryness of the leaves remained, I have not tasted it yet.

As for the meat grinder, it has not broken our domestic electric meat grinder yet, but the safety spare part-sleeve has already been replaced twice, both times on the apple tree. Panasonic brother intermittently, but twisted, did not torture not his own meat grinder.

An apple tree plus a blackberry - I twisted it on my electric one, but the beef stroganoff grill was tight, I put a grill for sausages - this is a circle with three jumpers, not even a grill in its natural form. As a result, I got small briquettes. I can show it later, when I am in Moscow and sort out all the tea.

I made tea and liked it externally and to taste from a small red Chinese apple tree, it seems, is called. Apparently, she did everything right, so the taste was dried fruit, the color was pronounced brown. To add later to this tea, I dried pieces of these apples - after drying, they retained their bright red color.

Will you take a photo for us? I also put my eyes on such an apple tree, but some kind of "good" goose ate it.

[Loksa]

Loksa, certainly! I will try soon. I went to my father-in-law for a week, took three different teas with me to try. It seems that this tea was. [/ glow]

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins,

the grill of beef stroganoff was tight, I put a grill for sausages - this is a circle with three jumpers, not even a grill in its natural form. The result is small briquettes

Mary Poppins, thanks for such a detailed report! And I also have such a nozzle for sausages, I kept looking askance at it, but I never tried to twist tea with it. You will need to experience. Because of the rains, I took a break from teas.The last batches are still being dried. need to pick up the leaves today or tomorrow before the rains. Then I will try everything - a meat grinder without grills, a grill for sausages and a washing machine.

Today my guests came to the dacha, for mushrooms, so I then gave them a bathhouse, then Koporsky tea with honey from Ivan tea, they were stunned, they liked it very much, they said they will do it next year too. And if the dried tea is not transferred, but left in a bag, is it very bad? I just have nothing to shift. and in cans from under coffee 200 grams. can I shift?

[elena kadiewa]

elena kadiewa, you cannot leave in the bag - the tea will lose its aroma. And it can become damp if the apartment is humid, or dry out if it's dry. So define tea in coffee jars. Buy plastic disposable containers from the household (they are in the recipe photo). They are cheap, they store tea perfectly, and you can use them more than once.

[washing machine.]

Then I'll try everything - a meat grinder without grates, a grill for sausages and washing machine.

Where did the teamans come
We had such a washing machine, in my childhood, with squeezing with two rollers, Riga was called

I have a container, thanks.

Today I treated my sister to tea made from pears, apple trees, little by little raspberries, cherries and strawberries (aged for a month), I really liked it, although she is very picky about smells (she can’t stand almost anything). Both the color and flavor are wonderful. So again, many thanks to Lyudmila for this topic.

Thank you very much for the recipe !! To be honest, I learned about this tea from a friend (she already wrote a comment to you here), so she came and tells how she made sooo delicious tea from cherry leaves. Of course she shared the recipe ... but, curiously, where did she find such a wonderful recipe ?? Without hesitation, I came home, got on the Internet and "Voalla"! I was looking for a recipe in order to say a huge thank you to the author, for such a useful idea, we have a lot of leaves, I will try! I gave my mother the idea to make such a tea, she lives in Greece, so she will make tea from orange and tangerine leaves, I hope it will be delicious. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[Anastasia]

AnastasiaThank you very much for such a wonderful review. And for finding this topic on purpose! I'm glad you liked the recipe.
I want to warn you that we had an orange tea experience. And not at all successful. I then tried to search for information about the composition of orange leaves. There are no tannins. And what we love so much oranges and tangerines - these are essential oils that evaporate during fermentation and drying. And the tea turns out to be none. so have your mom try making tea from something else, like cherries. Maybe from a pomegranate (we have not made it yet, but I think it will be good).

[natushka]

Today I treated my sister to tea made from pears, apple trees, little by little raspberries, cherries and strawberries (aged for a month), I really liked it, although she is very picky about smells (she can’t stand almost anything). Both the color and flavor are wonderful. So once again, many thanks to Lyudmila for this topic.

natushka, once again I am pleased to accept your gratitude. And I am glad that the tea was a success and that my sister liked it. Enjoy your tea. Thank you !

I have a container, thanks.

Wonderful! Put tea in them!

[Mary Poppins]

Where did the teamans come

Mary Poppins, until it came ... But close to it. Now I'm going for the leaves, and tomorrow I'll try to maniac ...

[lappl1]

lappl1, I imagine that if the experience is successful, the demand for rollers will exceed supply)) because how to manually twist is still a very long time ..

