Hi Arcane,

I see in another thread you are looking into tinctures.  I'm curious if you happened to weigh out your 5 dried leaves (or if you can weigh a similar batch). Leaf sizes vary quite wildly, and I'm wondering if you simply needed a bit more material? 

I think I'm luckily a soft-head when it comes to chewing leaves, and have very noticeable effects at just one gram dried...1.5 grams and I'm going to have a sweaty, energetic ride.  I'm not sure how many medium sized leaves that would be as mine are pretty crushed up.  It's a decent sized wad of leaf material, but fits in one cheek easily.  You could do a couple of those back-to-back over 15 minutes and see if the effects kick in or not. 

Also, since you have plants, have you tried fresh leaves?  I find they are more potent (1 fresh leaf >> 1 dried leaf) but also much more bitter.  I enjoy Spanda's method described above the most for fresh leaves.  I believe Gilbran or Jamie also described that technique a while back, and it's much more pleasant than trying to keep a huge quid of leaf and liquid in your mouth for a long time.  Chew/eat 1-2 leaves over 2-5 minutes, swallow, and repeat over 15 minutes or so.  I have pretty heavy experiences at 5-7 big leaves.

Best of luck with all administration methods, Arcane