Hi, I had an account on here before, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to exist any longer and my password manager says I never saved the password, which doesn't seem to make any sense but bleh. I had written up a nice dossier about myself and goals and whatnot and was conversing with several members, but life got in the way and I didn't come back here for months and now I'm back and ready to start my journey. I don't even recall what my username was (wish I could have looked it up via email) so I started a new account.

So, I have 225 grams of White Powder Banisteriapsis Caapi, and 100g of Mimosa Hostilis Powdered Root Bark. I'm trying to use the guide from here: https://simonsblogpark.c.../simons-ayahuasca-guide/ but I'm feeling a great deal of confusion.

I've read that for first timers, to try 3g of mimosa, while others suggest 10g. Okay, so logical deduction, if I brew 30g worth, whatever product is left I consume 1/3rd of that if I wanted a 10g experience or 1/10th of that for a 3g experience, correct?

Regarding the brew, I have organic apple cider vinegar, so I am preparing the brew as such assuming I'm making 30g of brew:

1. Boil distilled water; drop temp to between 95-100-degrees
2. Add approximately 11g of vinegar and 30g of mimosa and cook for 3-hours
3. Let cool for 20-minutes then filter through a cheese cloth
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the leftover mimosa two more times (a total of 9-hours)
5. Add all three liquids together and cook it until there is only 0.3-liters left (unknown quantity of time)
6. Add 28g of Caapi and stir for 15-minutes until completely dissolved.

Please let me know if I have a good approximation of the base ingredients, and a good methodology. Also, I'm wondering if it's necessary to do step 4 if you have powdered root, and if it's difficult or even possible to filter powered root through a cheese cloth?

Hello. I think the dissolution in step 6 refers to caapi resin, not the powder you have.

Many other people can answer your general questions better than I can. There are many recipes and experiences posted to this forum, and they are easily accessible by searching. These are what I used to eliminate some of my own confusion before preparing it.

Hi, thank you for your reply, I appreciate it! I read all of the stickies and yet feel no more knowledgeable than I had been before asking this question. I wonder if someone else might be able to answer my questions?

Typically it takes some "trial and error" getting home brewed anahuasca/ayahuasca to work. In general, powdered plant material doesn't require long boils, a couple of 30-60min cooks with ample water can be effective. Getting adequate RIMA with caapi takes a lot of material, 50-100grams. Many find a RIMA pre-dose helpful. Individual variation with regards to adequate RIMA is considerable. Additionally, always, filter THEN reduce! 28grams of caapi(not extract/resin) sounds a bit low.


Peace

Im attempting the same recipe at home I have 160 grams of mimosa and 150 grams of caapi resin but honestly the way they have these forums setup it’s very hard as a newcomer to quite grasp everything. Im going to attempt to make this exact recipe but do you even have to use vinegar? Lol we’ll find out

MHRB amounts are well referenced. Caapi resin?? You'll want to use an amount reflective of how concentrated it is. Say you're wanting @100g raw caapi dose, divide 100 by your resin concentration. If it's "30:1", you'd use @3.3g resin.

Many recommend slight acidification of water. This favors solubility of alkaloids in aqueous. One may use acetic, citric or phosphoric acid. For brew, this step is not required. TEHO.

Peace

I hope the 11g of vinegar was a typo, but ive also never weighed my vinegar to know.....in terms of volume tho, dont stress the small stuff. A simple dash has always worked for me, add an extra dash if youd like. Personally, the thought of ACV is a bit cringey, as is the thought of using absorbic or citric again.

Just brew enough to redose if needed, start low and work up.......if u look again, all of the basics are covered in a few existing threads. Best of luck, peace

The caapi you need to boil for a long time. 15 minutes is not enough. The mimosa however, can be boiled for just ten to fifteen minutes, because DMT very easily dissolves in boiling water.

I would not start with 10 grams of mimosa. Begin with maybe one gram and see how well that goes. I would take a little over 50 grams of caapi, though. A person of average weight normally needs just around 50 grams of caapi to get full MAO inhibition, and because that is what you need, i would go just a little over 50 grams because if you don't have full inhibition, the DMT will simply not reach your brain.

So you have enough caapi for 4 ayahuasca journeys.