So, I tried the cold mimosa tea idea.
What I did:
25g of powdered mhrb was placed in a jar with 125mL of water, shaken, and left for 24 hours.
The resulting sludge was passed through a coffee filter three times to remove any mimosa sand from the drink.
I then drank the brew in the evening having had 3g of crushed Syrian rue seeds 20 minutes in advance. Not gonna lie, the mouthfeel was pretty horrible, but with honey added, the drink wasn't even that bad. There was almost no trip to speak of, though. After 40 minutes, mild tribal patterns would emerge from my ceiling and everything was mildly technicolor-ish. There was no feeling of a high or any body load, aside from the feeling of my stomach slowly being tanned into leather. A barely threshold experience.
That story on erowid about leaving bark to soak for just
one hour in a jar of water is total bunk. I can't imagine you would feel anything except mild stomach grumpiness after that. But, my little experiment shows that the idea does still work. I imagine if you added some lemon to the jar and let it sit for a week or more, you could actually be left with a potent brew.
Probably not a surprise to many of you, but that's how I spent my Saturday night. Cheers!
I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want a clever signature.