Ivan Tea Recipe

It is a lovely tasting nutrient loaded tea called ivan chai or koporye tea.

Ivan tea recipe.

Later on ivan tea became very popular in european countries and was just as widely spread as famous indian tea. This is a traditional russian tea that has been around since the 12 th century. Apparently there was a thriving fireweed tea industry in the pacific northwest when the russians occupied it. While legend has it that tea was discovered in china and many histories have been written black tea didn t appear.

The abundance and wide accessibility of rosebay makes it s production a very localised process but the tea s processing method is a widely known recipe descended from its koporye haydays several hundred years ago. Ivan tea was first mentioned in 12 13 centuries but then it was known by the name of a small town near saint petersburg koporye tea. Fireweed tea or ivan chai is a traditional fermented black tea or tisane made from fireweed or willow herb a medicinal herb that grows throughout the northern hemisphere and from california to alaska in the west and as far south as north carolina in eastern north america. The first package of ivan chai i got from the family friends 2 years ago.

Rosebay willow herb tea ivan chai koporye tea this is an easy to make traditional fermented black tea. Sadly in 18 th century ivan tea was unfairly forgotten and only recently has it started winning. When rust did not yet have a customary tea for modern man this fragrant drink was prepared from a conventional field plant and even supplied dried raw materials to the emperor. This is how i did.

There are dozens of recipes to prepare ivan chai. Fireweed tea has a long history in russia where it s called koporye tea. According to legends from leaves of a willow herb hunters and wanderers preferred to make tea. Perhaps it is better to replace the habitual drink from a package with dried leaves of this plant.

Since that i don t have green tea or black tea at home. After fermentation right before going into oven. You make fireweed tea by stripping the leaves off the stalks bruising them in some way letting them oxidize and ferment then drying and storing them. Ivan tea is very useful and to men as raises a potentiality.