I have already extracted about 1/2lb mimosa hostilis root bark. I take 750ml of water and add 50grams of lye and shake it till it dissolves. The ph shoots up to about 13-14 and i add the mimosa bark and shake the jar for about an hour in increments of 15min. After the hour i add about 50ml of naptha and stir the bottle around for about an hour giving 15min apart. Then after that i have to ways i do it. The first extraction i let it vaporize and i get some crystal that looks like its coming out of the glass but also looks like its flat and dried up on the glass so its not crystals but smells like the spice. and the second extraction i take and i freeze it up. Now when i that, sometimes when it dries and i can see it shining like fish scales but other times it just comes out in powder but not shiny only little little balls of powder. Is there anything im doing wrong? I see there is a lot of ways to make it bout found this way to be the easiest and fastest. Which one would be better for me to smoke? vaporized one or the freezer? How many times can i extract it using only 50grams of bark? I heard if you bath it you can extract more but haven't tried it yet. Any pointers will be considered also.
