How to color eggs with coffee or tea. Easter is coming: How to color eggs with natural dyes

If it so happens that you haven’t collected the onion skins that everyone is used to, then don’t despair, black tea will help you with this. My mother always collected onion peels in advance; there was even a separate bag where she put the peeled onions. But I also did this last year, and this year it just slipped my mind that I needed to collect this very husk. And now I need to paint eggs for Easter, but I don’t have any shells. And a friend told me how to dye eggs for Easter with black tea. I was surprised, but quickly used the recipe. I will write it down in detail so that even beginners can repeat it. And those who are familiar with a similar recipe will be able to quickly repeat and also paint chicken eggs with black tea.

- 3 pcs. chicken eggs,
- 40 grams of large-leaf black tea,
- 600 grams of water.

How to cook with photos step by step

Boil chicken eggs: wash them with soda or soap, thoroughly and rinse with water several times. Place in a saucepan, pour cold water So that it covers the eggs completely, add a pinch of salt so that their shells do not burst or crack. When the water boils, set the time for 8 minutes so that the eggs are hard-boiled. I indicated a small number of eggs in the recipe, for example. If you boil a dozen eggs, then feel free to use 60 grams of tea to make the infusion stronger. Well, and correspondingly more water.

Pour the tea into a deep container where you can pour boiling water. I used loose leaf, strong black tea.

Pour 600 grams of boiling water and let it brew for 30 minutes, you can cover the container with a lid.

Dip the boiled eggs into slightly warm brewed tea, let them lie in the room for about an hour, constantly turning them over so that the tea leaves begin to color the shell. Then put it in the refrigerator overnight or for 6-8 hours during the day if you started boiling the eggs in the morning.

And now the eggs are well colored, they have a beautiful brown hue.

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Before Easter, many brightly colored chemical dyes for eggs appear in stores, but the most beautiful, healthy and delicious eggs will be those dyed with natural dyes that our great-grandmothers used.

So, as natural dyes for eggs you can use any vegetables, fruits, berries and even herbs and seasonings that have a pigment that can color Easter eggs. The most popular are: red cabbage, beets, coffee, spinach and nettle leaves, turmeric, paprika, green tea, hibiscus, blueberries and cranberries.

Two ways to color eggs:

1. To prepare the dye, vegetables and fruits need to be cut and boiled for 30 minutes (the proportions are arbitrary and depend on which shade you like best). Then boil the eggs in the coloring solution for 10 minutes (the water should completely cover the eggs). For a richer color, you can increase the cooking time.

2. Or you can paint already boiled eggs, then you first need to make a coloring solution (boil vegetables, fruits or spices with water), and then paint the egg in it (the minimum coloring time is 30 minutes, but you can leave it all night).

Important! To make the color of the coloring solution bright, you must add vinegar (1 tsp) to it.

Natural dyes, of course, will not give such a bright shade as chemical ones, but they are absolutely harmless and can paint eggs in very delicate and beautiful colors.

Your family, especially children, will definitely love these colorful eggs!

Examples of egg coloring:

Yellow

The yellow color of eggs is obtained if you boil them in water with the addition of onion peel, carrots, cumin or chamomile seeds. A more intense color is obtained on yellow or brown eggs. Chamomile gives a delicate yellow color; it can be boiled and strained, or eggs can be boiled together with chamomile sachets.

Example 1: Boil turmeric for 15 minutes in water and add eggs.

Example 2: To prepare the dye, you need to take 1 liter of water, 3 tablespoons of turmeric powder and grated red carrots, cook for 30 minutes.

Orange color

Orange color of eggs - juice orange zest, tangerine zest juice, paprika, red carrot juice.

Example 1: 4 tbsp. spoons of paprika should be boiled for 30 minutes in a saucepan with a glass of water, then place the eggs in the broth.

Example 2: Soak boiled hot eggs in carrot juice with the addition of turmeric (the proportions are arbitrary and depend on which shade you like best).

Brown color

Brown - Birch leaves, black tea, coffee. Needs to be brewed strong coffee or tea and boil eggs in it.

Brick Red - Onion skin.

Example: For 3 liters of water you need to take 4 cups of onion peels and boil for an hour. The more onion peel, the richer the dye. Add the eggs and boil them in the resulting dye. To get a purple hue, you need to do the same with the skin of the red onion.

Red color

Red, reddish-crimson - a decoction of cherry bark or cherry branches.

