There are 3 keys to this:
A] coffee metal cone (made of fine wires) for 1st filtering of the leaf from the brew
B] then a funnel stuffed with cotton ball sitting all in a jar for filtering the sediment out of the brew, found this to work whereas normal coffee filters and even hand-operated vacuum pump filtration would clog instantly and fail, allowing nothing to pass, and with silk and cotton cloths allowing too much fine sediment to pass (and very messy to boot), the cotton ball is an absolute natural filtration miracle, removing the super fine nauseating to the intestines sediment with ease.
C] combining both freebase or salt form harmalas/caapi with 3oz leaf brew into one single hot 3oz brew taken all at once = very strong & always works, never had a miss using this method over the course of many months, whereas before for years, taking the caapi/harmalas seperately from the leaf brew was very hit and miss, never knowing what to expect.
Even 69ron once said "this is how SWIM understands it to work and so he always takes his leaf brew with the harmalas together in liquid at the same time. By doing this, he's able to take much less leaf brew. It works better for SWIM than waiting and taking the leaf brew several minutes later. This is how the natives do it, and I believe they know more about dosing with Ayahuasca than anyone else does." Thankfully I found his post on this after several years, he is absolutely right, it works incredibly well taking both together in hot liquid form at the exact same time, only wish had found his post earlier.
1) Like to brew about 30 grams of high quality psychotria leaf that was chopped into fine fragments in a blender (not dust size but rather super fine fragements) added to about 28oz of spring water, boil on "8" almost high setting for 20 minutes, stir every so often, by the time the 20 minutes of high boil is over, the 28oz of water will have been reduced to 8 oz or so. However, at this point, the 8oz of liquid needs to be filtered as described below, then reduced at the very end down to 3oz drinkable potent & bitter amount on the stove. The amount of leaf you use will vary in potency, some leaf is so strong you only need 10 grams, another leaf as much as 30 grams. It will take some time to figure out the potency of your leaf. Start small and work up from there. I don't use chaliponga or any kind of barks, strickly high quality traditional psychotria--it's safe and what is used traditionally, it's more expensive but worth it.
2) filter this brew with liquid and leaf thru a "coffee metal cone" (see pic below) made of fine metal wires (the coffee isle of dept stores, these come in cone or cup sizes) all the leaf will get trapped in the filter, mash it down with a spoon to get every last bit of liquid out. The metal cone filters fit perfectly & snug in the inside top of one of those 5" wide-mouth thick walled plastic mugs, secure and does not move.
3) then use a "funnel stuffed with a tight cotton ball" sitting on top an empty wide-mouth jar (see pic below) to filter your hot leaf brew immediately after it has been previously boiled in the small pyrex pot with pour lip (never use aluminum), and filtered thru the metal coffee cone. No having to mess with hot liquid pouring thru cotton, silk, etc.
4) when the brew clogs and no more liquid flows thru the cotton, pour off the remaining liquid in the funnel into a second "funnel stuffed with a tight cotton in a jar" adjacent to the main one. Trust me, you will love this--it filters fast thru the cotton ball and all the super fine invisible to the naked eye black sediment gets trapped in the top 1/4 layer of the cotton, not to mention the funnel holds the scalding hot liquid--no mess or burns.
5) combine the liquid from the 2 jars into one jar (8oz or so). Go back and poke the cotton out of both the funnels you used, you will notice a dark black layer of sediment inside the top 1/4 to 1/3rd portion of the cotton, the cotton gets all the nausea causing sediment to the intestines out of the brew.
6) Put the 8oz of cotton-ball filtered liquid back on the stove and Reduce it down to a drinkable and potent 3oz, this will only take 5 to 10 minutes or so at medium to high heat.
6) Now stir in your caapi brew portion, and should it be freebase or salt form harmala or caapi alkaloids, the freebase form alkaloids will not dissolve immediately unless you add about 150 to 200mg of pure citric acid powder (or a vitamin C crushed) to the liquid, stir a few minutes. It's not necessary to use the vitamin C but helps the fb form alkaloids dissolve into the leaf brew by helping turn them into citrate salt form. Liquid caapi brews or Salt form alkaloids do not require the added vitamin C.
