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How to Make Magical Mushroom Tea
Psychonauts who enjoy microdosing often opt for drinking their magic mushrooms in tea form as it’s much easier on their stomach and allows for precise dosage control. You can make magic mushroom tea using any number of ingredients from mushrooms to herbal blends; but most commonly lemon tek is the go-to recipe. In this article, we’ll cover how to create this basic tea and provide tips for improving its flavor and effects.
Before beginning to create mushroom tea, prepare all of your ingredients. These will include:
Mushrooms: Selecting a species will depend on your desired potency; Psilocybin mushrooms like Penis Envy and Liberty Caps are popular selections due to their psychedelic effects. Water: Serving size typically ranges between one cup and two.
Optional ingredients for making mushroom tea include tea bags or loose leaf tea for enhanced flavour, and strainer or cheesecloth to remove mushroom pieces from the finished tea brew.
Heat the water slowly until it comes to a gentle boil, as high temperatures can destroy psilocybin.
Once the water has reached a desirable temperature, add your mushrooms and any optional tea leaves, stirring before leaving it to steep for 15 minutes or so.
Note that, if using whole mushrooms, it is recommended to break them up as much as possible before adding them to the tea, in order to increase surface area and help the psilocybin absorb into the liquid more effectively.
If using a strainer, make sure that all mushroom particles are thoroughly immersed by stirring regularly to ensure all are saturated. This step is particularly crucial if using more densely packed varieties like Psilocybe cubensis which contains high concentrations of psilocybin.
Once your tea has steeped, remove the strainer and serve in your favourite mug or teacup. Feel free to sweeten as desired and enjoy!
As your brew brews, take time to appreciate the extraordinary extraction process taking place before your very eyes. Hot water transforms mushrooms cellular by cellular, translating their message to our bodies’. Witnessing this incredible event provides a breathtaking spectacle as well as an opportunity for setting intentions for this experience ahead.
Mushroom tea can be enjoyed either alone, or combined with other ingredients to create more complex effects. Some individuals enjoy drinking it with lemon juice to increase its mood-enhancing and anxiety-reducing benefits; other prefer adding ginger, hibiscus or licorice. The more complex the recipe, the stronger its effects may be; but beware – its intensity may overwhelm those unprepared to handle it; therefore it is recommended to begin slowly increasing your dosage with each consumption session until your tolerance builds up so as to prevent unwanted side effects from occurring.