Example: Boil the bark or twigs of the cherry, let it brew for several hours (it’s better to boil and leave overnight), be sure to strain, and cook the eggs in this infusion. If the decoction of cherry bark is made weak, the eggs will turn pink.

Pink color

Pink and lilac shades - blueberries, lingonberries, cranberries (frozen or in the form of juice), raspberries, currants, cherries, red cabbage. You can soak already boiled eggs in the juice.

Green color

Green - dried spinach, parsley, nettle, ivy, blueberry decoction

Example 1: For 2-3 eggs and 0.5 liters of water, take about a handful of dried coltsfoot, bracken or carrot tops.

Example 2: Boil eggs with dried nettle infusion (3 tablespoons of crushed nettle per liter of water).

Example 3: To get a green tint to the eggs, you can use fresh blueberry juice. For 1 liter of blueberry decoction - 2-3 full teaspoons of turmeric powder. To avoid the appearance of lumps, first grind the turmeric with water in a small bowl and only then place it in the blueberry decoction.

Example 4: Chop the spinach finely (frozen is also good) and add water to cover. Cook for 30 minutes and let cool.

Blue color

Blue, purple - blueberries, lingonberries or blueberries (the berries must be frozen from last year), elderberries, leaves red cabbage- the broth will be red, but the eggs will turn blue.

Example: For 0.5 liters of water, take 2 small heads of red cabbage and 6 tablespoons of 9% vinegar. Finely chop the cabbage and add hot water, add vinegar. Immerse boiled eggs in this mixture and leave for a couple of hours. To obtain a deeper color, it is better to leave the eggs overnight.

Convenient cheat sheet with step by step instructions according to the color of the eggs:

More step by step recipes Chef-daw

Good afternoon. Preparing for the bright holiday of Easter, there is probably no more interesting activity for the whole family than coloring eggs. This is very old tradition and each color has its own meaning.

Red: a regal color reminiscent of God's love for the human race
Yellow (gold, orange): symbolizes wealth and prosperity
Cyan (blue): the color of kindness, hope and love for one's neighbor
Green: the color of prosperity and rebirth

And all these colors can be dyed eggs using only natural dyes, such as orange, which turns out, which I wrote about yesterday.

Today it is easy to buy in a store food colorings and paint eggs in any color of the rainbow without any problems. But, it seems to me, this somehow impoverishes the process, turning it from an exciting and meaningful activity into a dry process of chemical reactions.

My grandmother, for example, sets aside a separate day for painting eggs, takes a long time to sort through and discard the products that will be suitable for painting, and then systematically and slowly prepares them. In general, a person works and enjoys thinking about what will come of it all.

If you are also fascinated by this process, or you do not trust modern Food Industry with its dyes, then this note is for you.

Coloring eggs for Easter with turmeric

Turmeric gives eggs a yellow color. Coloring with turmeric is one of the simplest procedures because you don’t need to boil or cook anything.

Take liter jar, pour 500 ml of boiling water into it, add 2 tablespoons of turmeric and 2 tablespoons of vinegar.

Using vinegar “activates” natural dyes and colors become brighter

Then place the already boiled egg in the jar. When the water has cooled, transfer the jar to the refrigerator. The egg should lie in the jar from 2 hours to the whole night, depending on how deep the color you want to get.

How longer egg lies in the dye, the deeper and darker the color tone

How to color an egg blue

Blue or blue color can be obtained by boiling an egg in red cabbage.

Cut 200 grams of cabbage into strips and place it in a saucepan. Place the egg there and add 500 ml of water, then place the pan on medium heat.

The egg must be clean and it is advisable to additionally wipe it with vodka or alcohol so that the color applies more evenly

When the water boils, reduce the heat to low and cook for another 20 minutes. Then we wait until the broth has cooled, remove the egg, and strain the broth. Pour the resulting dye into a jar, add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and put an egg in the jar.

We put the jar in the refrigerator for several hours, periodically checking whether we are happy with the color, or keep the egg for a little longer.

You can not strain the broth, but simply pour vinegar into it and leave the egg there.

From contact with cabbage, the color of the egg will not be evenly distributed and will form a beautiful marble pattern.

How to dye eggs green at home

Many people use ordinary brilliant green to obtain a green color, but I would not classify it as a natural dye.

It is much easier to obtain the desired color using previously prepared solutions of turmeric and cabbage. You remember from drawing lessons that yellow and blue are mixed to get green? It's the same here.

