Country tea (fermented) - seven in one

sorry, I wanted to do it today))
okay, let's see, maybe by 11-12 o'clock I won't sleep yet, but most likely tomorrow I'm saddling seagulls in the evening))
How many hours do garden gardens take? leaves are not young, normal, tough
another day will lie? if about 40% is slightly wilted

[Wozik]

Wozik, and you what has not withered, so that it does not dry out at night, wrap it in a cloth in a tight roll, and in the morning you will have the necessary dryness and moisture. Ivan tea - in the refrigerator (not in the icebox!).
And it is impossible to say for how many hours the leaves are withering. The leaves are different, not only in different regions, but even from two neighboring trees can wither at different times. Girls dry the same fireweed for 12 hours, and I have it ready for a maximum of 8 hours - a warm and dry place for drying was chosen, and in any weather dry. So you can only rely on yourself, on your feelings. You need to try, do, and after a while you will do everything quickly and without hesitation.

[Wozik]

How many hours do garden gardens take? leaves are not young, normal, tough

Wozik, and it would also be good to freeze garden sauces after withering. Then they will scroll well in a meat grinder.

the leaves are still drying, Ivan is resting in the refrigerator, gardening on the table.
I'm afraid to freeze, I'll explain why, there are a lot of fish in the freezer, but I don't like the fishy smell, I'm afraid it stinks.
even if you scroll twice in the meat grinder, if the granules did not work out on the first scroll, then on the second scroll they will turn out?

[Wozik]

Wozik, you can put leaves in any container. Or in several packages. I also have fish in the freezer (my husband catches every day). And it seems that this smell is not transmitted to the leaves. I wrap them in 3 bags.
After the second linking, the granules become stronger. Only then try to twist them with a fine grate.

why with small, explain?

[Wozik]

Wozik, theoretically I can not explain, only from experience. The first time - on a large, the second time on a small one. Then the granules are stronger.

Thank you)
1. and if you scroll a second time on a large?
2. If you scroll a second time on a shallow one, then during brewing, the tea does not crumble into dust at the bottom of the cup?

[Wozik]

Wozik,
1. It is possible and on a large! But the pellets will be less strong.
2. Whichever way you turn, the granules will still crumble during brewing. Because we have a meat grinder that is not designed for processing leaves. If we had industrial granulators, as in production, then our granules would not crumble during brewing. But these granulators are prohibitively expensive. A homebrew tea maker will not pull such a device. And there will be nowhere to put it - it is very large - it will take half a kitchen.

base Ivan-tea? I want to take 2 parts, the rest of the leaves in one part, the cherry leaves came out a little, all in caterpillars, 0.3 parts.
so fit?

put it down, Cherry will kill everything anyway!

yes, take one or two pieces of ivan tea (as a basis)
will a little cherry kill everything?

[Wozik]

Wozik, cherry is generally felt everywhere, even a handful of leaves.
Do you experiment at all, is it really not interesting yourself? After all, we all started making teas last year, skated the recipe, understood the basics and began to vary who was in that much, there were a lot of mistakes, but it was interesting - we all learned, and we still learn, even from our novices, who- Something gives a new idea and now we either reject it, because it has already been passed, or try, do it.
Ivan tea is generally the best and most grateful raw material, and the tea made from it is the best, but throw currants or cherries into it and the smell will be currant or cherry.
In general, learn, try, experiment, no one except you will understand what to add, how much to ferment, everything is only from your own experience.
Sorry if I offended you in any way.

I just would like to learn from someone else's experience)

Read, because everyone has different tastes, GalineIve likes mono raspberries, I do not, I love the smell of cherries, I added them to all the village ones, but cherry did not inspire someone, so only you yourself will create your own experience when you make tea, try , experiment.

Tea made from leaves of pears, irgi, cherries, bird cherry. Fermentation for 5 hours. The smell of bird cherry.
Drying in the oven. I always interfered with my hands. 100, 80.50. The smell of tea.

