Here's How to Make Ayahuasca Tea At Home
Savor the experience of sipping this psychoactive brew!
Cook Time5 hrs
Passive Time8 hrs
Total Time13 hrs
Servings: 1 liter
Ingredients
- 200 ml vinegar (white vinegar or vinegar apple preferable)
- 160 g mimosa hostilis (shredded or powdered)
- 150 g Banisteriopsis caapi (powder)
- 3 liters water (filtered)
Instructions
- Heat the water in a large pot until it is just about to reach boiling and then reduce to medium heat.
- Add vinegar and mimosa hostilis to the water and stir thoroughly.
- Cook this for 3 hours at low-medium heat. Do not boil!
- Filter all the liquid using a hand towel or any other cloth. Squeeze as much liquid as possible from the mimosa.
- Store the liquid in another pot and then repeat the entire process with fresh water and the same shredded mimosa.
- Repeat the process again. It will leave you with 3 pots of mimosa-infused liquid.
- Combine all three pots of mimosa water and cook on medium heat. Reduce it to 1.5 liters, and make it more concentrated.
- Put the water in the fridge and cool overnight.
- Filter the liquid in the morning to remove any excess particulate matter.
- Warm the liquid on the stove again, but do not boil.
- Add the Banisteriopsis caapi powder and stir for 15-30 minutes on low heat.
- Serve the tea in small amounts.
Notes
The final 1-liter product will serve 26 to 28 dosages. It is a psychoactive beverage, so be mindful of the quantity.
Ayahuasca plant contains a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor. Therefore, it should never be taken with an SSRI (which is usually present in antidepressant drugs) or any other prescription medications.