Hi all, I am new here and to ayahuasca.

so I have just completed my first (100 gram b.caapi root + 75 gram chacruna leaves) boil; this will be reduced down to 100ml and 1/4 will be taken in steps until suitably effected

all mats were mixed together in a steel pan with still water and a splash of acid:

simmer for 3 hours
filter the juices to holder bowl, scraping the sludge back into mats
refill pan with water and re-add mats

simmer for 3 hours
filter the juices to holder bowl, scraping the sludge back into mats
refill pan with water and re-add mats

simmer for 3 hours
press down on the caapi to break apart and squeeze juices
filter the juices to holder bowl, scraping the sludge back into mats
refil pan with water and re-add mats

simmer for 2 hours
filter the juices to holder bowl, scraping the sludge back into mats

squeezed all the water out of the mats with my hands then filtered it to the holder bowl

for no other reason than an intuitive inspiration or a message from the plant "spirits" i wash the caapi clean of the chacruna leaves. managed to recover a little over half of it from the cooked mat mix

put the clean 11 hour cooked caapi into a clean pan with fresh water and a splash of acid. it has now been back on boil an 2 hours and will go for another 1. it has gone a dark amber / orange which I am hoping is a sign of more goodness being drawn out!!!???

this will then be reduced to a small shot and taken prior to taking the main mixture as an MAOI tummy molecule pre-greeting. i shall reduce the holder bowl content to my 100m/l and proceed to take this tomorrow evening, and even have pictures of the prep steps, which I will add!

thanks for all the advice i have read which has helped me along the road to taking my first ayahuasca healing session

Welcome I am also new to vacationing to the DMT-verse
I can't wait to read about your experience

thanks mate, I can't wait to try it - have been waiting almost a year to brew up and experience her.

now I am on to my second wash of the caapi alone. so in total that's now around 14 hours cooking the caapi. the liquid of the 1st second batch wash came out darkish amber / orange brown. it's now going in for another hour or two and then i think it's been suitably extracted! should be a blast!

Here are some pictures of my batch:

Chacruna (had 3 bags of this)



Caapi, (had 1 bag of this)



After a couple hours brewing



First filter and store



Back on the boil



After the 4th and last boil (3x3 + 1x2)



As stated I did 4 boils of both mixtures, once finished the 4th boil i squeezed hard



Next I separated the caapi from the chacruna to do a caapi only rinse



Cooked caapi again at a higher temp this time for 3 hours



Resulting in this



Cooked it again for 2 hours, filtered and was left with




So thats what I got: 150ml of 11 hours mix + 5 hours caapi only boiling for a starter before consuming the main brew of caapi and chacruna. somethign tells me if i was to drink this 150 m/l alone i'd probably blast off but I will take half of it followed 10 minutes later by the main show.

the reason I made this second mi is because i read that it was best to drink MAOI before the chacruna and being that i put both in the pot together, it wasn't possible. though doing it afterwards in this case seems to have worked (judging by the color)

i also decided to reduce to the main caapi+chacruna mix to 1l rather than 100ml as there was about 4l at the end of it all. that will mean I will have 75 ml of the starter and then 250 ml of the main course (which is still currently reducing on the stove). hoep that this quantity isn't too much!!


that's about it so far

The final products!

On the left is the caapi 5 hour rebrew for pre-tummy tuning ( -30 minutes )
On the right is the caapi + chacruna 3x3 + 2x1 main brew ( D-Day )



looking good, no?

looks good to me, now get it reduced to a couple of shots and knock em back

happy travels

took your advice and reduced it by half. drank 75ml of the caapi brew to wake the tummy up about 20 minutes ago, feel a little funny in the head but maybe adrenaline.

now I 'm going to start drinking 30% of the 100g caapi 75g chacruna mix, dark brown stuff.

will report back after wish me luck!

Drank it all, got a slight tingling in the head and slight brightening of vision but that was it, pretty let down to be honest, was really looking forward to it but.... always next time i guess.

to recover to attempt, i just decided to eat 16 hbwr seeds from a known good batch instead. let the fun begin.

Sorry to hear that Shroomy, guess the lady kept you out like she's done to many before
Keep at it

yeah, I have ordered more from a well reviewed supplier and will do a full dieta and prep before hand this time; not doing it *just* for the kick, also wanting it to be meaningful!

i took 16 hbwr seeds and guess what, i never felt much from them either, but this morning, wow i feel minced up pretty bad.

so i am thinking it was not a potency issue. good to know, thanks lady ayahuasca xxx