Namaste!
After several failed attempts to hold down jurema tea (purging always occured within 20 minutes of ingestion, and never felt any effects d/t incomplete absorption of actives), I learned of a method of removing nausea-producing tannins from jurema tea with gelatine. I looked through several pages in the ayahuasca section and didn't really see any explanation of this technique; I am surprised it is not recommended as a standard step in jurema prep. I know that it gets the occasional mention but here is a write-up of this extremely simple procedure that I now use with all jurema brew:
1. Prepare jurema via preferred method. I like powdered or finely shredded purple/pink MHRB lightly simmered in water/splash of vinegar for 30 min x 3. The wire mesh permanent coffee filters make filtration of even the finest powder fairly effective.
2. After the final filtration, while the jurema is still piping hot, dissolve 7g of gelatin per 20g of MHRB into a cup of hot water (plain water, not jurema). Stir quickly until the gelatin is dissolved.
3. Quickly stir this gelatin mixture into the jurema. You should notice the jurema turn from deep purple/red to a light opaque pink as the gelatin binds to nasty tannins in the jurema. One needs only to stir for 60 seconds or so to allow maximum efficacy of the gelatin magic.
4. Most of the gelatin will clump together and form a huge ball of tannin/gelatin/sediment nastyness. Scoop out as much of this as you can, then filter the jurema. NOTE: hold back as much of the remaining gelatin particles as you can while the jurema enters the filter, since the filter will clog pretty fast once you run the gelatin over it. If you are using a wire mesh coffee filter, cleaning the gelatin out effectively will probably required a few hot water/soap soaks after you are done.
That is it for the gelatin tek. I recommend letting the brew cool in the fridge for a few days so that fine sediment will fall to the bottom, then decant and filter again. I do this 3 times, letting the brew settle for 3 days each time. The resulting brew ends up a light translucent pink, with very little sediment falling out of suspension after this. The jurema can now be reduced to a palatable quantity, I shoot for 3 fluid ounces per dose, as this can be easily swallowed in one go, but is not so concentrated that the bitterness lingers on the tongue for an excessive amount of time.
I like to throw 2g of ginger per dose of jurema into the pot while brewing, and also into the harmala brews that I make. Ginger combined with the gelatin tek has produced some very smooth tea; no nausea present at all. Bummer for the la purga purists, happy joy for the rest of us.
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