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Boundary condition
A few weeks back, as mentioned in passing in another post, I had an exceptionally euphoric rue tea experience so it seemed pertinent to get to the bottom of what might have been going on. The factors suspected of being at play were, broadly, twofold: earlier in the day I had eaten a pepino fruit (Solanum muricatum or S. mucronatum, probably the former), while along with the rue brew I had a herb tea blend.
In the intervening weeks I've tinkered around with various levels and combinations of the herbs that were in the tea blend. This was to little avail, so it's not particularly relevant to list them here.
Now the interesting part. Time came round such that it seemed a sufficiently long time from the last pepino-related experience that it was reasonable to try again - not wanting to have too much of a good thing and only having one home-grown pepino left.
A brew was prepared using three grams of rue seed, which was first toasted for a couple of minutes in a cast iron pan to improve the palatability to something almost enjoyable rather than utterly revolting. The toasted seeds were subjected to 5x 10 minute simmers with c.100ml tap water each time, the odd numbered brews also having 80mg ascorbic acid added.
The combined brews were stirred with a palladium/magnesium couple for a while, just because it was possible. (Magnesium forms an insoluble yellow coating from the yellow stuff of the rue brew.) This may or may not have converted some of the harmaline to THH.
Some herb tinctures were added to the brew (while drinking a cup of peppermint tea to prepare the stomach): 5ml cleavers tincture, 5ml lemon balm tincture and 2ml pink rose blossom tincture. The cleavers was added slightly by accident so rose was added as a kind of nod towards my "hedgeahuasca" experience of some years ago, as well as it having a lovely odour for general good vibes. I accept that this could be regarded as a confounding factor in the experiment.
The rue brew was consumed a good two hours or so after eating the pepino (three-quarters of a 10cm long by 6cm diameter fruit, unfortunately not weighed). After having dozed off after drinking the rue tea, I awoke about half an hour later (three quarters of an hour after drinking the brew) to an exquisite full-body euphoria - rivulets of liquid bliss like an extended pre-orgasmic moment, hopefully you get the picture.
I now have a goal of further confirmation of the effects of pepino on the rue tea experience. Unfortunately, however, my home grown supply has run out and they're not commonly available in my locality. Thus it would be amazing if there were some of you out there who have access to pepino fruit and would be willing to put this idea to the test.
The fruit itself had something of a bitter layer below the skin that I strongly suspect to be related to the effect. Of course, other fruit have also been shown to contain betacarbolines and neurotransmitter-type goodies including melatonin and dopamine to name but two, so this observation should not come as too much of a surprise. I kind of suspect that my slow-ripened pepinos may even have contained something like THH.
Disclaimer:
If you decide to embark upon this course of inquiry please be aware that it is not entirely free of risk and you should arm your awareness accordingly.
Edit: One further noteworthy observation is that my teeth were chattering during the come-up, something which has never happened in my rue brew experiences before. I relaxed and dozed off as it was my bedtime. When the euphoria woke me back up my jaw had settled down completely.
In the intervening weeks I've tinkered around with various levels and combinations of the herbs that were in the tea blend. This was to little avail, so it's not particularly relevant to list them here.
Now the interesting part. Time came round such that it seemed a sufficiently long time from the last pepino-related experience that it was reasonable to try again - not wanting to have too much of a good thing and only having one home-grown pepino left.
A brew was prepared using three grams of rue seed, which was first toasted for a couple of minutes in a cast iron pan to improve the palatability to something almost enjoyable rather than utterly revolting. The toasted seeds were subjected to 5x 10 minute simmers with c.100ml tap water each time, the odd numbered brews also having 80mg ascorbic acid added.
The combined brews were stirred with a palladium/magnesium couple for a while, just because it was possible. (Magnesium forms an insoluble yellow coating from the yellow stuff of the rue brew.) This may or may not have converted some of the harmaline to THH.
Some herb tinctures were added to the brew (while drinking a cup of peppermint tea to prepare the stomach): 5ml cleavers tincture, 5ml lemon balm tincture and 2ml pink rose blossom tincture. The cleavers was added slightly by accident so rose was added as a kind of nod towards my "hedgeahuasca" experience of some years ago, as well as it having a lovely odour for general good vibes. I accept that this could be regarded as a confounding factor in the experiment.
The rue brew was consumed a good two hours or so after eating the pepino (three-quarters of a 10cm long by 6cm diameter fruit, unfortunately not weighed). After having dozed off after drinking the rue tea, I awoke about half an hour later (three quarters of an hour after drinking the brew) to an exquisite full-body euphoria - rivulets of liquid bliss like an extended pre-orgasmic moment, hopefully you get the picture.
I now have a goal of further confirmation of the effects of pepino on the rue tea experience. Unfortunately, however, my home grown supply has run out and they're not commonly available in my locality. Thus it would be amazing if there were some of you out there who have access to pepino fruit and would be willing to put this idea to the test.
The fruit itself had something of a bitter layer below the skin that I strongly suspect to be related to the effect. Of course, other fruit have also been shown to contain betacarbolines and neurotransmitter-type goodies including melatonin and dopamine to name but two, so this observation should not come as too much of a surprise. I kind of suspect that my slow-ripened pepinos may even have contained something like THH.
Disclaimer:
If you decide to embark upon this course of inquiry please be aware that it is not entirely free of risk and you should arm your awareness accordingly.
Edit: One further noteworthy observation is that my teeth were chattering during the come-up, something which has never happened in my rue brew experiences before. I relaxed and dozed off as it was my bedtime. When the euphoria woke me back up my jaw had settled down completely.
