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

[Linadoc,]

Linadoc, Jerusalem artichoke petals dried in a dryer?
(I nibbled at a neighbor's today, we don't bloom this year. With or without fermentation? Thinking how best to dry them)

[IvaNova]

IvaNova, all the petals are dried without withering and fermentation on paper at a very low temperature (somewhere 30-40 * C) in a gas stove (I have no drying yet, just working in this direction), dried in 30-40 minutes.

[Linadoc]

Linadoc, Thank you!

[Linadoc]

Linadoc, super beauty came out, wait, from the photo, with a pink tint? Probably very solemn! How much tea everyone has prepared, and I'm in the town of Mlyn!

Lyudochka, THANKS to you !!! Half a year ago, I could not even imagine that THIS CAN BE DONE BY MYSELF!

Linochka, to your health! You have no idea how glad I am when the girls have tea! By the way, I, too, six months ago and did not think that I would post tea recipes. It seemed to me that the "Mcooker" company had a recipe for Ivan tea. To my surprise, I did not find it.

I immediately made 21 kinds of different teas

Yes, yes, I remember your daily reports from the pine tree. And every time - with new tea.

slowly got to the 50th

It seems to me that this is not your last tea. True, I sense that we have little time left. I go for leaves every other day. And the yellowness and redness on trees and bushes becomes more and more stronger. My apple trees suddenly began to turn yellow. Today I didn't pick an apple tree at home, but at a neighbor's. He has trees on which branches reach the ground. And they are in the shade during the day. Here on them the leaves are soft and green, like in spring.

[Veronica]

the point is in drying and fermentation. Underexposure at low temperatures.

Veronica, Thank you for the answer! I do not quite understand - are you talking about a low temperature during withering? If yes, then such a factor has a place to be, at home it does not happen above 20 degrees, it is colder at night. I think the temperature during withering ranged from 18 to 22 degrees. The humidity is also decent, the leaves always lie for a long time.

So, if a large amount of juice in weakly wilted leaves (as they say in a book about tea) interferes with fermentation, then the bacteria do not have time to process protein. And if the leaves were washed after collection or collected after rain, then very few bacteria remained on the leaves, which, naturally, further interferes with fermentation. Here is the "fish" (protein) and floats to the surface. More details: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=389380.0

So, if a large amount of juice in weakly wilted leaves (as they say in a book about tea) interferes with fermentation, then bacteria do not have time to process protein. And if the leaves were washed after collection or collected after rain, then very few bacteria remained on the leaves, which, naturally, further interferes with fermentation. Here is the "fish" (protein) and floats to the surface. More details: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=389380.0

Oh, Ludmila, a picture emerges for a number of reasons: both the leaves were weakly wilted, and they dried at a low temperature, and they were collected, of course, not damp, but a little after the rain. So the "fish" sailed as punishment for violating the technology)
Linadoc, you have a stunningly beautiful tea! I think that everyone will be waiting not only for his photos in the infuser, but also for your report on the most liked mixes! Let's learn from experience! (Eck, I diplomatically beg for recipes)

[Daria]

talking about a low temperature during withering?

Daria, I think that was not the point.The Chinese try to dry the leaves at a low temperature and a little longer, then they dry more evenly. But not a high temperature during fermentation can lengthen its process, but this is also not critical. Fermentation stops at 15 *. So your conditions were met. I also always dry and ferment at 18 - 20 *. True, for fermentation, I always wrap the container with tea with blankets so that the heat from the fermentation of the leaves does not go away. The mass is self-heating due to oxidative processes, and this heat is enough for fermentation.
I still stop at not enough withering. Now it is cool and the leaves do not have time to wither during the time during which they wither in a warmer time. Last night I collected the leaves and they have been drying for 17 hours, but have not yet wilted to the point in which I usually begin to twist them in a meat grinder.

they gathered, of course, not damp, but a little after the rain.

Again, tea makers recommend waiting three days after the rain so that the bacteria carrying out the fermentation process have time to settle on the leaves. So I repeat - not enough withering complicates the fermentation process due to excess juice in the leaves + not enough bacteria on them. In this case, fermentation may not occur at all, or very slowly. What will happen better during this time - plant protein rotting (fishy smell) or fermentation - a question?
If you have a summer cottage and had to pile the cut grass or plant residues in heaps, then you could observe this very rotting. If the grass has not been dried before laying it in heaps, then it will definitely rot. To prevent this from happening, after mowing the grass in the countryside, it is first dried, and then only folded. Then no rain will allow this grass (hay) to rot.

