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Its a question of perspective...
Happy new year to you all.
Back in May last year my first brew failed. Here is the thread: Oh no! Not another 'My brew didn't work' thread. Help!... - Ayahuasca - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus.
My first brew failed, i think, because of a weak mimosa brew. I did an egg white tannin removal, and i think i removed all of the goodies in the process.
I managed to find time for my second attempt at the end of December, but as the title suggests it misfired again.
Brewing method
This time I boiled up 250g caapi and 250g of chacruna - 3x4hr boils, with 5% acidity vinegar. We brewed it over 3 days, and at the end of each boil did a freeze/thaw. The caapi and chacruna were brewed together.
I used tap water this time - does this make a difference?
The final reduced brew was split into 4 portions - each portion containing 62.5g of caapi and chacruna.
Precautions and plan of action
I was drinking with my brother on this occasion. Based on my experiences in May, my main worry was that the caapi was weak (we were using the same remaining materials from the first brew) and our MAOs wouldn't be properly inhibited.
To combat this I also brewed 9g of syrian rue. (ground rue in a tea strainer and then thrown away afterwards. 1x 2hr boil and reduce, without vinegar)
The rue brew was a back up - to guarantee MAOI. The plan of action was to take one of the main brews each, and if that didn't work to take a rue brew, followed by the remaining 'main' brew.
The ceremony
After preparing our space, burning some palo santo and sage, and a long calming meditation later - we finally came to drink the first brew. The taste was horrendous, much worse than the fist time. My brother really struggled to keep it down. 1.5hrs later and nothing was really happening. I did feel calm and sedated, more so that the first time in May, but like in May I was meditating the whole time and focusing on my experience - looking for any deviation from the normal - so any perceived changes could easily have been down to this.
I did feel slightly nauseous and early on I got the shivers despite it being fairly warm, so I thought the brew was working. But everything subsided.
So after 1.5hrs we redosed with the rue, waited 20 minutes and drank the final dose. My brother threw everything up at this point - purely because of the horrendous taste. I waited another hour and it was apparent that nothing visionary was going to happen.
Over the evening I had 125g caapi, 125g chacruna, and 4g rue.
Afterthoughts
The experience was very pleasant, I loved the brewing process and the ceremony behind it all was calming and worthwhile - it's just a shame that it happened yet again. Like preparing for a launch that doesn't lift off.
The only conclusion I can find is that my materials must be junk and I should buy some more and try again.
Some people have suggested doing an extraction on my materials to get a clearer idea. Can anyone point me to any good threads for this?
I was probably mao inhibited from the rue, but by that point it was too late and the 62.5g of chacruna in the last portion was too weak to provide any light.
As a plan of action for the future I am going to brew a large batch of rue tea and work with it, going back to vaping freebase, until I get a feel for MAO inhibition.
But I really want to work with caapi, so I'm going to buy some better materials and try again.
I would love to hear your thoughts if you have any.
xx
Back in May last year my first brew failed. Here is the thread: Oh no! Not another 'My brew didn't work' thread. Help!... - Ayahuasca - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus.
My first brew failed, i think, because of a weak mimosa brew. I did an egg white tannin removal, and i think i removed all of the goodies in the process.
I managed to find time for my second attempt at the end of December, but as the title suggests it misfired again.
Brewing method
This time I boiled up 250g caapi and 250g of chacruna - 3x4hr boils, with 5% acidity vinegar. We brewed it over 3 days, and at the end of each boil did a freeze/thaw. The caapi and chacruna were brewed together.
I used tap water this time - does this make a difference?
The final reduced brew was split into 4 portions - each portion containing 62.5g of caapi and chacruna.
Precautions and plan of action
I was drinking with my brother on this occasion. Based on my experiences in May, my main worry was that the caapi was weak (we were using the same remaining materials from the first brew) and our MAOs wouldn't be properly inhibited.
To combat this I also brewed 9g of syrian rue. (ground rue in a tea strainer and then thrown away afterwards. 1x 2hr boil and reduce, without vinegar)
The rue brew was a back up - to guarantee MAOI. The plan of action was to take one of the main brews each, and if that didn't work to take a rue brew, followed by the remaining 'main' brew.
The ceremony
After preparing our space, burning some palo santo and sage, and a long calming meditation later - we finally came to drink the first brew. The taste was horrendous, much worse than the fist time. My brother really struggled to keep it down. 1.5hrs later and nothing was really happening. I did feel calm and sedated, more so that the first time in May, but like in May I was meditating the whole time and focusing on my experience - looking for any deviation from the normal - so any perceived changes could easily have been down to this.
I did feel slightly nauseous and early on I got the shivers despite it being fairly warm, so I thought the brew was working. But everything subsided.
So after 1.5hrs we redosed with the rue, waited 20 minutes and drank the final dose. My brother threw everything up at this point - purely because of the horrendous taste. I waited another hour and it was apparent that nothing visionary was going to happen.
Over the evening I had 125g caapi, 125g chacruna, and 4g rue.
Afterthoughts
The experience was very pleasant, I loved the brewing process and the ceremony behind it all was calming and worthwhile - it's just a shame that it happened yet again. Like preparing for a launch that doesn't lift off.
The only conclusion I can find is that my materials must be junk and I should buy some more and try again.
Some people have suggested doing an extraction on my materials to get a clearer idea. Can anyone point me to any good threads for this?
I was probably mao inhibited from the rue, but by that point it was too late and the 62.5g of chacruna in the last portion was too weak to provide any light.
As a plan of action for the future I am going to brew a large batch of rue tea and work with it, going back to vaping freebase, until I get a feel for MAO inhibition.
But I really want to work with caapi, so I'm going to buy some better materials and try again.
I would love to hear your thoughts if you have any.
xx