Bird cherry, cherry, irga, gooseberry, pear, blackberry, raspberry. Dried day, until the crunch disappeared. In the freezer for 2.5 days.

Twisted 2 times, there was no difference, the same. The smell is awesome. Pies with bird cherry.

Fermentation 5 hours

Drying 150 20 minutes and further additional drying on the street. The thin layer has time to dry in 20 minutes. The smell lasted until morning in the apartment. Did not interfere

The granules are strong. The smell is pleasant. I didn't put the cherry berries in the photo, it doesn't grow with me.

The color is rich, the taste of a weak bird cherry. In the airfryer, I liked drying more. Dries on both sides, no need to interfere.

[Wozik]

Wozik, fits! In the Village everything is suitable from those plants that fall under the principles of choosing plants for tea. By the way, in Village tea the granules are always stronger than in mono teas. So you may not need to twist the leaves twice.

[Lyudmila]

Lyudmila, Lyudmila, I am very glad to see you. It's been a long time since you've been with us! I am very glad that you continue to make teas. Thank you for such a detailed and wonderful photo report. We will all be very happy if you continue to share your experience with us!

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudochka, I wanted to ask. And how does "Village" differ from mixes from garden sauces? The fact that it necessarily contains fireweed? Or that it must have 7 components?

[Guzel]

Guzel, they are one and the same ... Basically Rustic is a mix. It's just that the word mix is ​​spelled shorter, so we use it instead of a longer word. I gave this name to tea because I did not invent it myself: that is how it was called in Russia. The old recipe had 6 ingredients. I added a pear on my own. And that turned out 7. And you can do "Village" from 2 or more. The more ingredients, the tastier the tea is. And fireweed is completely optional in OUR tea. In autumn, I take raspberries as a basis (at least 50%), because I have a myriad of them around the village. What composition you want, do this. My favorite Rustic is the one with at least a little cherry or black chokeberry.

[lappl1]

lappl1Lyudochka, I understood everything. It's just that the Temko are different, I decided that THESE teas are different. Thank you!

[Guzel]

Guzel, yes, the topics are different. Everyone is doing mostly Rustic, and they write about it in the garden scent. I am not re-educating the people in any way ...

Good morning girls. I love Ivan tea very much, I buy it on the site (I refused both black and green). And then it turns out that you yourself make wonderful tea, I also wanted to try it. We went to the woods to look for Ivan-tea, but apparently it was too late to wake up,
And now you can prepare garden or what other leaves? or a little late. Probably the best time is spring-early summer

[Cinnamon]

Cinnamon, Hello! Nice to see you on the tea theme. But we have four of them. Please follow these links. There you can learn about the peculiarities of making tea from different plants.
- Ivan tea (fermentation of fireweed leaves);
- Ivan-tea "Fluffy" (from unripe seed bolls);
- Fermented tea made from leaves of garden and wild plants .
Ivan tea can still be made if you find undamaged and relatively young leaves. It's a bit late, of course, but also excellent tea.
And we make tea from garden plants before the leaves fall.

Lyudmila, thank you! I am already reading in your other topics. I did not even suspect that there is a whole treasure of useful and interesting information !!!
Oh, how many Wishlist-blanks appeared at once !!!! I didn’t know that garden and other leaves can be harvested like this - it’s just OPENING for me !!! Thank you very much, I went further to study

[Cinnamon]

Cinnamon, Olya, to your health! Study and make tea for health. There is still a lot of tea time. You will have time to do it. Good luck!

Ivan-tea "White-pink" (from the tops) (lappl1)

Good afternoon, girls! I'm new here, please welcome to your house?
For several days I've been reading the topic with teas, it's on fire! Yesterday I picked up leaves of fireweed (no longer young, of course, and it's not May or a month on the street), and also red strawberry leaves of meadow. I added raspberry, apple, pear, cherry leaves and a handful of currant leaves to them. I dried it in a rag, and then froze it all the same, but not for long (3 hours), got it out, thawed it out, twisted it! Perfect granules turned out straight! I put it on fermentation overnight (long ??!), So I'm waiting for now))))
I plan to make tea from one Ivan-tea, I have already ordered a bag)))
Thank you for the most interesting recipe - attracts me to old recipes - pickled apples, cherry wine, now here's tea ...

