caapi whole vine preperation quick question.

[olympus mon]

i will be preparing the sacred caapi vine for making tea. i have whole vine so all i really needed to know was what is the end form preferred for home brewing? chips, shredded, powder,? the tek here doesnt seem specify. just want to make sure.

i was planning on spending some time with the vine and a pocket knife and make chip like shreds. is that good or should i then grind the strips into powder?

 

[gammagore]

Wrap it up in some sort of cloth/towel and then give it a bashing with a hammer You want it too be like shredded like. Id imagine getting it to a powder would be a pain in the ass and would make filtering even a bigger pain.

 

[BananaForeskin]

I originally started off with the pocket knife, but it took far too much effort for the end result. Gammagore's right, use a hammer.

 

[ms_manic_minxx]

Chipped FOREVER with a tiny knife at the beginning. Pieces of vine hammered on the stump of a tree works very well. :d But hammers for sure...

 

[acolon_5]

Agreed the hammer is really the only way to break up the hard vine.

 

[ms_manic_minxx]

Also, strong heavy hammer > dinky little hammer. My calloused hands will tell you.

 

[olympus mon]

Also, strong heavy hammer > dinky little hammer. My calloused hands will tell you.

does the above pic i added look right?