dg said:
"yes i hear a lot about potency variation too (from juul's), but mine knocked my freakin' socks clean off so who knows??"
how was it prepared for bio?
known to contain very little mesc, but be really strong as tea, same as some bridg clones
suggesting interesting and totally unknown synergy
i never make teas anymore, only dried/unheated powder in capsules.
i came to the conclusion long ago that: heat = destruction and/or alteration...hands down.
on top of that, there are
always goodies left behind in the pulp no matter what precautions you take to exhaust it.
the only benefit to tea i can see is for the people who get too nauseated by all that plant matter.
otherwise, let your tummy do the extraction, you'll get close to 100% that way...you can really tell the difference.
besides being stronger you'll also notice a qualitative difference.
with unaltered alkaloids you'll end up with a more visual, more "in your face" kinda feel as the heat can destroy some of the synergistic alkaloids.
mescaline might be relatively stable but what about all the others??
i've heard a lot of people say that teas are more sedating and powder is more "electric," i add my testimony.
anyway, sorry for preaching...
juul's giant was de-skinned and de-cored, dried, and then powdered.
8 grams dried was taken first to "test the waters."
it brought me to that place where i was too high to do "normal" tasks but not high enough to soar in the infinite skies.
not a good place in my opinion. give it all, or let me go about my sober duties!!!
so i added about 20 more grams dried powder.
like all other powdered cactus i've eaten, it took 3 hours to come up fully after each dose.
oh my geez, when the 28 grams juul's powder came together it was SO STRONG! :shock:
it definitely wasn't a mescaline experience like Torch, at least not a full one, it was very different from Torch or Pedro.
it wasn't as different as Bridgesii though, which to me, is like a universe of difference from Torch or Pedro.
bridgesii feels nothing like mescaline to me...i've never had a trip that was managable from it....all way too intense for me. (even at only 12 grams.)
the juul's experience was very very speedy. way more stimulating than torch.
it was not a dreamy experience like bridgesii or pedro.
it was very wide awake, and my hands were shaking almost uncontrollably at one point.
vast amounts of infinite wisdom-energy were pulsing through me, it was a very "head-space" psychedelic.
if i took it again, i would just start with 20 grams all at once. 28 was a wee bit too much.
though i've taken 17 grams of Torch powder and gone farther, so my Juul's was not the most potent cactus possible...definitely up there though.
funny though, why do all these cacti take like 3 hours to come on if mescaline is not their active ingredient??
i don't think there are many naturally occuring alkaloids that take 3 hours to come on besides mescaline.
i think i remember bridgesii coming on a little quicker but my dose was also MASSIVE so that could explain it. :lol:
