Hi y'all,
I may be mistaken, but I thought it was the vine that contains the THH, with the caapi leaves containing traces at most...
Check out this link...
Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs by Keeper of the Trout (full text) title page
www.erowid.org
for analysis of B. caapi, comparing the stems, branches, roots and leaves..from this analysis it seems like consistently that leaves contain the least THH.
However, I very much dig the theory behind the alcohol extraction though...
Anywho have some changafied observations to share,
Made up two batches of changa, both a third strength, one of Pau d'arco only, one of my own Shpongilicious mix (a third caapi vine, a third caapi leaves, a third of mainly passion flower, mullein, peppermint split evenly, with a pinch of blue lotus, sage, mugwort, lavender, pau d'arco).
I smoked these in a new glass bong.
The pau d'arco was a lot denser in volume than the shponglicious mix, and this was smoked first. I'm half way through reading The Holographic Universe, so this may have influenced the very deep, holographic nature of the trip I experienced...I smoked outside at night, and didn't know what to expect...after taking a nice hit on the bong, I noticed the flavour of the water cooled smoke was just grrreat, like a party in my lungs, with everyone invited, a world apart from my first stumbling explorations, inhaling molten freebase vapours out of a revolting light bulb vaporiser. I felt a tingling on my insides before the effects hit me...it was beautiful, and intense...it seemed to me that any stronger than a third strength would kind of be a bit unecessary...got the fear a bit, but just enough to remind me of the power of these realms I was exploring. Nice aferglow, was buzzing, found it hard to sleep afterwards though.
Next night I smoked some of my caapi rich shpongilicious mix, which also tastes quite wonderful, although was a bit harsher to smoke than the pau d'arco...it took up a lot more volume than the pau d'arco, and so a third strength was a lot more chilled out...very nice though, smoked it under the stars, and put me in a wonderful trance, with a different, more gentle, flowing, ayahuasca like feel compared to the pau d'arco, no anxiety, and nice smooth return to baseline with an awesome afterglow.
The following night I tried smoking a joint rolled out of a mixture of both batches of changa, on a friends recmmendation here on the boards...AWESOME!! Worked very well, a very very pleasent way of smoking changa, surprisngly strong, but not overpowering, tasty smoke, and very clear and enveloping, with a nice gradual return to Earth...
So, I guess the main bullet points I want to across in this presentation is that a bong is highly recommended for changa explorers, even if you don't ordinarily use one. After experiencing it, seems like the only way to fly wth regards to smoking DMT...apart from rolled into a joint...also HIGHLY recommended.
Thanks for all on these boards, smokeydaze for being my changa mentor, and soulman for the tip of about the joint format...
Peace :d