[Darika]

Darika, I meant a low temperature with insufficient and therefore incomplete fermentation. For example, at 20-22 degrees, several hours. And the lower the temperature, the longer the fermentation process can take, or not quite right. Plants contain a bunch of different substances that tend to behave differently. So this is their behavior and gives unpredictable results. And the Chinese are smart, they, perhaps, once long ago "messed up", and then they turned it to their advantage!
Lyudmila,, finally got to the neighboring chokeberry. It turned out apple-raspberry-blackberry tea and (at the exit, out of greed) a couple of handfuls of thorns. Fermented for 5 hours in water under a quilted jacket, set to dry. It is impossible to be in the house because of the incredible smell. In my opinion, the cherry is resting ... Of course, the result will not be right now, but I already really like the blackberry. Tomorrow I'll go again, there is a huge bush, and all mine!

[Veronica]

It is impossible to be in the house because of the incredible smell. In my opinion, the cherry is resting ...

Veronica, well, finally, you also tried the blackberry! I warned that this is crazy tea! I am very glad that you made it. Congratulations ! Girls who haven't tried blackberry yet, find at least a bush to try. Tea will overwhelm you!

Lyudochka, it's been the second year since I contracted teas from you. Except them I don't drink any others. I always knew that I was a needlewoman, but when I saw this MK I was simply speechless. Well this is what a huge work and done .... Crazy work. I have already tried to make it out of blackberry (by the way, I ripped it off from the same neighbor as you), I am delighted !!! Today or tomorrow, wait for the gulls. I just can't wait to taste your creations.

Girls, dear, I missed so much during my vacation ... But I arrived with 2 liters of tea, although there was not enough time (berry and mushroom period), I am very glad that I am with you again.

I want to say that I made an apple tree for the first time, I took the leaves from a wild apple tree, the tea turned out to be black and so delicious !!! Today this is my favorite .. But someone said that he was no color ... I do not agree! But I made raspberries several times there, everything through a meat grinder and did not impress ... The apple tree is much tastier.

Lyudochka, it's been the second year since I contracted teas from you. Except them I don't drink any others. I always knew that I was a needlewoman, but when I saw this MK I was simply speechless. Well this is what a huge work and done .... Crazy work. I have already tried to make it out of blackberry (by the way, I ripped it off from the same neighbor as you), I'm delighted !!! Today or tomorrow, wait for the gulls. I just can't wait to taste your creations.

Anya, dear, hello! Well, finally, you checked out in this thread. How glad I am to read you. And I am even more glad to see you soon. Let's come! We'll drink tea, we'll cut off the whole blackberry at Comrade Zina's. She said you vomited. And she finally suggested to me to do the same.
I'm waiting for you !

very glad that I am with you again

Check mark! Hello ! Welcome back! Good to see you ! Glad that you finally made an apple tree, and you like it! But I have now discovered raspberries for myself. In mono teas it is rather weak, but in mixes it is cool! With the same apple tree. And if you add a handful or two of cherries, pears, blackberries, strawberries, then the tea turns out to be incomparable. So, if you still go to the dacha, then try to make such a gull!

I'm on my way))) I'm taking marshmallow to your tea for a sample, we will taste it)))

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., Hello, and we are already indulging in teas and drinking

[Loksa]

LoksaWell .... and I missed everything.
Can you briefly write the main theses, what happened in the last 10 days?
Read not reread me here, there is not enough time. At least the main methods, methods and their results.

Sly-read-read, I actually also missed a couple of messages there a lot of interesting things we are still here And we bake such handmade cake for tea Fse

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., PassaRi there on Temko village the factory will open soon

And yesterday I brewed my first cherry tea, made on July 4, so tasty, sweet and as if with a refreshing hint of mint, although there was no mint there.
He reminded me of the tea that my grandmother brewed when I visited her village in the winter with my parents. Grandma brewed - dry twigs from cherries, just went and broke twigs on a tree and brewed in a teapot. I remember the teapot inside was pink.

[Vika]

Vika, you have this patience! Have you tried brewing this tea before? Although, everything is correct! That's right! Now you can drink it - 2 months have passed for aging! Now it will only get better, unless, of course, it ends.
I am very glad that you made the tea. You can make a few more batches of tea while the leaves are on the trees.

Lyuda, come on. I used to try to brew it as soon as I cooked it and it was by and large not what it was. I just rarely drink tea in summer, but when the coolness and cold begins, then yes, I like to tea.
I also made an apricot with a cherry at the same time, in a lazy way, I brewed it yesterday, it became cloudy, I brewed it with one water at a time. I didn't understand anything about him, I was the first to taste the cherries and it seems she interrupted everything in the taste buds, in the end, I looked and the tea became transparent, I decided for myself that this did not bother me. We must brew it separately and try it.
Lyudochka, I made another tea from raspberries a week ago, strawberries (dried this morning), thorns, again cherries and there are still semi-finished products in the freezer. Thank you for your kind words. Such a topic is emotional, contagious and at the same time pacifying.

