So, I have a nice amount of yellow spice that I would like to infuse into a leaf blend, and I have been doing a considerable amount of reading through the changa forum. There is a wealth of great information, however opinions differ (as they will) as to the benefits of different herbs.

There seem to be a contingent of people who believe that the herbal blends that do not contain an maoi do not contribute to the experience at all, and just as many people who post that their favorite blends do not contain any potentiation of caapi leaves or harmaline, etc.

This will be my first steps into hyperspace, and I would like to make a few different 1:1 changa/enhanced leaf mixes... I just do not want to waste all of the hard work that I have been doing in extracting my spice. I have caapi leaves, blue lotus and calea coming in the mail, my thoughts were to divide up my spice and make a few different mixes.

A lot of posts seem to favor the 'electric sheep' blend, advocating its benefits for first timers. I have read just as many posts that state caapi is the only way to go, and moreover 10x caapi is far > than caapi leaves by themselves.

I apologize if this has been asked a million times, just so anxious to not impede all of my efforts.

Thanks so much for your replies.

I think blend preferences are a very personal matter. There seems to be some consensus in the use of certain herbs (lotus and passion flower being relaxing and soothing, mullein being nurturing to the lungs and nicely absorbing the alkaloids, salvia enabling and somewhat energizing the experience, etc.) but the first time you try changa, the prime actives are going to host the show, no matter the nuances of what you add. Fine tuning your blend and picking what suits you the most is something you can do once you've had a few first contacts with spice... until then, use a combination you basically like. A good idea is to prepare blends before and try them without infusing anything in them, then stay with your favorite flavor and sensation.

My first time I used mullein, pau d'arco and lotus, and it was amazing. Later on I've used salvia, passion flower, peppermint, caapi, calea... All of them can be unique and show their synergy with spice, but I think that's for you to find out. The only thing I would be careful with is excess of harmalas. They can make the experience somewhat thicker.

basically what vodsel said.

MAOI will probably the only difference you will notice, and i highly recommend it for beginners.

what i would do is make some +10x caapi and smoke a bowl of that prior to smoking changa.

but other than that, just like it has been said:
multiple small uninfused batches to find what you like best.