I bought 2 kilos of Cielo Caapi in Peru recently. Yesterday i cooked one half..or what was supposed to be 1kg's worth. I am still not finished with the boiling/reducing, but so far have reduced 1 boil down to 250ml of thick syrup nice stuff..More to do still!

Anyway, back on topic!...I weighed the other so called 1kg, and they only weigh about .4kg!..i guess it's cos it's dried out!

>So should i treat the Caapi as dried or wet now?..I guess dry?..That means my Caapi has lost 60% potency, is that correct ?

EDIT: Does a final sieved and boiled down Caapi concentrate that has high viscosity sound like it's potent or not?

The alkaloids wont have dissapeared whether the bark dried or not, they will still be there.

Maybe you just didnt have (or werent send) 1kg in the first place?

Viscosity is not an indicator of potency, though very reduced brew should in theory be more potent per volume than less reduced ones, of course this will also depend on the potency of the vine in the first place.

So since the whole thread is about the potency of the vine, and its impossible for any of us to tell because vine strenght varies so much, the best is if you drink a small amount the first time and see how that feels. Drink equivalent of 10-20g caapi and wait a couple of hours to see how that feels. Only once you have gauged the strenght of your batch, drink more.

Let us know how it goes

Thanks Endlessness.

I'm sure the vine weighed a lot more when i put it in my backpack. I remember it was fresh, and wet inside. When i came back, i had to remove some mould! Anyway, i have some good feelings about it being nice. The other lot weighed 0.4kg, therefore that's enough for 8 x 50g servings, or 4 x 100g ones. (I guess that's a VERY rough estimate on the thick nectar liquid, i have)...