I followed the Gilbran2 caapi tek using 150 grams of vine. The process took quite a few days, mostly due to the time spent washing the freebase. My yield was pretty low, only 720 mg of harmala. I'm not sure why? The caapi had been sitting around for 5 years, so that's a possibility. Since rue is less expensive, I'd like to try a rue extraction. I've read the wiki methods, but was hoping for some opinions...

What's you favorite method of extracting harmala's from rue?

Is the experience different from harmala extracted from vine?

I had such an amazing experience last night, and wanted to thank this community for all the time spent experimenting and sharing this righteous information! I smoked 40 mg of harmalas over the course of 20 minutes and felt like I was floating freely in space and time. I loaded 30 mg of spice into my GVG and...WOW! The lift-off was intense, but smoother than straight spice. The peak lasted for a good 10 minutes, with a lovely 30 minute afterlow.

With straight spice I hold on tight for launch into the cosmic kaleidoscope. But I usually feel like I'm a witness, rather then an active participant. Harmala's add a whole new dimension. I felt a shift in the space-time continuum. They really slowed things down, so I could just bask in the glory! I actually got out of my lazy boy, and was dancing, lol. This was the first time with DMT that I actually engaged and interacted with my space.

Harmala's give a whole new meaning to the phrase, "you are now free to roam about the cabin"

You got about .5% yield that doesn't mean you did anything wrong you just didn't have the strongest caapi available. I have had vine that only yielded .3% before.

If you are interested in doing a rue extraction you can use the same method or you can try The Tao of Rue Extraction. I don't have much experience with rue extracted harmalas but from my single attempt they seemed almost identical to extracted caapi alkaloids.

+1 on tao of rue, ran it 3 times and always had great results.

Recently, I did a slightly modified Tao of Rue with success (yield unknown though). Separating the harmine from the harmaline with sodium bicarbonate is fun too, recommended!

Nice to see you are discovering the benefits of being 'harmalized' when inhaling DMT - it even seems like a waste of precious DMT when not harmalized. In my humble experience, the effects are even stronger and longer if you take the harmalas orally (I prefer Rue tea).