Pressure Cooker Tea

[jamie]

Sorry I dont want to be a pain but Icaro is not a vendor, its the name given by a vendor to a plant.Do you want me to name the website's name and even the vendor´s name? because its not Icaro, Icaro is the name of his product.I did remove the word (Icaro) that was making some people inconfortable from my first post just because I think its quite irrelevant anyway.
Moderators, If I am wrong please remove this post, because I am saying the word ICARO.

Nah it's fine. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[dg]

maybe he's not even a vendor anymore- i haven't ordered anything for years now.

but "icaros" is referencing a vendor ( a guy i like alot!)- i guess it is also referencing the type peruvianoid. the one he sent so many of us as seed over the years ... now vendors use it as a marketing term??

you referring to dried cacti ordered from a random vendor and not the guy in peru?
sorry

 

[Luuk]

Nice mescaline location! My first full-blown mescaline trip was also in the mountains, the Sierra Nevada in Spain. Hard to imagine going bad on mescaline in the mountains

With regards to pressure cooker tea, I extracted mescaline from chips from the same source with a PC. Had a not-so-ideal yield (about 0,5%). I boiled it for quite a long time, so I'm curious if the loss appeared during boiling or when reducing my salted product (mesc sulfate solution). I'll make a comparison between STB (if I can get the sludge under control) and A/B with pressure cooker, this time taking care not to scorch final product. Hopefully up in a few weeks.

 

[nicechrisman]

Without going into a source discussion, it seems to me that sometimes vendors will offer a very good product at first to make a good reputation, and eventually end up selling an inferior product once they develop some loyalty. There's a big difference in potency between strictly green tissue chips and chips that still have the majority of the white inner tissue intact.

 

[Kyle109]

sorry to bump this but i plan on doing something similar very soon. A question if i may oneistheall on your method.

Ive got an aluminium pc and im worried about adding acidic solutions to it. Do you think if i cook for 10mins at 15psi like 6 times with adding 200ml white vinegar and 2000mg ascorbic acid the cooker will be fine? or shall i go with the longer method of boiling on the stove top in a stainless steel pot?

 

[ipumaestro]

@Kyle mc doggety dog man

yo bro, too much acid in that brew dude

you dont even need acid for extracting mesc with a pressure cooker. mesc is super water soluble, not to say no acid is best but id side wayyy more on the 0 acid than the 2 grams of vitamin c

it probably wont harm anything but your stomach, that much acid causes unessary discomfort during a cactus experience. if its for further extraction, youll end up needing extra base just to neutralize



pc are the way to go for cactus cooking

cubed cacti about 1cm-1inch squares
i go with 35 min pc at 15psi x4 (or 3)

 

[Kyle109]

thanks ipumaestro

it is for further extracttion. So you use no acid during cooking? Or you have a stainless steel cooker? thinking of maybe investing in that:grin: but i have the aluminium one now and want to get it over and done with... if i plan on doing an A/B extraction with the solution once done with the pc?

 

[The Day Tripper]

thanks ipumaestro

it is for further extracttion. So you use no acid during cooking? Or you have a stainless steel cooker? thinking of maybe investing in that:grin: but i have the aluminium one now and want to get it over and done with... if i plan on doing an A/B extraction with the solution once done with the pc?

If you are going to do an a/b on the tea after an aluminum pot/pc cook, you should be fine.

The aluminum won't be soluble in your np, and if your really precise with your extraction tek, there should be no/negligible traces of aluminum in your end product.

And i think, if you aren't using an acid to cook your tea, and you use distilled water/cubed cactus, there should be no issue anyway. I think its only acidic water, and the cactus flesh should not drop your water ph much at all iirc.

 

[ipumaestro]

daytripper nailed it


i have an aluminum pc
at most theres some lemon juice/vinegar in my brew, like there would be with cooking food. but only a dash

 

[Kyle109]

I then strain thru a 60%cotton/40%polyester cloth and reduce to a light syrup consistency. That way you only have to consume a few tablespoons of nasty syrup, instead of a whole cup of nasty tea.

What type of cloth is that? I can only seem to find 60%poly/40%cotton :?: Will that do the trick?

 

[nicechrisman]

I just use a regular cotton t shirt and it works fine.

I use no acid and use distilled water