Psychonauts increasingly utilize mushroom tea as an effective microdosing option, offering safe experiences of perspective shifts and sense of well-being without taking full trips.

Some people use lemon tek, in which soaking mushrooms in lemon juice before eating them to hasten the process, while others opt for grinding mushrooms into fine powder to increase surface area for absorption.

Preparation

Psychedelic mushrooms are fungi with mind-altering chemicals that can temporarily alter one’s perception of reality. They can be consumed in several different forms, including tea. While this form is relatively safe, misusing it may cause unwanted side effects; to ensure safe mushroom consumption it’s essential that preparation and dosage guidelines are strictly followed when making mushroom tea.

Mushroom tea is made by steeping dried mushroom pieces in hot water. There are different kinds of mushrooms you can use, each offering distinct benefits and effects; for instance, reishi and chaga mushrooms contain high concentrations of anti-oxidants that may help strengthen immune systems while lion’s mane mushrooms can improve memory and cognitive performance. It is important to select high quality ingredients when making mushroom tea, such as fresh or dried ginger root which may reduce nausea due to mushrooms.

Lemon Tek is an advanced way of preparing mushrooms that allows users to speed up the onset of effects due to finely ground mushrooms having more surface area for absorption and the lemon juice kickstarting conversion from psilocybin to psilocin more quickly than conventional methods of preparation.

Grind your mushrooms into powder prior to mixing with tea in order to save time and effort, however this method could compromise their potency – to avoid this issue, follow the long mastication process described earlier instead.

Dosage

Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly referred to as magic mushrooms, contain psychoactive compounds which alter human perception and consciousness. As medicine they can be taken orally as pills or infusions or even sprinkled onto food; another popular way of taking mushrooms is making mushroom tea which typically uses various species such as Reishi and Chaga mushrooms to provide numerous health benefits including antioxidants, L-Theanine, chlorophyll as well as helping strengthen your immune system.

Microdosing mushrooms is the current trend. Microdosing involves taking only small doses of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD to experience its hallucinogenic properties and is considered beneficial in several areas such as mental health and creativity; however, scientific support for such claims remains scant, with long-term side effects remaining unknown.

Microdosing offers a more subtle effect than macrodosing, which may cause intense visual hallucinations and racing thoughts. People who report positive experiences from microdosing frequently describe feeling more present, peaceful, grounded and appreciative of life around them after taking microdoses.

For those new to psychedelics, starting off slowly is best. By taking a small dose of magic mushrooms at first, it will allow you to understand their effect on you as well as avoid an unpleasant trip. Furthermore, eating before taking the mushrooms can help ensure that everything goes as smoothly and prevent a stomachache later on.

Selecting the appropriate mushroom species is equally essential to making delicious mushroom tea. Psilocybin mushrooms are most often used, though other types can also work. Grinding mushrooms into powder prior to infusing tea will yield optimal results – either using a coffee grinder, knife or blender is ideal.

Psychonauts advise starting off slowly with small doses, like one teaspoon, before slowly ramping up to the recommended heroic dosages. This will give you an understanding of how these mushrooms may influence your life while making you more familiar with them.

Side Effects

Many are fascinated by the potential that psychedelics hold for treating depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions; however, many find taking large doses which could result in hours-long trips too intense to handle daily life to be frightening and disabling. Thus more and more people are opting for microdosing instead.

Goal of this method: to obtain the benefits of psilocybin without its potential negative side effects. One popular way of doing so is brewing tea with mushrooms infused with psilocybin; results will differ between people; however, in general the general effect is one of mood regulation and wellbeing promotion.

Drinking mushroom tea provides an expedient route for ingesting psilocybin into your system faster than eating whole magic mushrooms, due to liquids passing more rapidly through digestion than solids. Your experience may range from mild to powerful depending on which strain and your personal tolerance level are being taken. Most effects usually become apparent thirty to sixty minutes post consumption of mushroom tea.

Add ginger root to your mushroom tea mix for added anti-nausea properties. Gingerol and shogaol present in ginger root act on serotonergic 5-HT3 receptors in the brain and cholinergic M receptors to reduce nausea.

Add apple cider vinegar to your tea for its antimicrobial and antacid properties, which helps neutralize psilocybin, an alkaloid known to cause side effects such as dry mouth, nausea and diarrhea.

Psilocybin can alter your perception of time, making stressful or sad moments seem longer than they actually lasted, while joyful experiences may pass more quickly than expected.

Other symptoms often associated with drug abuse can include changes in vision, distortions to body image and coordination problems. You may find yourself having difficulty thinking clearly and becoming easily distracted or forgetful; most of these effects typically vanish once the dose wears off – usually after 3 or 4 hours.

Conclusions

Psychedelic mushroom tea offers the opportunity to reap the benefits of the psilocybin found in magic mushrooms without experiencing its full experience of tripping. While this form of ingestion can produce some beneficial side-effects such as shifting one’s perspective and improving physical and mental well-being, it won’t have the same profoundly transformative effects that tripping has. Some psychonauts prefer this as an easier introduction into psychoactive substances before macrodosing or simply for an all-day trip experience that doesn’t last all-day long. So experimentation is worth adding into your self-care routine!

What is an effective way of making mushroom tea? Using a coffee grinder, grind up dried mushrooms into powder form.