Take a solution of turmeric with vinegar and place a boiled egg there for 15-20 minutes. Then we transfer it to the cabbage solution, which we put in the refrigerator and keep there for 2 hours until the desired shade is obtained.

Beetroot - a folk remedy for obtaining shades of red

Well, one of the most popular homemade dyes is beets. It can be used to get any shade of red: from light pink to deep red. Everything again depends on how long the egg lies in the solution. Well, and from vinegar too.

To prepare the solution, you need to grate 200 grams of raw beets, fill it with hot water and put boiled egg for 20 minutes. Then you need to strain the solution, add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to it and put it in the refrigerator.

This creates a pink color.

If you need red, then the beets need to be boiled. Place the grated beets in a pan of water, add a raw egg, put the pan on high heat, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes.

To prevent the egg from cracking during cooking, it must be taken out of the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to warm up before room temperature

Then remove the pan from the heat, wait until the solution cools, then add vinegar and put the pan in the refrigerator.

To get a marbled pattern on the shell, do not strain the solution, leave the beets in it

Video on how to color eggs with natural dyes

Here's a short tutorial on how to color eggs. folk remedies. From it you will additionally learn how to color eggs with black tea and hibiscus.

As you can see, using pantry staples, you can dye eggs in all available colors, turning the process into a chemistry lesson and an art lesson at the same time.

Be sure to try these methods with your children or grandchildren, I guarantee they will be delighted.

That's all for today, thank you for your attention.

The most important spring Christian holiday is Easter. And this is an excellent reason to develop your creative abilities, because painting eggs and giving them individuality is an integral process during preparation for the Light Christ's Resurrection. There are many in various ways decorations, thanks to which everyone can make their own Easter basket the one and only.

How to dye Easter eggs using onion skins

An old but reliable, safe and time-tested method. The color of the resulting eggs is red or brown, as well as all their various shades.

You will need:

eggs;
onion peel;
water;
salt;
vegetable oil;
pot.

Preparation

Before cooking, remove the eggs from the refrigerator to allow them to come to room temperature.
Add the onion skins to the pan and pour boiling water into it.
After 2-3 hours, lightly salt the water and carefully place it there required amount eggs
Boil water along with onion skins and eggs, and then cook for 12 minutes over low heat.
After the water has cooled, remove the eggs with a spoon and dry them with a paper towel or napkin.
To add shine, brush eggs vegetable oil, wipe off excess oil with a napkin.

We dye eggs for Easter using beets

Another popular one natural dye- beet. Thanks to this product, eggs can be colored in a range of colors from soft pink to dark burgundy.

The three most popular techniques used experienced housewives when painting eggs with beets:

Place hard-boiled eggs in freshly squeezed beet juice. By leaving the eggs in the refrigerator overnight, you can achieve darker shades.
Peel the beets, grate them on a large grater and add a small amount of water. Boil for 10 minutes, before adding 1 teaspoon of vinegar. Place hard-boiled eggs into this liquid. The color depends on the length of time the eggs are in such a decoction; the longer, the darker. You can grate the beets on a small grater. Rub the resulting “porridge” over hard-boiled eggs and leave as is. After a long stay in this state, they will acquire a dark red color.
Boil the eggs at the same time as the beets. In this case, the eggs will change color to pink. To do this, the beets must be grated or cut into pieces, pour boiling water over them, bring to a boil, and boil the broth. Next, boil the eggs as in onion skins (see above).

How to dye Easter eggs with coffee

Compared to the two previous methods, the coffee-colored option is much less popular, despite the fact that this method does not require any additional actions.

To dye eggs with coffee you only need:

1 teaspoon of instant coffee;
boiling water.

Proportions: for 1 egg – 1 tablespoon of brewed coffee.

Preparation

Pour the required amount of coffee into the ladle and add boiling water.
Bring the resulting mixture to a boil and cook over low heat for 5-10 minutes.
Place pre-boiled eggs into the paint container.
Pour hot coffee and leave for half an hour. Over time they will acquire a beautiful brown tint.

Dyeing Easter eggs with turmeric

Turmeric, which is used in cooking, can be used to color Easter eggs yellow. This painting has several advantages. The main ones are comparative cheapness, safety and guaranteed availability for sale.

You will need:

eggs;
a packet of turmeric;
water.

