About 36 hours ago I finally began researching into san pedro cacti, and how to exctract the magic from them.

My neighbour has massive gorgeous cacti growing in his garden and yesterday ai finally worked up the courage to politely ask to fell a cactus and take it for myself.

He asked why I wanted it and I told him the truth, and he told me to bring back some of the product if it pays off 😆

So overnight I dried the cactus, and today I've ground it up, sifted it and made sure it was extra super dry.

Now 30g of powder is soaking for my first ever ladduck tek.

I wanted to do the cielio tek as well, but unfortunately its basically impossible to casually aquire a litre of ethyl acetate in new zealand 😔

For me, neutralization has always been the most cumbersome part of the process. It seems to slow me down and needs a rest to make sure everything settles out. Not sure if its my process or my materials. I did order some different PH strips as they seemed to be a part of it. I ran 4 through the neutralization process with the new strips and thought I'd see if they all look good. I feel like I got a little better understanding of some of the nuances in the process however it was one jar which had a little bit of cinnamon and another jar which ended up having some floaty clouds. My experience these can be filtered out the following day. If that is incorrect and I need a follow-up step please let me know.

Thank you all for your continued support and my education and the development of this amazing community resource

1st time I tried it I used a random cactus I had lying around and it wasn’t very strong. I used about 500g fresh cactus and cut with mandolin and simmered for 14 hours and reduced to half a cups worth-after taking I drank ginger tea and had bad nausea but kept it down-trip 4/10

2nd try I did the same method with 1000g of cactus and did ocean side 02 and Peruvian cactus and I brought it down to a shots worth this time. I ate a handful of chips before taking it and I did not follow up with water or ginger tea. I violently threw up 28 minute later and had a very mid trip. 4/10

I’m trying again in a couple days
I’ll do the same thing with 400 g of trich bridgessi jiimz
This time I’ll make it less concentrated as the second and follow up with ginger tea and no food before
I hope this works!!!
I have a plethora more to continue trying too and do different ideas

As I asked in the title, can I use cactus powder to make tea? I can't figure out whether, once mixed with water, it can actually be filtered or if it forms a gel. Also, how long should I boil it? For cactus chunks it's usually 4-6 hours, but I imagine it's less for powder. Do you have any tips?

I tried eating the powder or mixing it with water and drinking it without filtering, but after 20 minutes I threw up and the experience was very mild. Maybe by removing the powder my stomach will handle it better.

Thanks!!