XPost: alt.drugs.dmt, alt.drugs.chemistry, rec.drugs.chemistry   
   XPost: rec.drugs.psychedelic   
   From: rr@dds.nl.ReMoVeThIs   
      
   On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:51:24 -0400, "AKKA"  wrote in   
   alt.drugs.dmt:   
      
   >you didnt include the amount of water that it should be put in.  if u use to   
   >mush then it would cause your session to be way to diluted.   
      
   When the caapi has been torn to strips and is put in the pan,   
   together with the water that was used to soak it in (that's   
   a cold water infusion), add water until the water is level with   
   the caapi strips or just a bit more.   
   If the tap water in your area is chlorinated and/or very hard (calcium-   
   rich) water, better use filtered water or low mineral (bottled) spring   
   water. Some even choose to use distilled water.   
   Bring to a boil, lower the heat and leave for a while   
   slightly below the boiling point, lid on the pan.   
   Traditionally smoke from mapacho (Nicotinia rustica) is blown   
   over the brew from time to time to feed it's spirits and to   
   give a ritual protection to the brew, and magical melodies   
   (icaros) are whistled and sung over the brew.  This is the   
   time you can more or less program your intention, I'm not really   
   sure if it is programmed in the brew itself (water molecules seem   
   sensitive to sound and to 'store/remember' harmonic vibrations   
   in they structure/configuration) or in your own subconcious,   
   or it might be a combination of both.   
      
   A couple of hours might be enough, but it doesn't hurt the   
   brew to leave it on for 8 hours, even the whole day and   
   turning off the heat, but still let it steep end cool down at night.   
   During the last hour of keeping the brew heated just below boiling,   
   the Psychotria viridis can be added.  It is also possible to make   
   a seperate tea of the P.v. and either add that to the caapi brew   
   when it is being concentrated, or concentrate it on its own and keep   
   it as a seperate brew.   
      
   After the boiling/steeping decant and filter the liquid(s)   
   to remove the fibers and other plant materials from the   
   infusion.  Put in an open pan on low heat, best if it doesn't   
   boil, but still slowly evaporates off water.   
   Personally I like to concentrate the brew untill the amount of   
   milliliters equals the number of grams of the plant materials   
   I used, but some might want it more dilluted or more concentrated,   
   you'll have to experiment with that for yourself.  A more   
   concentrated brew works faster and stronger probably, also through   
   partial absorbtion through lining of the mouth).   
      
   Rasta Robert   
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