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How to Make Aminta Mushroom Tea
Amanita muscaria, more commonly known as fly agaric mushrooms or Amanita muscaria tea, has long been of interest and fascination to ancient cultures and modern society alike. While its psychoactive components resemble those found in traditional psychedelics, its experience may prove much more enjoyable and its use revived due to historic usage and potential unique experiences. Because of this renewed interest in creating Amanita mushroom tea has flourished.
Preparing Amanita Tea is relatively straightforward. First, ensure the mushrooms are free from contaminants. Next, boil for 20 minutes at low heat before straining off any extra liquid before allowing it to cool to an acceptable temperature before infusing with herbs or other ingredients to enhance its flavor – though this step may significantly alter its final taste.
Note that prolonged boiling of mushrooms can increase ibotenic acid levels within tea, leading to nausea and vomiting for some individuals. To alleviate this issue, citric or lemon juice can be added directly into brewed tea in order to lower its pH level, effectively decreasing ibotenic acid levels in it and thus mitigating this issue.
Once water has been brought to a boil, the ibotenic acid present in mushrooms will be converted to active compound muscimol through decarboxylation – this occurs as soon as its cap heats up; for this reason it is important that these mushrooms be boiled briefly.
Preparing Amanita muscaria tea requires using only high-grade mushrooms. To determine their quality, purchasing them from a trusted online vendor is the best way to do so – this will guarantee that you receive only the finest mushroom extract available – giving your dose of Amanita muscaria even stronger and more potency with each serving providing 10 times more muscimol than dried varieties would.