Okay, everyone so I am at a loss with what to do with this. Heres the story:
I had some caapi which was strained thrice in a wash I hath made acidic with vinegar.
Said washes were thusly combined and hark, I did amake them basic with potash.
(actually, I used lye but an old name for KBr was potash lye! =)
That night then I did set the mixture to evaporate on medium for a length of several hours.
With the addition of more vinegar, to push the harmalas into their salt form.
After that time I did find to my surprise... well, you'll see the pictures. This strangeness formed
from a liquid, and obviously contains the harmalas which we are after. I do not want to eat this
mixture since it still contains lye, but also it leaves me at a loss as to what to do next.
I had some caapi which was strained thrice in a wash I hath made acidic with vinegar.
Said washes were thusly combined and hark, I did amake them basic with potash.
(actually, I used lye but an old name for KBr was potash lye! =)
That night then I did set the mixture to evaporate on medium for a length of several hours.
With the addition of more vinegar, to push the harmalas into their salt form.
After that time I did find to my surprise... well, you'll see the pictures. This strangeness formed
from a liquid, and obviously contains the harmalas which we are after. I do not want to eat this
mixture since it still contains lye, but also it leaves me at a loss as to what to do next.
When I add the sodium carbonate does that precipitate the alkaloids automatically? I'm hoping I can get all the stuff to dissolve, and remove the solids with filtering.