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How to Make Magic Mushroom Tea
Experienced psychonauts prefer taking magic mushrooms in tea form over capsules as this helps minimize nausea from indigestible parts of fungi such as chitin.
Yet preparing and drinking mushroom tea incorrectly can be extremely hazardous. Therefore, it is essential that it is done so in a relaxed and secure setting.
Ingredients
If you want to maximize the effects of your psilocin experience or simply make it more enjoyable, adding some herbs and spices that suit your personal preferences is an easy way to tailor it to you. Sweeteners such as honey and stevia can help mask any earthy flavors found in mushrooms while anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric or ginger will increase its health benefits.
As for making magic mushroom tea, the most efficient method involves grinding mushrooms or truffles into a fine powder before steeping in hot water. This increases surface area and enhances efficiency during infusion. If you don’t own a grinder, food processors work similarly or simply chop into small pieces before steeping.
Assuming you want a high-quality mushroom tea brew, using only pure water is key for success. Contamination from dirty tap water could alter the quality of your brew, and high temperatures of boiling can degrade some psilocybin found in mushrooms or truffles.
When making tea, the temperature of the water should be kept below boiling in order to maximize psilocybin activity in mushrooms or truffles. Once that step has been taken, cut up your mushroom or truffle into small pieces so more of the active psilocybin can be exposed to hot water during infusion process.
Once your mushrooms or truffles have been chopped into bite-size pieces, pour hot water over them and allow it to steep for 10-15 minutes. As more time passes by, your tea will become stronger; during this period you can also mix in other ingredients for your final blend.
Psychonauts with experience often find that drinking their magic mushroom tea is easier on their stomachs than eating whole mushrooms or truffles, enabling more precise dosing since its liquid form makes dosing simpler – particularly beneficial when taking large doses.
Preparation
Magic mushroom tea (psilocybin tea) is an increasingly popular way of taking psychoactive mushrooms. The preparation typically entails steeping chopped or crushed mushrooms in hot water, straining out the liquid, and drinking. This method allows for greater dosage than just eating or chewing mushrooms directly and prevents nausea; it also has less of an unpleasant flavor than simply drinking it alone; many find combining their mushroom tea with soothing herbal infusions like lemon balm or green tea helps mask its taste considerably.
Though making mushroom tea may appear daunting, its creation is actually quite straightforward. Making mushroom tea is one of the easiest ways to consume these medicinal mushrooms and reap their numerous health benefits – from relieving anxiety and improving sleep to supporting depression management and immune system functionality, these medicinal fungi have long been used as part of traditional medicine due to their extraordinary healing powers.
Prep plays an integral part in determining both the intensity and side effects of magic mushroom tea experiences, since its impact depends on your body breaking down psilocybin molecules naturally. When consumed incorrectly, magic mushroom tea can have intense and profound impacts, while when taken correctly can provide both relaxing and psychedelic experiences simultaneously.
In order to make mushroom tea, first chop or crush your mushrooms of choice before drying them using either a dehydrator or low-temperature oven. Next, grind up into powder the dried mushrooms before combining with other ingredients as you like for tea making.
Chaga mushroom tea is widely recognized for its many health benefits, featuring antioxidants and other compounds known to have positive impacts on body functions, while beta-glucans may help to reduce inflammation. You can also make mushroom tea using other fungi such as reishi, turkey tail or cordyceps; all are widely recognized for their medicinal qualities and have been used traditionally as medicine over centuries.
Steeping
Mushroom tea is the fastest, easiest, and least restrictive method of taking magic mushrooms. Many who favor microdosing find this method particularly advantageous as they can more easily control their dosage.
There are various methods for making mushroom tea, but the easiest and most efficient one involves finely grinding mushrooms before steeping them for 10-15 minutes in hot water to allow more effective infusion of psilocybin into the liquid.
Add non-psychoactive ingredients, such as honey or ginger, to enhance the taste. This will help mask any strong mushroom flavors for a more pleasant experience.
Some consumers opt to blend their magic mushroom tea with soothing herbs such as lavender or chamomile to increase its relaxing properties, while others might add stimulants like caffeine to increase its energy-boosting benefits. No matter their intention, it is crucial that tea brewing takes place safely and comfortably if it is your first experience with psychoactive substances like this one.
Experiences associated with magic mushroom tea can range from visual hallucinations to deep introspection, often described as spiritual journey or emotional release and may even help treat conditions like depression and anxiety. Finding an environment and mindset conducive to this experience – whether for healing purposes or simply exploration – is crucial.
Many users find that taking mushrooms as tea creates the most euphoric and therapeutic experiences, likely because the liquid helps dilute the strength of psychedelic compounds while simultaneously offering synergistic benefits that enhance user mood.
Mushroom powder is another common way of taking magic mushrooms, as it can be mixed directly into hot water to avoid intaking the actual fungus itself. This method may be particularly helpful for those who struggle with swallowing pills or have digestive tract issues; however, improper dosage could prove dangerous and it is vital that all instructions for use are strictly adhered to.
Storage
Your homemade magic mushroom tea should keep for about one week in the refrigerator. However, for longer-term storage you should dry your mushrooms first by spreading them evenly on cardboard or towel and making sure none are touching each other before placing in a well-ventilated area away from direct sunlight and heat sources. Move it every few hours so the mushrooms have time to dry out; moisture is their mortal enemy so keeping moisture levels down is key for success!
Once mushrooms have been pre-dried, they should be placed in a plastic container along with a food-grade desiccant packet to absorb excess moisture in the air and keep the mushrooms dry and extend their shelf life. You can find food-grade desiccants at any grocery store; but making your own is easy: just bake some Epsom salt until it becomes completely dry (MgSO4 7H2O is its chemical formula) before storing with mushrooms in their plastic container.
When it comes to storing dried mushrooms, it’s essential that they’re protected from direct light and heat as well as air and moisture – these factors can drastically decrease their potency and cause them to spoil quickly. A dehydrator may work for this purpose but isn’t cost effective or reliable enough; desiccant can provide more cost-effective and reliable ways of eliminating moisture from mushrooms.
Once your mushrooms have been carefully dried and stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to one year, they’ll last for several months in an airtight container in an airtight environment. While their potency may diminish over time, this should not significantly diminish their psychological effects – in fact many prefer waiting until their mushrooms have lost some potency before taking another dose. Although psilocybe mushrooms do pose the possibility of overdose or misuse under dangerous circumstances, death should rarely be an outcome.