[cerea]

cerea, gardening is better not to ferment for a long time, 6 hours will be enough. And make sure Ivan tea, and a lot! He is the king of teas! There is also a topic for it, see the links on the first page.

[cerea]

cerea, Natalia, Hello! We are very glad to see you! Join our big tea company!

I put it on fermentation overnight (long ??!), So I'm waiting for now))))

Natalia, we do not ferment garden plants for a long time. 6 - 8 hours is enough. But it is better for you to choose the fermentation time yourself by experience. try to make tea with different fermentation times. I suggest going to neighboring tea topics to get acquainted with more detailed recipes. Here are active links to them:
- Ivan tea (fermentation of fireweed leaves);
- Ivan-tea "White-pink" (from the tops);
- Ivan-tea "Fluffy" (from immature seed bolls);
- Fermented tea made from leaves of garden and wild plants .

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, Elena, I report. I got up in the night, at the same time sniffed my grass, it smelled the same as after scrolling - grass. In the morning, the smell changed - the harshness went away, it began to smell nice that you want to inhale. This is the right moment, right?
I put it in the oven - dry, I'll report it in the evening!

[cerea]

cerea, Natalia, in fact, a twisted mass with leaves from garden plants does not initially smell like grass. especially if it has cherry leaves. During drying, it becomes clear what kind of tea you have. the smell is usually very strong and tasty. In general, we are waiting for the result.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, Dried, could not resist - brewed. The tea turned out to be cool, without bitterness, which I don't like, and very fragrant! Cherry smells great!
Today there is a difference - dad will bring a whole bag of fireweed, I will make tea of ​​varying degrees of fermentation. I hope I'll take a picture - I'll bring a photo report!

I made another tea from raspberries, apple trees and cherries (there was quite a bit of it). Now drying in the veranda in a cloth bag. I don't know about tea, but the aromatic sachet worked wonderfully well. Every time we pass by we put our nose to the bag with the whole family. The smell is amazing.
A similar mix, but with plums instead of cherries, it did not give such a flavor. Our cherry bush is not big, I'm afraid to collect a lot of leaves from it.

[cerea]

I dried it, couldn't resist - brewed it. The tea turned out to be cool, without bitterness, which I don't like, and very aromatic! Cherry smells great! Today there is a difference - dad will bring a whole bag of fireweed, I will make tea of ​​varying degrees of fermentation. I hope I'll take a picture - I'll bring a photo report!

cerea, Natalia, Well, that's great! So you did everything right. It's good that you try to make tea from fireweed. It is already ending, but there is still a little more to do. And the next year you can already harvest from May.

I made another tea from raspberries, apple trees and cherries (there was quite a bit of it). Now drying in the veranda in a cloth bag. I don't know about tea, but the aromatic sachet worked wonderfully well. Every time we pass by we put our nose to the bag with the whole family. The smell is amazing.

IrisKa_B, Ira, I am very glad that your process has started. By the way, I also can't calmly walk past the bags. I'll always stick my nose in them.

A similar mix, but with plums instead of cherries, did not give such a flavor. Our cherry bush is not big, I'm afraid to collect a lot of leaves from it.

IrinaMany people don't like the plum. Me too. It gives a cloudy infusion and a weak taste. But in mixes for volume, and with cherry leaves, it can even be done.

Good day!
Can you please tell me if it is possible to freeze the leaves of trees and bushes before scrolling in a meat grinder? Granules will not crumble? Found opposite recommendations

[Seberia]

Seberia, can. On the contrary, if you scroll the currants without freezing, there will be no granules. A meat grinder will do better with frozen leaves.

[paramed1]

paramed1, Thank you so much!
This phrase confused me:

little girls! If you want to rotate the leaves in a meat grinder, then they do not need to be frozen! They can crumble!
They need to be dried before the meat grinder - then they will not turn into dust in the meat grinder.