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins, manually for a long time, and twist the cherries in a meat grinder - it's a pity for a meat grinder. So you need to find some way out!
I went to the forest, collected fireweed. Then I went to the neighbors to pick up the cherries. I'll try it tomorrow.

Hello! Made pear tea.The granules turned out to be excellent, the color of the tea is beautiful, only there is almost no taste, but he has not yet infused it. I will wait with impatience for a month) Now there are raspberries in the oven. Thank you

[lappl1]

lappl1, I don’t know how the cherry is, but the blackberry goes well. It seems to me that the black chokeberry has harder leaves than a cherry. I could be wrong.
But raspberries and strawberries are much softer than an apple tree, but when withered, they are screwed onto a screw and very poorly pass through the holes.
In general, I'm already thinking about purchasing some super meat grinder for tea making
Now I am somewhere in the middle between St. Petersburg and Moscow, fireweed can no longer be found good ((

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins, I came to the conclusion that strawberries stick very much to a meat grinder. I made different teas and raspberries went well like this, but the tea with strawberries in my meat grinder did not go at all.
Lyudochka, how are you strawberries? Friends with the meat grinder?

Lyudochka, how are you strawberries? Friends with the meat grinder?

Last year I was friends, but this year I have not done it yet - I have not yet worked the beds.

[Mary Poppins]

I don’t know how to cherries, but the black chokeberry goes well. It seems to me that the black chokeberry has harder leaves than a cherry.

Mary Poppins, yes, it goes, the granules are beautiful, but a lot sticks to the screw and knife. I feel it is difficult to grinder. I'm also thinking about some semi-industrial meat grinder (on the market, meat is twisted in such). Yes, and it's a good idea to buy a bigger oven - I have a mini-oven.

[Anastasia]

the color of the tea is beautiful, only there is almost no taste, but it has not yet brewed

Anastasia, congratulations on your first tea. Hope you enjoy it. The main thing is not to over-ferment and dry the tea, then both the aroma and taste will be. Well, we still have to wait.

I don't understand anything ... Some strange electric meat grinders have gone ... Mine, which is 8 years old, with a power of 800 watts, and even at the dacha, where it is strained with tension, twists everything. She cuts strawberries for a sweet soul, and cherries. Tomorrow I will go to clean out the neighboring blackberries, they still don’t pick berries, I’ll try the mountain ash grinder.
Maybe, if he chops badly, it is worth sharpening the knife?

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins, yes it goes, beautiful granules are obtained, but a lot sticks to the screw and knife. I feel it is difficult to grinder. I'm also thinking about some semi-industrial meat grinder (on the market, meat is twisted in such). Yes, and it's a good idea to buy a bigger oven - I have a mini-oven.

I will also buy a mini-oven next year, everything falls apart in the pan, which does not interfere with the sheet one, of course, but I can't move away from the pan. It's good for baking too.
If it's not difficult, I ask you to share your research in finding a suitable meat grinder. Because I was drawn to tea well, very much

[Veronica]

I don't understand anything ... Some strange electric meat grinders have gone ... Maybe, if it chops badly, it is worth sharpening the knife?

Veronica, yes, the meat grinder turns well, beautiful granules are obtained. Only the cherry sticks so strongly to the knife and all the insides that I just worry about it. Maybe everything will be all right, but I would like to keep her.

[Mary Poppins]

I will also buy a mini-oven next year, everything falls apart in the pan, which does not interfere with the sheet one, of course, but I can't move away from the pan. It's good for baking too.

For my rural conditions, a mini-oven is an irreplaceable helper. Although I have it mini, but the volume is decent - 42 liters. They took this specially - more. But it happens that this stove is missing. Shaped bread is difficult to bake - it rests on the roof. So I adapted - I bake any bread with loaves.

If it's not difficult, I ask you to share your research in finding a suitable meat grinder.

Mary Poppins, of course, if I find out anything, I will definitely let you know. But I practically never visit the city - once every 3 - 4 months. So girls, if anyone finds out anything, write here. I don’t go to shops and markets. Otherwise, ask the meat sellers in the market where they get their meat grinders.Girls who buy meat themselves, please, ask them this question.

Girls, today I tried to twist-crush the leaves in different ways. On a manual meat grinder without a knife and grate, how the leaf entered, and so it came out. On an electric meat grinder with a sausage attachment - some unsightly lumps turned out. You could then cut them and get more or less. But there the knife still needs to be put and the cherry is wound around it. Well, I tried to pass it through the rollers in the washing machine. The sheet did not collapse at all - the ironed one came out.
So I'm back on my email. scrolled fireweed + cherry in a meat grinder. The leaf wilted slightly. The cherry did not allow the fireweed to disintegrate. The granules are strong. So I returned to what I came from. Yes, I tried to scroll the leaves on hand, normally assembled. Nooo, I don't want to come back to this anymore. For about five minutes I suffered: girl_cray: and again I went to my electric one.

