My first extraction is done. I followed Noman ’s DMT for the Masses.

Using pre powered MHRB the details are:

50 gram MRHB
50 gram lye
1.200 ml water
75 ml naphtha each pull

Due to the width of my vessel it was not possible to separate the solvent from the mimosa/water/lye without taking some of that too. The separated liquid was transferred to a thin glas container. After about 20 minutes waiting I extracted the solvent again. This time with a better result. I did this three times and the jars were put in the freezer.

Last pull the naphtha was left for many more hours in the vessel, regularly and gently moving the liquid. After separation via the thin glas container the solvent was left in an open jar to partly evaporate. This to see the difference in freeze precipitation.

When I did my evaporation test with the naphtha it soon vanished from the dish. But it took an amazingly long time to loose some of it from the solvent. After more than ten hours waiting I could hardly see a difference. Very strange indeed. How is this possible?

Anyway, I put this jar in the freezer too.

More than 24 hours later the freezer was opened to take a first look. I was stunned to see that all three first jars contained white snowflake substances, floating on the bottom or stuck to the sides. What an exciting moment.

Did I do a good job because the sediment is white and does not look yellow at all? Or will the sediment get yellow when drying?

Running out of time I will have to wait for this dry process a couple of days. No problem as the last jar liquid still has to freeze.

I would be glad to hear from you relating my questions. Thanks in advance.

White spice general means extra plant oil and 'other' alkaloids have been stripped.
Some people prefer white spice, some prefer the 'full spectrum' spice.

If it does go yellow after drying - this is generally due to oxidization.

Thank you for your response. I appreciate this.

Due to my excitement I took some time off and started to do the next step.

First a jar was emptied in a coffee filter. After that I scratched the bottom and the side with a strong plastic spatula. The substance was put in the coffee filter too.

Leaving the jar open, hopefully the white remaining substance will be dry by so that I can retrieve this the next 24 hours.

I did the same with the second jar.

Depending the drying results tomorrow in the filters and the jars I am going to do the next two jars identically. Or I first scratch, let it float in the naphtha, before putting it down a coffee filter. And perhaps a metal spoon instead of a plastic spatula.

To avoid a misunderstanding, if the substance is white starting the drying process, can I assume that it is clean?

Yes, that should be the case and after drying it can be stored as is if you're satisfied with the result. More to be found out will be when you will decide to vape it, that too if vaping will be done correctly without burning the alkaloids in the process.

To ease up this process wide mouth dishes with lids are used for better reaching inside them and scraping the goods using a sharp blade. The spatula or spoon can be tricky in that they might not do the best job at collecting what's sticked to the bottom.If you do encounter issues with this process you can always use some warm solvent to redissolve your alkaloids after which you can transfer the now saturated solvent onto a more wider dish for evaporation.This will automatically ensure you a cleanup step also

Thank you for your wise words Nereus.

Today I did empty the other two jars. The only difference using a steel spatula instead of the plastic one. It did a better job.

Both coffee filters were cut open and put on a dish to dry. To my surprise the substance from yesterday ’s batch is not perfectly dry yet.

When I look at the harvest of those four jars, I am pleased with the result. As soon as it is dry I will check out how many mg it is. And decide to do a re crystallization or not.

My God, what a wonderful world I have entered .