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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: Mike1230]
#20573663 - 09/16/14 12:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes, I agree, it's not worth the risk.
Now it's all ground to dust and covered with 97% Ethanol. Let's see what happens!
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574035 - 09/16/14 05:49 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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agarmeister said: Yes, I agree, it's not worth the risk.
Now it's all ground to dust and covered with 97% Ethanol. Let's see what happens!
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: pawnzy]
#20574189 - 09/16/14 07:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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what's wrong with boiling water? dont use alcohol for a water soluble substance!
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20574237 - 09/16/14 07:56 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh man, this is SO confusing.. I've been hearing so many different opinions.
The Teks that are common here for extraction all mention alcohol of varying purity.
Have you done any extractions using water only?
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574293 - 09/16/14 08:16 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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boil water, add to cup of shrooms, wait 10-20 mins, voila. the British calls it "tea"
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20574326 - 09/16/14 08:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Do you just drink the liquid? What do you do with the "mushroom sludge"? Doesn't it taste awful?
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574331 - 09/16/14 08:31 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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add some drink flavour cristals
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574344 - 09/16/14 08:33 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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agarmeister said: Do you just drink the liquid? What do you do with the "mushroom sludge"? Doesn't it taste awful?
I like mushroom tea better than earl grey tea  and yes I drink it. you dont need alcohol, the search engine is riddled with bad info. tick the TC box and no older than 2-3-4 yrs depending on what info you want/get.
the "lemon tek" is simply adding a few drops of lemon juice to your tea, I've even heard some use ginger root against the nausea.
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20574400 - 09/16/14 08:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ginger root seems like a good idea. It can be very warming.
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: Sockadin]
#20574415 - 09/16/14 08:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Does it also work with dry sclerotia?
Do you drink the tea along with all the mushroom material or do you filter it out?
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574436 - 09/16/14 09:01 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I dont filter it, but I avoid drinking the wet mushroom mush in the bottom of the cup. you can just drink everything but it sorta defeats 1 purpose of making the tea (not having to eat mushrooms) tea comes on faster.
I cant remember who did it but there is some threads where a guy stores this tea + orange juice or something like that in bottles in his fridge.
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20574439 - 09/16/14 09:03 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Is it efficient? I mean, if you put in, say 3g of dried cubes, do you get a decent experience similar to eating it?
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20574458 - 09/16/14 09:07 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20574462 - 09/16/14 09:09 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20575976 - 09/16/14 04:30 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would go thru with the extraction dude. I wouldn't want to drink tea made from moldy fruits
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: Mike1230]
#20578271 - 09/17/14 04:50 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, with the current moldy stuff I'm def. going for extraction. I was asking about the tea for future ventures.
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20578575 - 09/17/14 07:51 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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use boiling water to extract, not alcohol
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agarmeister
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20578596 - 09/17/14 08:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks, but I already soaked it all with alcohol. anything I can do to save it? should I just add water to the alcohol?
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spacechildo
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: agarmeister]
#20578609 - 09/17/14 08:06 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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nah, its just a waste of good alcohol. just follow your tek for now but next time dont put anything but cracker dry fruits in a closed container as you've learned the hard way
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Mike1230
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Re: Is my whole yield of sclerotia destroyed? [Re: spacechildo]
#20578627 - 09/17/14 08:11 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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If u boil moldy mushrooms all u have is tea with mold in it. At least with an alcohol extraction u are getting mostly only actives without the mold. I don't know if u read the whole thread spacechildo but OP has some sclerotia with mold growing from them. I don't think tea is a safe approach to this. Sure u kill the mold by boiling but u are still left with dead mold which can trigger allergies and probably cause all sorts of bad shit. I agree tea is better approach for normal, healthy, properly dried fruits but that is not the case here.
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