7) ready to drink. Because the leaf brew and harmala/caapi alkaloids are combined into one liquid, it will work extremely well. I don't know how it came to be that taking the maoi/rima before the leaf, but it works best when both caapi/harmala are taken at the exact same time as the leaf in liquid form. Trust me on this, this is how the Shamans do it, and it works incredibly well (super potent & works fast). Eat a half-piece of hot buttered toast 1/2 hour later to help the digestion process get going if it stalls or is in standby mode. The toast does not always work, but thankfully step #8 never fails 1 to 1.5 hour later.
8] If nothing felt after 1 hour to 1.5 hour, consume a nibble of cream cheese, this will immediately kick the actives out of the ball gladder, as the fat in the cream cheese will kick it out, and in minutes the brew's effects will be felt strongly.
When using good quality leaf and harmalas/caapi the experience lasts between 3 and 4 hours with an intense feeling of happiness and amazement afterwards that lasts the rest of the night. The afterglow is very pronounced as well.
It's ok to eat breakfast and a light lunch (just don't stuff yourself) then take brew 5 to 7 hours later. When 1st starting out, taking the brew 1st thing in the morning when stomach is fasted and completely empty is good to try at least one time to get a feel for the brew, as it will always work with empty stomach like this, then switch to using it 5 to 7 hours after lunch for all subsequent experience once you know it works. I have found just eating breakfast but skipping lunch and taking the brew 6 to 7 hours later at 4pm to work very well, as the stomach is quite empty at that time.
This process was arrived at after over some 50 Ayahuasca experiences over the years, many hit and miss until this process was discovered, it is fast, easy, and combines both caapi/harmala and leaf into one single 3oz brew which works without fail -- filter with cotton ball is excellent for getting out the sediments, and combining both caapi/harmala and leaf into one single homogenous brew is just like the Shaman's do it, and it is extremely effective.
A] coffee metal cone (made of fine wires) for 1st filtering of the leaf from the brew
B] then a funnel stuffed with cotton ball sitting all in a jar for filtering the sediment out of the brew, found this to work whereas normal coffee filters and even hand-operated vacuum pump filtration would clog instantly and fail, allowing nothing to pass, and with silk and cotton cloths allowing too much fine sediment to pass (and very messy to boot), the cotton ball is an absolute natural filtration miracle, removing the super fine nauseating to the intestines sediment with ease.
C] combining both freebase or salt form harmalas/caapi with 3oz leaf brew into one single hot 3oz brew taken all at once = very strong & always works, never had a miss using this method over the course of many months, whereas before for years, taking the caapi/harmalas seperately from the leaf brew was very hit and miss, never knowing what to expect.
Even 69ron once said "this is how SWIM understands it to work and so he always takes his leaf brew with the harmalas together in liquid at the same time. By doing this, he's able to take much less leaf brew. It works better for SWIM than waiting and taking the leaf brew several minutes later. This is how the natives do it, and I believe they know more about dosing with Ayahuasca than anyone else does." Thankfully I found his post on this after several years, he is absolutely right, it works incredibly well taking both together in hot liquid form at the exact same time, only wish had found his post earlier.
1) Like to brew about 30 grams of high quality psychotria leaf that was chopped into fine fragments in a blender (not dust size but rather super fine fragements) added to about 28oz of spring water, boil on "8" almost high setting for 20 minutes, stir every so often, by the time the 20 minutes of high boil is over, the 28oz of water will have been reduced to 8 oz or so. However, at this point, the 8oz of liquid needs to be filtered as described below, then reduced at the very end down to 3oz drinkable potent & bitter amount on the stove. The amount of leaf you use will vary in potency, some leaf is so strong you only need 10 grams, another leaf as much as 30 grams. It will take some time to figure out the potency of your leaf. Start small and work up from there. I don't use chaliponga or any kind of barks, strickly high quality traditional psychotria--it's safe and what is used traditionally, it's more expensive but worth it.