[lappl1]

lappl1, what kind of grinder do you have?
I played on our domestic Gamma, it is rather weak for leaves.
Spun on Panasonic 1300 - better, but at the limit. I'm afraid to ditch, with interruptions I played a little apple tree, I will no longer.
I read about performance. Panasonic 1300 claims 1.2 kg per minute, Panasonic 1500 - 1.5 kg per minute. Panasonic 1800 - 1.6 kg per minute
Kenwood MG 700 - 3 kg per min. True and costs about 14t. R.
About power - is about the same everywhere.
I make bread both at home and in the country in a bread maker, but pies in the country in a Russian oven. But the Russian oven is very inconvenient - by a certain time so that it is ready (when it burns out a little earlier, when it burns out a little later), and only once put it, how much will come in and that's it, the next time nothing will be baked, and you won't have time with the dough. time, then too baking will be so-so. I don’t know how to make cupcakes, I can’t determine exactly how to dry tea with temperature. So this summer I felt a big shortage of an electric oven.
It will be necessary to take more volume too, this is true.

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins, Chinese is not expensive. What my husband bought, I use this one. Power - 1400 W. Here is the box and it itself:





And this is an oven, also not expensive. But Russian:

[lappl1]

lappl1, I said without a knife Vigne turns out
Mary Poppins, are you looking at the maximum power at which there is already a stop-break?
It is better to focus on another-nominal at least 450, so it is different for everyone, they still need protection against overload and very well, if not oxidizable surfaces. I haven't chosen yet

Now I looked at sites with industrial meat grinders. They are not afraid of cartilage and bones. The very thing for us. But prices. This is if you only open a tea factory ... Here, one of the sites 🔗

[Oksan]

I said without a knife Vignya turns out

Oksan, that's what happened ...

It is better to focus on another-nominal at least 450, so it is different for everyone, they still need protection against overload and very well, if not oxidizable surfaces. I haven't chosen yet

Here I have just such ...

[Loksa]

Loksa, I haven't watched the power yet. Watching performance)
On my Gamma, I don't know what the nominal is, but there is protection against overload, but I have already broken this protection twice (the plastic sleeve, it works like a fuse, it scrolls)
On Panasonic, the circuit is turned off, but in principle it twisted better. If Panasonic is stronger to buy? Maybe he can do it.

lappl1, I also looked at industrial ones. It is necessary to deal with tea then in industrial volumes. The price tag is like an airplane.
And what kind of domestic oven do you have? Heaped up is not needed, the main thing is that it is evenly fried and the temperature regimes are.

Lyudmila, your link is available for 7 800 🔗
Main characteristics
Power - 800 W
Productivity - 120 kg / h
Voltage - 220 V
Body - painted
Neck - chrome plated stainless steel
Additionally
Complete set - lattice, knife
Dimensions - 38x22x37 cm
Weight - 25 kg

Meat grinder Gastromix MG-22B

Power - 850 W
Productivity - 250 kg / h
Voltage - 220 V
Dimensions - 41x24x45 cm
Weight - 30 kg
More details
13,710 RUB

And yes, I saw 40-50 thousand were

[Mary Poppins]

I have already looked at industrial ones too. It is necessary to deal with tea then in industrial volumes.

Mary Poppins, so that's what we're talking about ... Well, a lot will change in a year. Maybe we will decide to open tea cooperatives. You never know...

And what kind of domestic oven do you have? Heaped up is not needed, the main thing is that it is evenly fried and the temperature regimes are.

Yes, Russian oven Saturn. Bought for 2000 rubles. three years ago. Now they are a little more expensive. The functions are simple - shades from above and below (can be switched on together or separately), temperature up to 320 *, adjustable. There is a timer for 90 minutes, that is, it turns off itself. At first, I just can't get used to it. But my husband covered the shadows above and below with a metal sheet, now everything is fine. I am very pleased with her.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Thank you
I don’t know if anyone will close the shadows for me)) But in general, such functions are quite enough.

As for the production of tea, I'm not sure that I will be engaged in such volumes. I still won't fully provide for myself yet, but next year I will have time to prepare more fireweed, this year I started late, and fruit yields are less. But already this year we need to postpone a part for gifts) Many connoisseurs.
I also thought about used production equipment, but you have to be able to choose.
I'll decide something during the winter.

