Using a bedsheet as a filter while boiling for an a/b

[vaporinospagethi]

can you just put your bark inside a bedsheet/tshirt while boiling it for an a/b ? that would look like a big ball, mhrb inside, made of cotton sheet.
will it not block too much the water and make the extraction much less efficient?
anyone ever tried something like that?

because slowly tilting the pot to get the water extract out, while trying to keep the bark in the pot, is a struggle everytime

 

[vaporinospagethi]

any idea? will it reduce the release of dmt in the water and the yield?

 

[blig-blug]

You can, but if you're going to use a bedsheet you can just use it to filter it when you pour it out.

 

[bezevo]

sounds scetchy ...........be careful ....................of course you will heh

 

[vaporinospagethi]

You can, but if you're going to use a bedsheet you can just use it to filter it when you pour it out.

have you ever done it?

 

[Varallo]

have you ever done it?

There’s no real benefit to boiling the material inside a cloth. It only slows down the extraction, because you want as much direct contact as possible between the boiling liquid and the material you’re trying to extract.

What you can do instead is simply filter it using a sieve or coarse filter, there’s no need for anything fine. Repeat this with your three or four rounds of making the “tea,” and combine all of the extracted liquid. What’s collected in the sieve is just returned back in the pot for the next boil.

Let the combined liquid sit for a day so the sediment can settle. Then carefully pour it off, leaving the sediment behind, and continue with your next step.

 

[Transform]

Some harmala extractors sew their rue seeds inside a pillowcase for the brews, but this is as much to simplify the pressing off the seeds between boils. It might suit coarsely powdered bark if you're planning to press it between brews, otherwise it offers no particular advantage over simply using the fabric as a strainer, besides a possible increase in ease of handling between the brews.

If you did sew a brew bag for bark powder, I'd advise filling it to between a third to no more than half full so there's enough space for the water to circulate.

have you ever done it?

No, but I've used tea bags countless times.

 

[vaporinospagethi]

Some harmala extractors sew their rue seeds inside a pillowcase for the brews, but this is as much to simplify the pressing off the seeds between boils. It might suit coarsely powdered bark if you're planning to press it between brews, otherwise it offers no particular advantage over simply using the fabric as a strainer, besides a possible increase in ease of handling between the brews.

If you did sew a brew bag for bark powder, I'd advise filling it to between a third to no more than half full so there's enough space for the water to circulate.

No, but I've used tea bags countless times.

a tea bag? it can hold maybe 1gram at max no?
did it reduce the yield?

 

[fink]

My question is why? Why even filter the soup? A/B tek with MHRB and NPS pulls doesn't really need filtering at any stage.

 

[doubledog]

Yes, this is definitely viable option. Try it and report back.

 

[blig-blug]

have you ever done it?

Yes, with a t-shirt. Not for an A/B though, but to drink with rue. For an A/B is doable but I agree with @fink that it doesn't seem to make much sense.

 

[the_Architect]

can you just put your bark inside a bedsheet/tshirt while boiling it for an a/b ? that would look like a big ball, mhrb inside, made of cotton sheet.
will it not block too much the water and make the extraction much less efficient?
anyone ever tried something like that?

because slowly tilting the pot to get the water extract out, while trying to keep the bark in the pot, is a struggle everytime

Bro. You don´t need to re-discover the wheel (or re-invent the bicycle...) Just boil it normal.
Then use a pasta strainer... metallic one. With the bedsheet or cotton fabric (you can buy chesse cloth online) on it. You need a separate container to filter it...
If you want to do a bad ass filtering, get one of those presses for oil, like for an hydraulic press for olive oil, apple for sider, or juices. They will need some time of fabric around anyway, like linen.

 

[Transform]

a tea bag? it can hold maybe 1gram at max no?
did it reduce the yield?

Where I am you can get some fairly sizeable empty paper tea bags capable of being filled with several spoons of herbaceous material. And anyhow, you can sew a cloth brew bag to whatever size suits your purposes. Here's a pack of eight-cup bags:

 

[acacian]

Pillow case lining a chinois has never failed me.. I think the press is the way to go if your committed though. My friend rigged up a really cool one that gets almost every drop out.

 

[vaporinospagethi]

I tried with a pillow case and it was great, much less messy than boiling it directly then filtering afterward
it was with shreded bark, not powder