IMO, the best way to get started with caapi and find a dose that works for what you need is to make a tea with a 1/4 pound of vine. That way you can measure out your dose in mls, and work your way up very easily and safely. You can divide the total weight by # of end mls to determine the amount of vine equivalent. The reason I'm not recommending a dose is because all of our MAO enzymes operate in different ways and using ayahuasca for example, two different people of similar weight may require different doses to achieve the proper level to orally activate DMT. Some take 15-25g others 50g+. The point is that you really need to test the actual material to determine what your body needs, and how potent your vine is witch is another way effects can vary between similar doses.
Also, once you find a vine and vendor that works well for you, its recommended to buy 1kg plus. That way you can work with it and get to know how potent and the best way for you to consume the vine. not to mention it will have the same potency, which is not a common factor between vendors or vine types. Even similar vine may have different alkaloid levels. If you purchase a large amount, make tea, grind, extract, or whatever- you will be standardizing your alkaloid level so long as it is done in one batch.
BTW- The vine i currently have and am loving is a 100ml extract of 1/2kg black caapi from kt botanicals. Very easy to dose, potent and tastes like caapi, witch is a good thing with a rather sweet earthy taste.
Not the best value for caapi when you can get a kilo for 70 bucks and the extract is about the same, but to be fair thats the cheapest yellow not black caapi i can find and its from a different vendor. Not to mention KT does all the work for you and do a damn good job at that. 3 days of brewing, and reducing. The jungle way.
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