So, i've had some PT powder (114 grams) in a bag in my drawer for about a year or two now, and so i figured i might as well do something with it. I had a previous attempt at cactus with some San Pedro powder, but the brew was incredibly impossible for me to filter and so i never went anywhere with that.
So tonight i decided to take my powder, boil it on up in a big pot of water, and added in 5 egg whites, which to my surprise, managed to clean it up quite a good bit, the egg whites bound to the slimyness and only a little bit remained behind, and everything was pretty easily filtered even though i did have to filter some parts of the liquid through a t-shirt first which had me twisting the liquid out slowly but surely, but most of the liquid was pretty clean and easily filterable.
Then i filtered everything through some coffee filters and added the liquid to the big pot again as i had to reduce the tea down. Before i turned on the medium heat, i tossed in a couple more egg whites to bind to whatever remained in the tea, and boom-shocka-locka! a clear reddish looking tea was born. This tea was reduced down to a smaller amount, re-filtered, and is currently back to reducing down to a smaller amount.
I'm thinking about reducing it down to 300mls and putting it in the freezer overnight and thawing later on tomorrow in order to get rid of any remaining sediment that might be there. I'm thinking about a dose of 38 grams, 3 doses in 114 grams, 100mls each dose, how does that sound? Also, the only thing i'm concerned about is burning the mesc during boiling, but people have said boiling the cactus is fine just don't use too much heat and keep an eye on the brew, so i hope all is good, cuz if so, i'll be having my first mesc experience
As for details about how the tea currently looks while it's reducing down, it's a reddish yellow liquid, that is watery instead of slimy. So yeah, eggs are awesome, is there anything eggs can't do, or clean? I've even made a Syrian Rue seed brew with egg whites, and managed to drink it down mixed with some sweetened tea (was only a tad bit bitter). I'm beginning to really like this egg white thing, lol.
So tonight i decided to take my powder, boil it on up in a big pot of water, and added in 5 egg whites, which to my surprise, managed to clean it up quite a good bit, the egg whites bound to the slimyness and only a little bit remained behind, and everything was pretty easily filtered even though i did have to filter some parts of the liquid through a t-shirt first which had me twisting the liquid out slowly but surely, but most of the liquid was pretty clean and easily filterable.
Then i filtered everything through some coffee filters and added the liquid to the big pot again as i had to reduce the tea down. Before i turned on the medium heat, i tossed in a couple more egg whites to bind to whatever remained in the tea, and boom-shocka-locka! a clear reddish looking tea was born. This tea was reduced down to a smaller amount, re-filtered, and is currently back to reducing down to a smaller amount.
I'm thinking about reducing it down to 300mls and putting it in the freezer overnight and thawing later on tomorrow in order to get rid of any remaining sediment that might be there. I'm thinking about a dose of 38 grams, 3 doses in 114 grams, 100mls each dose, how does that sound? Also, the only thing i'm concerned about is burning the mesc during boiling, but people have said boiling the cactus is fine just don't use too much heat and keep an eye on the brew, so i hope all is good, cuz if so, i'll be having my first mesc experience
As for details about how the tea currently looks while it's reducing down, it's a reddish yellow liquid, that is watery instead of slimy. So yeah, eggs are awesome, is there anything eggs can't do, or clean? I've even made a Syrian Rue seed brew with egg whites, and managed to drink it down mixed with some sweetened tea (was only a tad bit bitter). I'm beginning to really like this egg white thing, lol.
