Who would have thought! Super tea grows on apple trees

This tea won me over with everything: beautiful color, benefits, taste. And I can do it myself!

To begin with, a little excursion, is it worth the candle? Are apple leaves good enough to make tea from them?

Leaf composition

phosphorus
iron
molybdenum
zinc
copper
aluminum
coumarins
saponins
tannins
flavonoids
phytoncides

What does it mean? Is this good or bad? Read this article.

There will also be a step-by-step cooking recipe. Verified!

A true connoisseur of fermented teas made tea from apple leaves according to his recipe. Especially for the channel GARDEN.

This tea is made from apple leaves. Look what a nice color! And the smell is vaguely similar to dried pears.

So, this unusual delicious tea

Relieves gastritis pain
Doctors prescribe for gastrointestinal diseases
Has anti-inflammatory effects
Helps with anemia
Relieves sore throat and hoarseness
Helps with insomnia
For some skin diseases in the form of lotions

Caution! Apple fermented tea is contraindicated for

increased blood clotting, thrombophlebitis
chronic constipation;
pregnancy

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Step by step recipe

Step number one

Apple leaves

It happened that they cut off a branch near the fence so as not to interfere with the neighbors. And on it there are beautiful clean leaves! They were collected. The younger the apple leaves, the better. In this case, the end of June.

You don't need to wash them. The technology for tea cannot be washed. Remember, grapes are not washed for pulp. So it makes sense.

Step number two

The cut leaves should hang for a couple of hours in the shade so that they don't break later.

Step number three

Withered apple leaves are placed in a bag and in the freezer.

After the freezer

Leaves in hand after freezer

You can get it out the next day.

Step number four

The same leaves lay in a bucket after the freezer and thawed

Step number five

We twisted them through a meat grinder. The resulting mass was placed in glassware and a bag.

Step number six

Now the most important thing is fermentation in a dark place.

The dishes are then only glass.

There is no exact fermentation time. It depends on the weather, apple variety and other factors. Therefore, after 6 hours we open the bag and sniff. If it smells like grass, continue the process. Then we check every 6 hours.

A fruity smell will appear in the finale.

Step seven

Now drying. This is also an important process.

It must be dried at a temperature of about 50 ° C. Temperature stops the fermentation process at the desired note. Fermentation stops. Both a dryer and an oven are suitable, as it is more convenient for anyone. About 4 hours will pass, but this is very imprecise. Overdried tea will lose some of its beneficial properties. Underdried can get moldy.

Step number eight

The finishing touch is storage in a glass jar. Brew like regular tea.

Fermented apple tea ready for storage.

Bon Appetit!

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