TheGreenPhantom
Titanium Teammate
Following a sub-par extraction on 160g of phyllodes that yielded a measly 115mg of practically inactive resin, an extraction on the twigs associated with those phyllodes was run out of curiosity.
(See here: 'Acacia Confusa: Phyllodes' Acacia Confusa: Phyllodes)
125 grams of twigs 1-4mm in diameter were ground up to a powder and boiled for an hour in 1.5lt of water with enough vinegar to bring the pH to 4.3. The tea was collected, and more acidic water was added to the powder. This was allowed to sit for about 20 hours, boiled for an hour, then collected. This was done one more time before the three teas were combined and simmered down to 350ml, resulting in a dark, nut-brown tea.
The tea was placed in a flask; 150ml of water and 50g of salt were added boiling hot. 150g of lye was added to 425ml of water, allowed to dissolve, then added to the tea while still hot, turning the brown tea black like cola.
At this point, heptane was added, and the flask shaken vigorously. An emulsion immediately formed, but then resolved within minutes. After several shakes, the heptane gained a very pale yellow color. After a few more shakes, it took on a vibrant, vitamin B urine color.
Pull 1: 52ml heptane –> 236mg bright orange/amber resin
Pull 2: 41ml heptane –> 107mg of the same
Pull 3: 58.5ml toluene –> 189mg of the same
Pull 4: 46ml toluene –> 70mg light tan goo with white sprinkles
Pull 5: 47ml toluene –> 46mg light tan, chalky powder
Pull 6: 39.5ml toluene –> 38mg light tan chalky powder
Total: 686mg
Yield %: 0.5184%
55mg goo: +2 mental and +2 bodyload on the Shulgin scale. It was quite sedative, and there was great reluctance to get up and move, even after the dream-like visuals faded.
At first, I felt like I was wearing a motorcycle helmet with the visor pulled down. Two abstract figures filled with childish curiosity pressed their "faces" up against the visor to get a good look at me. The more curious one passed through the visor like a ghost, and pressed their face into my eye socket and cheekbone. A moment later, they had "ghosted" themselves partially into the left side of my face to get a really good look at what I am.... This was followed by another dream of being in an old wooden tea house that had its front completely open to the street. It looked like it was part of a kungfu movie set. The proprietor shoed me away and into the road, saying that he needed his personal space.
43mg chalk: not as strong as the goo, but still plenty of hypnogogic visuals along with a bodyload that was not as sedative as the goo. The chalk also gave interesting dreams, but none can be recalled.
(See here: 'Acacia Confusa: Phyllodes' Acacia Confusa: Phyllodes)
125 grams of twigs 1-4mm in diameter were ground up to a powder and boiled for an hour in 1.5lt of water with enough vinegar to bring the pH to 4.3. The tea was collected, and more acidic water was added to the powder. This was allowed to sit for about 20 hours, boiled for an hour, then collected. This was done one more time before the three teas were combined and simmered down to 350ml, resulting in a dark, nut-brown tea.
The tea was placed in a flask; 150ml of water and 50g of salt were added boiling hot. 150g of lye was added to 425ml of water, allowed to dissolve, then added to the tea while still hot, turning the brown tea black like cola.
At this point, heptane was added, and the flask shaken vigorously. An emulsion immediately formed, but then resolved within minutes. After several shakes, the heptane gained a very pale yellow color. After a few more shakes, it took on a vibrant, vitamin B urine color.
Pull 1: 52ml heptane –> 236mg bright orange/amber resin
Pull 2: 41ml heptane –> 107mg of the same
Pull 3: 58.5ml toluene –> 189mg of the same
Pull 4: 46ml toluene –> 70mg light tan goo with white sprinkles
Pull 5: 47ml toluene –> 46mg light tan, chalky powder
Pull 6: 39.5ml toluene –> 38mg light tan chalky powder
Total: 686mg
Yield %: 0.5184%
55mg goo: +2 mental and +2 bodyload on the Shulgin scale. It was quite sedative, and there was great reluctance to get up and move, even after the dream-like visuals faded.
At first, I felt like I was wearing a motorcycle helmet with the visor pulled down. Two abstract figures filled with childish curiosity pressed their "faces" up against the visor to get a good look at me. The more curious one passed through the visor like a ghost, and pressed their face into my eye socket and cheekbone. A moment later, they had "ghosted" themselves partially into the left side of my face to get a really good look at what I am.... This was followed by another dream of being in an old wooden tea house that had its front completely open to the street. It looked like it was part of a kungfu movie set. The proprietor shoed me away and into the road, saying that he needed his personal space.
43mg chalk: not as strong as the goo, but still plenty of hypnogogic visuals along with a bodyload that was not as sedative as the goo. The chalk also gave interesting dreams, but none can be recalled.
