Ice coffee, decaf preferably hides the taste perfectly. Im guessing its a similar ph or acidity as the ayahuasca.
I take a breath, take a shot of aya and before exhaling take a sip of ice coffee then exhale and take one more sip of coffee and breathe normally. This works great for me. For my pallet black ice coffee taste so similar to ayahuasca I cant tell the difference when using this trick.

If you have loads of tannins then they stick to your mouth and throat so try not to hold the Aya in your mouth. Toss it back into your throat and swallow. I can drink aya with it only touching the back of the tongue where there aren't many taste buds.

The speed that im able to take the chaser is a big factor, the faster its washed down the better. I haven't drank anything with banana in it but I have eaten a banana and that did help. Also taking the chaser and then eating something like a couple cheerios really quickly helped too.
coffee sounds good but the similarity in taste scares me off because I think that psychologically ill remember the taste, kinda like when you make a mixed drink with coke and the next day the idea of coke makes you sick.

I usually reduce the dose down to the size of a teaspoon or table spoon...Then put a bit of water in my mouth and, with the water still in there, i throw the shot of aya at the back of my throat and swallow...Sometimes i'll quickly chase it with a bit of water, or fruit juice i squeezed. Simply chasing with an orange slice works fine though.

Ive been doing a cwe with acrb so I don't want to heat it up, supposedly you get a wider range of alkaloids destroyed by heat. I don't really know if that's true but it works good. probably more water than is desirable though.

^^ Nice tip, cwe, must try that but I've no good rig to powder it. I guess a quality coffee grinder is a must. Anyway, boiling/extracting the mark could indicate if there where leftovers in it.

I buy my bark already powdered for that same reason. Seemed to be the same price that way everywhere or close to it.

I've thought about boiling the bark to see if there is more in it, but ive gotten pretty good yields the way im doing it so I don't feel the need to risk just drinking nasty water. When I read everywhere that most people fail their first few ayahuasca attempts, I decided to do what I know works for sure. I just soak it for 3 days or so and filter it with a t shirt. tastes pretty gross but 2 or 3 gulps gets you there. I made a batch for 2 people, but while experimenting with it realized it was more like 3 or 4 people worth. I just made a batch that is probably 50% stronger so ill see how that goes, this way I can drink less. But it might taste worse.

* don't know if I mentioned im using acacia confuse and peganum harmala extract.

To get the full experience of Ayahuasca, I feel that it is necessary to accept it as it is. Like life itself, the experience is bittersweet. If you can get past the bitterness, you will find that the brew has an intriguing spice flavor.

i say milk 100%, preferably creamier and well swished around. gets rid of the taste pretty instantly for me

I made a second batch and I filtered it sooner this time and I used more layers to make it cleaner and it was much better. I think I found the solution. I also made it more potent so I could drink less. Having your stomach feel better makes for a smoother trip.
I also ate some crackers afterwards and it took the rest of the taste out of my mouth.