Forgive me if this has already been asked somewhere else, please feel free to point me to the correct url. I am wanting to find out how to grind the caapi vine. Do I use just a regular coffee grinder or is there a better kind of grinder?

Also, can you tell me about a decent natural food grade extraction Tek? I can't seem to find the post that explained it. Thank you

If you have whole Caapi vine, you will likely need a hammer, and an old towel.

It's pretty tough stuff... but you can fill it with amazing intentions while you pound away and the brew will be most rewarding (energy in = energy out).

i dont think there is a food grade tek for harmalas that im aware of. gibran2's tek has gotten some great praises though with terrific yields.

as far as the vine goes there are at least a few good threads in the past about breaking up the vine, do a search in the aya subforum. i know ive answered that question pretty detailed a few times.

once its broken up to chip sized pieces you might want to consider a blender rather than a coffee grinder. coffee grinder's are so small unless your only using a small amount of vine it will take a bit of work and time that way. sacrifice a cheap blender or just order powdered caapi next time. its not an easy thing to grind up at home.

here ya go

Thank you both for the good information.

One thing I would add, after the first couple/few boils when I go to add fresh water that 3rd or 4th time I like to dump the whole thing (vine and water) into the blender and give it another good run to further break everything down. Seems to help a lot

have my eyes on a proffesional heavy duty herb grinder