toasted/roasted P. harmala seed tea recipe

[Prima Materia]

The recipe is very simple and the only trick is in one step - roasting the seeds on a pan.

1.) Cover the pan with seeds so that all the seeds are touching the pan.
2.) Roast on low to medium heat for about 5 minutes. Do mix the seeds with a wooden spoon or something similar. Here more experimentation is possible. What I have observed is that the seeds will get lighter with roasting. Also a pleasant nutty smell should be present. Make sure not to burn the seeds. Roasted seeds have a very pleasant smell IMO - not at all burnt.

After you have successfully roasted your seeds just proceed to make a simple tea. I make about 5 to 7 short water pulls with just enough water to cover the seeds. For every pull I wait for the water to start boiling and leave it like that for 1 minute or so. Then I collect the water and make a new pull. Then I filter once trough a double coffee filter to remove bigger particles and put in a glass container. Cool down and put in the fridge. Decant if more particles settled to obtain a cleaner tea.

I don't make my tea very concentrated - thus I obtain a very clear liquid. I pour it in a shot glass for a nice micro/small dose before sleep.

You can start using the tea immediately or you can wait for the tea to condition a bit in the fridge. I my experience it got even better with a few weeks of conditioning.

Effects are that the tea is much less bitter in the beginning and now after a few weeks it's not bitter at all. More than that the taste is very pleasant - reminding me of nuts, cocoa, coffee and maybe something else as well - very pleasant IME and it does have the desired effects.

Please write about your experience if you decide to try this recipe! I am intrigued.

 

[downwardsfromzero]

This is exactly what I've been doing lately. Just toasted seeds, then 5 -7 boils with water, no acid required - although I have added 100mg ascorbic acid every second boil because our local water supply is pretty alkaline.

With 2.5g seeds a final volume of about 200mL has a good flavour. I've also filtered before and after a volume-reducing boil using the trusty cotton wool plug in a funnel to good effect. This recipe can on occasion be complemented nicely by a few drops of 'mimosa extract tincture'.

Great medicine for both inner work and intimate times with one's partner. My motivation levels are way up - I even built a greenhouse last week

I'm in the process of editing a set of reports about some recent experiences.

 

[doubledog]

I used a tea prepared by this method for normal extraction of alkaloids. Yield was over 5% after two basing steps, so it is very effective.
No more long boils of rue.

 

[Prima Materia]

I used a tea prepared by this method for normal extraction of alkaloids. Yield was over 5% after two basing steps, so it is very effective.
No more long boils of rue.

The idea behind this procedure to make tea is to obtain a tea that is quite tasty to drink. Of course you can extract from that, but it is not the purpose of this recipe.

 

[doubledog]

Yes, that is clear, my post was just a confirmation that there is (almost) no leftover in the seeds after this procedure.
The tea is not only tasty, but also fully active.
win-win situation.

 

[Prima Materia]

Yes, that is clear, my post was just a confirmation that there is (almost) no leftover in the seeds after this procedure.
The tea is not only tasty, but also fully active.
win-win situation.

I see. Thank you for the clarification. Good to hear that his method is being used and people are enjoying it.

 

[downwardsfromzero]

As another bonus, the toasting of the seeds has a nice incense-like quality to it which adds to the overall process.