My caapi is yellow & purple? Perculation Method

[TheFly]

Hey nexions, I just tried the Herbal Peculation method and for some reason on the first 2 sticks of vines i tried were purple color. Then the last 2 sticks of vines i pounded up, re-placed cotton balled and it came out yellow? do you think this is difference in quality? Which one should i drink in terms of potency?


The B. Caapi was advertised as Yellow Caapi

 

[۩]

The darker stuff will be more potent, you may want to reduce it down a little bit. The first jug looks like it barely extracted anything.

 

[TheFly]

The darker stuff will be more potent, you may want to reduce it down a little bit. The first jug looks like it barely extracted anything.

Thanks for the confirmation.

I might also note that this was from the same order & bag of vines and looks like i got 2 potent vine-sticks out of 9oz seems like a lil bit of a rip off but i might be talking out my other end maybe potent vines are hard to come by?

 

[jamie]

purple?? that sounds very weird to me..I have never ever seen a purple caapi brew..are you even sure it is caapi? If I had a purple caapi brew I would be wondering if I really had caapi.

 

[۩]

well from the pic it just looks kind of darkish red which is pretty normal for aya

 

[jamie]

yeah red is fine..usually when reduced and brewed thoroughly it will be a deep dark reddish brown..sometimes amber.

 

[TheFly]

I'm reducing it now, It is defiantly red brown. Maybe the light was hitting it weird or something, or dare i say it at the risk of comprising my extraction skills i forgot to fully wash all my tea bottles so there's a hint of purple