Pure mescaline is very stimulating, almost too much for some people. Only impure cacti extracted mescaline can be sedating or stoning.
SWIM likes mescaline in coffee. It hides the bitter taste of it very well. Another option is hot cocoa. It doesn’t hide the taste quite as well, but works.
Capsules tend to give mixed results. I have always had better results when something is dissolved in a liquid and then swallowed. Even kava works better mixed into milk than taken in a capsule. This is pretty universal.
The poking a whole in the capsule idea seems to work well for some people. I still prefer things dissolved in a tasty liquid beverage, or mixed with food. It’s better on your stomach, and is usually digested faster. Food stimulates digestion, capsules don’t.