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Mushroom Tea – Does Magic Mushroom Tea Turn Blue?
Mushroom tea comes in many varieties and serves many different functions – it can help wake you up in the morning, give an afternoon boost, or help wind down before bedtime. Plus it provides numerous health benefits including serving as an adaptogen and supporting your immune system!
Before beginning to make your own mushroom tea, there are a few key points you need to remember. First and foremost is understanding that not all mushrooms containing psychoactive compounds psilocin and psilocin bruise blue. Some strains of magic mushrooms containing these substances have even been known not to. Bluing results from chemical reaction between psilocin and oxygen in a mushroom, and damage or exposure to too much oxygen; this process is known as oxidation.
Assumptions suggest that bluish marks on mushrooms may be caused by enzymes within its cells breaking down psilocin into less active forms and producing less potency when consumed. With each subsequent turn in this oxidation cycle, more active psilocin becomes degraded or broken down, creating less blueing on it overall and consequently lower potency when taken orally.
Still, many still enjoy the effects of mushrooms regardless of their state. Some even prefer bruised varieties for taste and texture reasons as they consider them more enjoyable and tasty.
Mushroom teas come in all sorts of varieties on the market, each offering their own distinct set of properties. There are powdered blends available that you can mix into hot water without ever ingesting actual mushrooms themselves – these tend to be popular among those sensitive to cooked mushrooms’ flavor. There are also brands offering mushroom teas which you steep as you would regular tea, though these tend to be considered more traditional options.
Mushroom tea may help deliver its effects more rapidly than eating mushrooms directly, due to how liquids pass more easily through our digestive systems than solids. You could experience effects as early as thirty to sixty minutes post ingestion depending on individual metabolism rates; though results will likely differ for everyone based on personal physiology; regardless, mushroom tea remains an enjoyable and straightforward way to experience magic mushrooms’ powerful benefits!