[Mary Poppins]

Mary Poppins, the thoughts of good people, as Loksa_Oksana noted here recently, converge. I also thought about used equipment. But with my lifestyle (I don't leave the village anywhere) this is not so easy to implement. If you think of anything, please beckon me. I have 3 hours to go to Moscow.

look at the mass of these grinders
25 kilos in a closet for the winter is problematic to clean
about used ear production equipment - I wouldn't risk it
at the first breakdown, fly into the pipe with spare parts

I have an Axion meat grinder. Grinds all the leaves without straining. Before I had time to look around, the armful turned into a hill in a saucepan!
Luda, today brought an apple, pear, cherry, grape, rose, honeysuckle (leaves, of course). There is no place in the freezer, so I will dry and twist in a meat grinder. Granules should normally be obtained from such a composition, or what ?!

[Ludmila]

For my rural conditions, a mini-oven is an irreplaceable helper. Although I have it mini, but the volume is decent - 42 liters. They took it on purpose - more. But it happens that this stove is missing. Shaped bread is difficult to bake - it rests on the roof. So I adapted - I bake any bread with loaves.

Ludmila, Saturn is oblong, the height is low, so I did not buy it. I have 45 liters, e-mail. oven with grill EK-1606, bought specifically for tea. But in it I cooked bread in a 5L multicooker bowl, the bowl was full, baked perfectly, nothing burnt, I don't cover the shade with anything. I already gave a link, please note, the technique is cheap and of good quality. Www.planetaposu

Today I dried tea grapes (7 varieties) + apple tree. Ratio 5: 1. After the freezer in the bag, the leaves were warmed up for 12 hours, the grapes had a fruity smell, but the apple tree did not, the leaf was dry and tough, only the color changed. I had to roll the grapes together with the apple tree. I immediately cut the sausages and put them on fermentation for 7 hours. Dried today in Isidri. What is interesting: the grape leaf is light, after drying it becomes dark green, and in the apple tree it turns from dark green to light brown.
Brewed with boiling water, the color is yellow, rich, the aroma is delicate fruity, incomprehensible. The taste is very pleasant with a refreshing aftertaste. It turned out 420gr, volume 3l.

[IvaNova]

25 kilos in a closet for the winter is problematic to clean

IvaNova, I drew attention to both weight and dimensions. I have a country house, there are enough utility rooms. But the fact that a second-hand ear can fail for the first time, I agree with that.

[Tashenka]

Granules should normally be obtained from such a composition, or what ?!

Tashenka, excellent granules will be.Where there is a cherry, a pear, an apple tree, even a little bit, the granules are very good.
I looked at Axion - what a cheap one! yes, I also spin it very quickly and efficiently, but I still worry - after all, for the third year I have been spinning tea on it ...

[Alla]

Alla, thanks a lot for the link. If anything, I will definitely use it. I have three ovens. Two are very small, they are 25 years old. Work better than Saturn. But the temperature in them cannot be regulated. That's why I bought this one. When I bought it, I didn't think at all that I would bake bread in it. For me, bread from the oven was something out of reach. At first, I didn’t even open all the recipes for the ovens at Mcooker. And then, when the bread from KP ceased to suit me, I gradually learned to bake bread in the oven. And now in KhP I have learned to bake great bread. Again, thanks to our website. So now I bake different breads - both in the oven and in the HP.

[lappl1]

lappl1,
I'm not in Moscow right now, so I'm not even considering options. When I’m there it will be easier. Used I thought if you buy it, it is not much that it was used.
With weight, the only problem is to deliver to the village, there we also have enough space for overall things))

[Alla]

Today I dried tea grapes (7 varieties) + apple tree. Ratio 5: 1. Brewed with boiling water, the color is yellow, rich, the aroma is delicate fruity, incomprehensible. The taste is very pleasant with a refreshing aftertaste. It turned out 420gr, volume 3l.

Here is a variety of varieties! This is the volume! Bravo, Alla!
Alla, it seems to me that if you dry tea in the oven, it turns out darker. After all, there is no 100 * in the dryer. And that "frying", which is obligatory in the production of traditional tea, cannot be obtained in the dryer. Have you noticed the difference between tea from the dryer and the oven?

[Mary Poppins]

I'm not in Moscow right now, so I'm not even considering options. When I’m there it will be easier.

Mary Poppins, It's clear! We will already spend this season with the equipment we have. Winter is long, maybe we'll come up with it.

Girls! Why did I start with a new, industrial meat grinder? I just saw granules of Siberian willow tea. Now they haunt me. Here they are, from the site's ad:





I want the same. I feel like I haven't finished something.