Preparation

Add turmeric to a saucepan with water and put it on fire.
Wait until it boils. After boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Cool the resulting solution and then put pre-washed eggs into it.
Boil the eggs for 8-12 minutes, then remove them and cool. Decorate with stickers if desired.

Coloring Easter eggs with brilliant green

Despite the widespread belief that it is strictly forbidden to paint eggs with green paint, this is not true. On the contrary, painting using brilliant green in most cases will be much safer than if it was done using dubious store-bought dyes.

In order to color the shell in green color, you will need:

eggs;
brilliant green;
water;
gloves.

Preparation

Pour water into the pan. Put eggs there.
Wear gloves. Add a couple of drops of brilliant green to the water. Depending on the desired color, the amount of greenery can be increased.
Add 2 tablespoons of salt. Cook until tender (about 10 minutes).
Drain the water. Dry the eggs with a napkin, grease each egg with vegetable oil, remove excess fat with a napkin.

How to color eggs for Easter using hibiscus tea

Hibiscus infusion is not only very tasty and healthy. It turns out that you can use it to paint eggs for Easter. As a result of the interaction of hibiscus with eggshells, the color will be light blue; if left too long, it will turn gray.

What you will need to color hibiscus eggs:

eggs;
salt;
soda;
water;
hibiscus.

Preparation

Remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance and rinse them well.
Boil the eggs by placing them in a saucepan and leave for 8-10 minutes after boiling. Salt the water.
Pour hibiscus tea into a convenient container and brew with boiling water. Proportions: 250 ml boiling water per 3 teaspoons.
Strain the resulting broth.
Place the boiled eggs so that the liquid completely covers them.
Remove the eggs after 3-5 minutes and let them cool.

The procedure can be repeated until the desired shade is achieved.

Marble Easter eggs: how to paint

Marbled eggs are eggs that have been painted using onion skins and brilliant green at the same time.

Ingredients:

eggs;
50 gr. onion peel;
a few drops of brilliant green;
1 tablespoon vegetable oil;
1 liter of water;
1 tablespoon salt;
a piece of gauze;
pan for boiling eggs.

Preparation

Chop the onion skins as finely as possible and place on a plate.
Pour cold water over the eggs in a saucepan.
Remove the eggs one at a time and roll them in the chopped husks when wet.
Carefully place each egg on cheesecloth and tie it into a knot, cutting off the tip.
Pour water into a saucepan, add greenery, add one tablespoon of salt.
Place the shelled eggs under water with the green stuff so that they are clearly visible.
Place on the stove and cook the eggs until done.
Rinse the boiled painted eggs, do not cool.
Remove the gauze and husk from the eggs and wash again.
Dry the eggs by placing them on a cloth. Rub the resulting paints until shiny with vegetable oil.

In general, the methods of decorating and coloring Easter items can be quite different. They have one thing in common: such work, especially in the family circle, can energize your mood for a long period of time. It is mainly interesting to do this with the knowledge that you are preparing for one of the most important Orthodox and bright days of the year - Easter.

Easter is approaching. The celebration of this day includes many rituals and customs. One of them is egg coloring. For centuries, exclusively natural dyes have been used to color eggs. Modern housewives increasingly neglect the opportunity to color eggs using simple and affordable ingredients, using chemical dyes which can be harmful to health. Natural Easter egg dyes are completely safe, affordable and can be used to give eggs almost any color.

Coloring eggs for Easter with onion skins

Onion peels are the most popular means for coloring eggs. The result will be a rich brown-golden color.

Eggs.
A large amount of onion peels.
Salt.
Water.
Any vegetable oil.

Eggs are boiled in large quantities onion peel. To prevent cracks from forming that could ruin appearance eggs, you should first remove them from the refrigerator so that they warm up to room temperature. Should also be added to water a small amount of salt. For an even and beautiful color, wash the eggs thoroughly before painting.

Coloring Easter eggs onion skins are used for eggs of any color. Before adding eggs to the water, boil the onion skins over low heat for an hour. After which the eggs are lowered into the water. You can cook eggs for quite a long time - from 20 minutes to half an hour. This will allow them to stay fresh longer. Do not forget that the water should completely cover the eggs, and they should be turned over periodically so that there are no uncolored spots left.

After painting and boiling, the eggs should be dipped in cold water and wipe thoroughly. The color of eggs after dyeing in this way is not bright enough. But this can be changed if you lubricate them with vegetable oil.