Tell me, please, is it possible to freeze the leaves of trees and bushes before scrolling in a meat grinder? Granules won't crumble? Found opposite recommendations

Read Temka "Fermented tea from the leaves of garden and wild plants", where Lyudmila dwelled on this in great detail, but if you don’t want to search, you can freeze, but before that you must wilt it !!!!

[Seberia]

Tell me, please, is it possible to freeze the leaves of trees and bushes before scrolling in a meat grinder? Granules will not crumble? Found opposite recommendations

Seberia, at the time of this writing the recipe was only 2 days old (I posted it on June 24, and the post was written on June 26). Then I was still "stewing in my own juice". the girls were just starting to make tea, and many sent the leaves to the freezer without withering. And then they got dust at the exit. So I tried to explain to the girls the erroneousness of their behavior. If you read the recipe now, you will see that freezing the leaves is not at all a necessary procedure. Although it is much easier to make tea with it. But only after withering !!!!! DO NOT do it without withering! Why, you can read in the recipe itself and in the links to the book of tea (the chapter on wilting) in the Notes at the end of the recipe. This year I ruled the recipe. Therefore, it is better to focus on it.

[Lucilia]

Lucilia, Thank you! I seem to have read everything, but such a mess in my head still
My experience is only exhausted by Ivan-tea. He's already in dry fermentation. And I twisted it by hand

Lappl1, thank you so much for your answer and for your experience! I didn’t even think that the process would take me so much. Rip off everything I can
I realized about withering! Only for me for some reason all the leaves wilt much longer (except for the apple tree) - at least a day. Only then does the crumpled handful not turn back.

[Seberia]

Thank you so much for your response and for your experience! I didn’t even think that the process would take me so much. Rip off everything I can

Seberia, to your health! I am very glad that tea captivated you! I understand you very well! I have been making tea for the 4th year, and every new batch is delightful!

I brought the leaves from the dacha on Sunday, wrapped them in a sheet and only today remembered about them. Unfolded. almost the entire leaf is dry, I wanted to throw it away right away, but my hand did not rise. Scrolled in a meat grinder. She, of course, poor, smoked in the literal sense of the word. I saw it for the first time. so that the steam goes. They won't touch the metal - boiling water. Spun for a very long time .. every 3 minutes let it cool. As a result, the granules are strong, fermentation is 12 hours, the aroma is gorgeous! This means that it is very difficult to spoil tea.

Ksyusha, well, you give it! The main thing is that the meat grinder survived. By the way, so is Galya Iv. I also forgot about the leaves of the fireweed - I put them to dry on the balcony and safely forgot about them. The hand also did not rise to throw it away. She soaked the leaves in water, then squeezed out the water, well, and then - according to the script. He says that the tea turned out to be wonderful. So, you're right, it's hard to spoil our tea.

People. Well, I didn't think of water. And there was no time ... as always.

Ksyusha, the main thing is that everything ended well.

(All the leaves from the freezer, thawed, washed - the smell is pleasant from all the leaves) Raspberries and currants Blooming Sally japonica blackberry cherry irga I poured everything into a basin, gutted and mixed (I left 30 cherry leaves, I did the rest differently) I scrolled everything in a meat grinder 2 times Fermentation - 3 hours (t25 * C) - the smell has changed, it has become more mixed. Then the airfryer with the lid ajar (t150 * C) - 25 min. Drying in a dryer 1 hour - 70 * C, 2 hours - 50 * C. Result one baking sheet The aroma is very pleasant, I will brew later - let it infuse

By the way, about the quince.
Who did it? How is she?
This frukht appeared in my mother's garden. I did not pay attention to him - a twig is sticking out of the ground))
Pay next year or keep ignoring? ))

[IvaNova]

IvaNova, Irinaadded quince to country tea, I like it. We have two large trees, a large fleshy leaf, there is something to make tea from.

[francevna]

francevna, Thank you! I take note of this scent)