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bark vs powder

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timothydeez

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I recently ordered 1 lb of MHRB for my first extraction. The site was out of powdered, so I got plain bark. However, most of the teks I am looking into call for powder. And just basic scientific logic would seem to dictate more surface area = better results.

So...What's the best way to go about "powdering" my bark. OR is there a tek that will give a high yield with just plain bark?
 
Here's the best way I found to work: Sit on the floor, get a big card/sheet of paper (A2 size or smt?) and put in front of you, and take out the mimosa pieces from your bag, bend each piece a few times so that you can 'peel' it in thinner layers, and put the peels on the sheet. Then once you're done peeling into thinner layers, get some scissors and cut the longer thin layers you made into smaller thin squares. Then you can just blend them in any normal blender (coffee grinder can work fine but depending on size, it will only break a very small quantity at once).

After each run in the blender, let it stand for a minute for flying dust to settle some, and then take out the top of the blender and put into a bag quick (purple pink dust will be suspended in the air, try to avoid breathing that).

If you dont peel the mimosa into thinner layers, they might break your blender, and if you dont cut up the layers into smaller squares, as it breaks down, the long fibers wrap around the blade and hold it, possibly over-heating/breaking your blender. But yeah definitely recommend powdering as much as possible (dont have to be absolutely thorough, as its nearly impossible with a blender to be 100%, just as much as you can), otherwise yield when extracting will be much worse.

Good luck :)
 
endlessness said:
Sit on the floor, get a big card/sheet of paper (A2 size or smt?) and put in front of you, and take out the mimosa pieces from your bag, bend each piece a few times so that you can 'peel' it in thinner layers, and put the peels on the sheet.
If you can bend your mimosa pieces, i'd say they are not dry enough. Properly dried it should break when you bend it. You may try put it in the oven at 80c/176f for a while to dry it out. Then you can break it very easily with your hands into smaller/shorter pieces. Then put some of it into the blender. It may be an idea to put some in first, then turn the blender upside down to speed up the blades. What usually breaks the machine is that too much/big pieces are around the blades, preventing the blender from speeding up, and thereby breaking the motor. Holding it upside down helps prevent this, just turn it back when it has sped up. Then you can add more in smaller portions.
 
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