Some people who say that tea is less potent than straight mushrooms. This is true and false.
There are two disadvantages to tea. First, heat denatures psilocybin and speeds its oxydation and second, steeping the mushrooms extracts only a portion of the chilli into the tea; the rest remains in the mushrooms.
To avoid these two disadvantages I came up with the following recipe. Follow these steps and you?ll end up with tea of a strength indistinguishable from eating straight mushrooms, and the taste will be pleasant and mild with little or no nausea if you drink it slowly.
Tea for two:
1. Two cups boiling water 2. Three green tea bags 3. Two or three grams dry or 30 to 50 grams fresh cubies (or more) 4. Juice of one lemon 5. A little honey or sugar
Put the tea bags in a pot and pour the boiling water over them
Wait about 30 seconds for the water to cool slightly (too hot and it denatures some of the alkaloids) then toss in the mushrooms
Let it sit for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pull out tea bags and squeeze excess liquid into the pot, then toss them in the trash.
Pour tea and mushrooms into blender and run on high for about a minute. Even though they've been steeped, the mushrooms still contain a lot of goodies; you shred them in the blender so they'll be easy to drink with the tea.
The blender will make the tea a little foamy (yuk) so let it sit for a few minutes until the foam is gone. Don't skim out the foam, it too contains lots of goodies.
When the foam is gone, add sugar or honey to taste, add the lemon juice, and drink. The shredded mushrooms will settle, so stir it before drinking. Drink slowly to avoid nausea.
One more thing: if you're prone to nausea, get some papaya enzyme pills from a health food store and take a few with your tea. There's nothing better, nothing! I know, I've tried everything.
Have fun!
-Diploid
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Edited by Diploid (05/10/05 07:02 PM)
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Sounds like a pretty good recipe. One thing I would probably alter is the amount of time to steep the green tea bags. I find that green tea gets really nasty bitter if you brew it too long. I never brew mine for more that 3 minutes. I guess if you used herbal tea, or black tea, it really wouldn't matter though. I would strain it too, but if you really want to get the absolute most out of them, maybe it's best to leave them in(kinda nasty though).
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