Xa,
95% ethanol, with a pinch of citric acid, is highly efficient at extracting harmalas from powdered Syrian Rue seeds. I'm just about to finish my first Whiterasta tek...
I also have some caapi leaf, and wonder if the issue is alcohol struggling to penetrate the actual leaf structure, and liberate the harmalas? They're tough as hell, and I guess you haven't gotten close to powdering them?
In which case, a long water boil is probably necessary... I even freeze/thawed mine last time I extracted them, to help loosen them up.
Also, 10g leaf will only yield 1-2%: 100-200mg harmalas, which will be almost invisible in anything other than a very small amount of concentrated solution...
If it was me, I'd probably have started with at least 100g leaf to make it worthwhile.
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