[Vika]

come on.

Vika, agreed, come on!

I made another tea from raspberries a week ago, strawberries (dried this morning), thorns, again cherries and there are still semi-finished products in the freezer.

Class - the process is in full swing!
Vika, did you make mixed teas ("Village")? If not, try it. The more plants, the tastier the tea is.

Such a topic is emotional, contagious and at the same time pacifying.

Yes, the process is very addictive! Vika, I am glad that I "infected" you with this activity, useful in every sense. Make tea for health!

Sly-read-read, I actually also missed a couple of messages there a lot of interesting things we are still here And we bake such handmade cake for tea Fse

hmm .... read 20 pages during business hours
This is how it means: I’m just outside the door, and here they play with buns right away

I am like a real patient, I cannot stop. I made 3 meters of excellent sausages, washed the meat grinder, let me, I think, I’ll play something for the soul. I like pear, very much! I decided to roll the pear and add pumpkin and zucchini leaves to it. Well, I can't live without an experiment! It turned out very tasty !!!

Well, I started to read the missed words and I smile
Pumpkin ... zucchini ... we are all terminally ill here

I'm just outside the door, and they are playing with buns right away

No, Checkmark, not buns ... Pie from T. L. Tolstoy. Go to my profile, look at the recipe. It turns out very tasty. By the way, I'm baking it now. Fragrance !!!! The whole village.

Pumpkin ... zucchini ... we are all terminally ill here

You haven't reached the carrots yet. So read it, read it! And the work will wait. You can't do this right after a vacation in whirlpool work your head to plunge.

UFFFFFF ... I read a mustache !!!! 4 hours have passed (I look around, it seems like the boss is not standing over me, so they haven't fired yet)
What can I say?
I bow to Lyudmila below the ground (oh, she got her nose in the ground), it’s necessary to have such patience and such a kind soul, well, agree with me, she’s ready to repeat and chew all any misunderstandings 100 times
Lots of new reading experiences ... Withering in sheets ... twisting with a broken arm, amazing, no AMAZING Mistletoe sausages
I took note of a lot, about mixes, for example, and then mono raspberry tea, although it was dark, but the aroma did not impress ANYWHERE! And here is the super-wild apple tree!
The result of my vacation, 2 weeks - 2 liters of tea and +1 person will be engaged in teas by 100%. Fermentation went to the masses.

UFFFFFF ... I read a mustache !!!! 4 hours left

Well, you're done! You have a good job ! And treat the chef with tea for closing his eyes to the pranks of the employees.

ready to repeat and chew any misunderstandings 100 times

Ready-ready ... Not everyone can look for the necessary information in such an overgrown topic. Thank you, Checkmark, for your kind words!

The result of my vacation, 2 weeks - 2 liters of tea and +1 person will be engaged in teas by 100%. Fermentation went to the masses.

Great results! Especially when you replenish our ranks with new tea makers! Well done !

There is nothing to thank me for, it is you we must thank ALL! So this time I arrived at the dacha after a 12-hour drive, my head was already spinning, it seemed that I was driving all the way ... and first of all I ran to sniff tea, we are all sick here, all
And I will definitely bake a pie, since there are so many apples this year that there is nowhere to go.

So this time I arrived at the dacha after a 12-hour drive by car

Galya, where is the dacha located? I take the bus home from St. Petersburg in 12 hours. True, at night.

I was driving from the Arkhangelsk region to a dacha near St. Petersburg)), 920 km

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, I bought today Siberian green leaf Ivan-tea. I liked the aroma and taste of the tea, the color of the tea leaves is dark, like black tea.
But I still like our mixed leaf teas more, they are more aromatic and tastier.

[Alla]

AllaIt is good that Siberians sell normal tea. But it is a pity that you cannot compare this tea with our home-made Ivan-tea. "Rustic" is, of course, very good! I don’t even compare them. Because I like both.

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., Checkmark, but I was very interested in carrots. Soon we will pull it, there is where to attach the tops. Anyway, I want to try a little. And what kind of sausages Omelka has, I almost fell under the table, my boss noticed, I had to say that for the general development of my mind I am comprehensively developing (I am preparing tea) - we were sipping (well, if the tea is current), but he is somehow strange on me looked! I have already closed the season, next year I will continue, but not yet a carrot ....

