To make compost tea: take an old pair of nylons and put several scoops of compost into it and tie it off. Get a 1 or a 5 gallon bucket filled with water. Dunk the nylon into the water and let it “steep” for a couple of days. Everytime you pass by the bucket, give it a stir – the more stirring the better. By stirring you will aerate the water which activates the microbes. After steeping the tea for a couple of days either pour the water into a watering can or hook it up to a hozon syphon and spray it on top of your plants. Compost tea is a foliar feed. You can discard the used compost back into the compost pile.
If you plan to make a lot of compost tea, you may want to invest in a small pond aerator to put into a large barrel – this will save you having to constantly stir the tea. Putting oxygen into the water with the compost activates all the microbes and lets them multiply. The compost tea as a foliar spray is one of the best fertilizers for all of your plants.