This is my first time working with Powdered Chaliponga, I've had previous success with leaves. The problem is when I add the powder to water it becomes a snotty sludge, which I did not expect. It's almost like san pedro powder but is definitely not cactus. Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to brew this or any alternative methods that don't involve harsh chemicals.

Alternative methods? Brew with crushed or whole leaf next time I suppose...

I'm not really sure what to tell you for this one except to maybe evap down to a paste and then use jamie's IPA tek for leaf sources to extract the actives... I don't know how you could go about saving the brew for drinking, hopefully someone else will.

You could try simmering it long enough to boil off the snotty junk, but I'm not certain if that would work for chaliponga the way it does for cactus.