2) filter this brew with liquid and leaf thru a "coffee metal cone" (see pic below) made of fine metal wires (the coffee isle of dept stores, these come in cone or cup sizes) all the leaf will get trapped in the filter, mash it down with a spoon to get every last bit of liquid out. The metal cone filters fit perfectly & snug in the inside top of one of those 5" wide-mouth thick walled plastic mugs, secure and does not move.
3) then use a "funnel stuffed with a tight cotton ball" sitting on top an empty wide-mouth jar (see pic below) to filter your hot leaf brew immediately after it has been previously boiled in the small pyrex pot with pour lip (never use aluminum), and filtered thru the metal coffee cone. No having to mess with hot liquid pouring thru cotton, silk, etc.
4) when the brew clogs and no more liquid flows thru the cotton, pour off the remaining liquid in the funnel into a second "funnel stuffed with a tight cotton in a jar" adjacent to the main one. Trust me, you will love this--it filters fast thru the cotton ball and all the super fine invisible to the naked eye black sediment gets trapped in the top 1/4 layer of the cotton, not to mention the funnel holds the scalding hot liquid--no mess or burns.
5) combine the liquid from the 2 jars into one jar (8oz or so). Go back and poke the cotton out of both the funnels you used, you will notice a dark black layer of sediment inside the top 1/4 to 1/3rd portion of the cotton, the cotton gets all the nausea causing sediment to the intestines out of the brew.
6) Put the 8oz of cotton-ball filtered liquid back on the stove and Reduce it down to a drinkable and potent 3oz, this will only take 5 to 10 minutes or so at medium to high heat.
6) Now stir in your caapi brew portion, and should it be freebase or salt form harmala or caapi alkaloids, the freebase form alkaloids will not dissolve immediately unless you add about 150 to 200mg of pure citric acid powder (or a vitamin C crushed) to the liquid, stir a few minutes. It's not necessary to use the vitamin C but helps the fb form alkaloids dissolve into the leaf brew by helping turn them into citrate salt form. Liquid caapi brews or Salt form alkaloids do not require the added vitamin C.
7) ready to drink. Because the leaf brew and harmala/caapi alkaloids are combined into one liquid, it will work extremely well. I don't know how it came to be that taking the maoi/rima before the leaf, but it works best when both caapi/harmala are taken at the exact same time as the leaf in liquid form. Trust me on this, this is how the Shamans do it, and it works incredibly well (super potent & works fast). Eat a half-piece of hot buttered toast 1/2 hour later to help the digestion process get going if it stalls or is in standby mode. The toast does not always work, but thankfully step #8 never fails 1 to 1.5 hour later.
8] If nothing felt after 1 hour to 1.5 hour, consume a nibble of cream cheese, this will immediately kick the actives out of the ball gladder, as the fat in the cream cheese will kick it out, and in minutes the brew's effects will be felt strongly.
When using good quality leaf and harmalas/caapi the experience lasts between 3 and 4 hours with an intense feeling of happiness and amazement afterwards that lasts the rest of the night. The afterglow is very pronounced as well.
It's ok to eat breakfast and a light lunch (just don't stuff yourself) then take brew 5 to 7 hours later. When 1st starting out, taking the brew 1st thing in the morning when stomach is fasted and completely empty is good to try at least one time to get a feel for the brew, as it will always work with empty stomach like this, then switch to using it 5 to 7 hours after lunch for all subsequent experience once you know it works. I have found just eating breakfast but skipping lunch and taking the brew 6 to 7 hours later at 4pm to work very well, as the stomach is quite empty at that time.
This process was arrived at after over some 50 Ayahuasca experiences over the years, many hit and miss until this process was discovered, it is fast, easy, and combines both caapi/harmala and leaf into one single 3oz brew which works without fail -- filter with cotton ball is excellent for getting out the sediments, and combining both caapi/harmala and leaf into one single homogenous brew is just like the Shaman's do it, and it is extremely effective.
looks like we have a very similar brewing style tregar. 
