To aerate or not to aerate?

    Looking to make comfrey tea, but don’t want to wait the lengthy period of time for anaerobic process.
    I read somewhere(can’t remember where) that someone used a bubbler for their tea and it took less time and didn’t smell. Being a person who regularly ferments food at home I am very curious if this has any merit. I’m sure the smell will be a lot less obnoxious but will this be a good environment for bacteria? Or is there a better way to make comfrey tea quickly?
    I’ve also read that you can use boiling water and steep for 24 hrs like you might with drinking tea, but then I’d have to assume there is no bacteria but just the nutrients directly from the leaves….?

This may be what you remembered:

Zephr said "But the frothy mess doesn't stink... No more than the grubs, pond, and fish tank do. An improvement over holding anerobic and covering.

I've not mixed it. I'm on my first bucket. Normally it just gets spread at will about the yard. But I do remembering reading that it has some function... Somewhere. I should keep record of my sources.

Oh well. I keep two buckets. One little fresh compost bucket that usually stays pretty clean-ish. The other bubbling away tucked away in a unobtrusive corner.

Aerated water always handles better. Air stones are easier than waterfalls.

https://permies.com/t/38680/Urine-Aeration-bioponics-urine-compost#1322120

I tried making a fermented tea for my plants several years ago though if I remember correctly I saw no results at all.

Why not experiment and see what happens.