I have already closed the season

Oksana, how is that? nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
But what about the apple tree ?? I am wildly delighted with her! this is mmmmmmmm
Yesterday my husband and I tasted teas for the night while looking (there was no other time), I tried to understand which raspberry is tastier - a meat grinder or a manual twist, drank 2 cups, we got different teas ... different in taste and color, but I couldn’t understand which tastes better, both are delicious. But the apple tree is tastier than Oksana, but how is the blackberry? How will you live without tea in winter? Without vitaminoff (probably hopes that I will share, but I will easily pour it off)
At 3 a.m. I regretted doing this for the night
Oksana, no, I don't want a carrot

I bought today Siberian green leaf Ivan-tea

How sad that you, southerners, have to buy Ivan's tea ... Come to us!

[Galina Iv.]

Galina Iv., and carrots are very useful for those who have skin problems. And she has a very interesting result - it doesn't seem like a carrot taste. I'll try it.
As for the apple tree, I have a lot of it, it will definitely be enough for the winter. ... And mine are secretly trying to steal a packet of store tea and quickly pour boiling water over them, because I categorically: spiteful: I recommend drinking my tea - they resist a little, you need to brew correctly, and not just rinse the bag, well, they are not used to me yet. I myself drink a lot, literally go everywhere with a mug.
I also have a little blackberries. I want to mix everything. Here's where to put this suitcase of teas-: girl-q: this question is on the agenda. I don't have a mezzanine, but there’s a pressure cooker in the closet with dresses. I'm afraid the room will not be able to handle more tea.

[Oksana]

I have already closed the season

Oksana,

yes yes, the season is just beginning, you can say !!

Unfortunately, it ends. Pears, apple trees, raspberries, black chokeberry have already changed color and are crumbling. Green leaves are found in shaded areas. And those are very rude. I decided to freeze them after withering. Maybe this will twist better in a meat grinder.
And here is my wild pear 5 days ago. Now she's all flushed.



By the way, yellow and red leaves of black chokeberry, pear and apple tree are much softer than green ones. But I can't get to them.

By the way, yellow and red leaves of black chokeberry, pear and apple tree are much softer than green ones.

And what can you use yellow leaves?

strawberry-strawberry leaves, for example, are recommended only in late autumn, by this time they accumulate max. number of nutrients

[lappl1]

lappl1, wow, Aunt Pear, but I only have 1m height))))

And what can you use yellow leaves?

Oksan, I didn’t make tea from yellow ones, but from red and red-yellow strawberry, pear, blackberries I made super tea. And this year I am doing it from dark red raspberry leaves. True, in mixes. The tea is also delicious. Only all these leaves are sooooo hard to spin.

wow, aunt Pear, but I only have 1m height))))

Galya, yeah, aunt is not small ... All my trees are like that - the garden is 30 years old, and maybe more. Nobody cuts trees for 10 years. The harvest is rich! And, most interestingly, there are no wormy apples (we do not cultivate the garden). There are a lot of birds, We feed them all winter. Maybe they help fight pests?

Loksa, this is the wrong approach to loved ones. It is strictly forbidden to drink homemade tea, and to recommend drinking only store-bought tea. The forbidden fruit is always sweet.

And what can you use yellow leaves?

Can a pear have dark red leaves in tea? Another week and everything will start to crumble. Can we make it in time?

[Galina]

How sad that you, southerners, have to buy Ivan's tea ... Come to us!

Galina, thanks for the invitation. : rose: I hope that next year I will find Ivan-tea in our Rostov region.

[Lyudochka]

By the way, yellow and red leaves of black chokeberry, pear and apple tree are much softer than green ones. But I can't get to them.
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Lyudochka My pear also turned red all over, only it is not so high and yesterday I just came off peeling it off. And after your tea ("Village") along the way I nibbled the apple and cherry with a pear. I even found a fireweed ... it's amazing how it is still preserved so green. Probably waiting for me to come for him)))
So now I will also try to make a tea mix.

I even found a fireweed ...it is surprising how it has survived so green.

Anya, I saw this fireweed. It was after the grass was cut in July that he grew up. And fully grown! But I didn’t cut him off, as there was very little of him. I stood there, admired it, and walked on ... So I saved it for you ...
By the way, in connection with this, my thought has matured. Girls, you need to mow such clearings next year, somewhere in mid-July. Until autumn, the fireweed will grow again, bloom, and in September, in the second round, tea can be made from young and delicate leaves.

So now I will also try to make a tea mix.

Then write about the result, okay?
By the way, today I went to pick a chokeberry. Barely narwhal - so few leaves! You can't make mono tea. While there is a possibility, I will add a handful or two to the mixes.