Thread: How do I make a proper Calea Z extract?

Do people use Captain morgan for this? It would seem that if you cook off the alcohol you are left with a large amount or impurities (falvoroids) in the drink. I'd evaporate the water to a very small drinkable amount. But then what you have is simply enhanced tea. (albeit a bit tastier. haha)

I believe that the goo residu is called a Resin. And is in fact not an extract.

An extract, tpically is where you use (typically) Iso-Alcohol to extract say 10 grams of leafs. And after extracting evaporate this on 1 gram of leaf. That's when you have a 10x etract. I suppose simply powdering the material or putting it in capsules disregards the foul taste of Calea Z.

You can also make a tincture that you put on ur tongue (supposedly not as foul tasting) by using pure alcohol and evaporating to a small amount.

What you can do is make a really strong shot like you say. And just use that.

they are best water, or alcohol soluble?

Remember that store-bought alcohol contains both water and alcohol.
I suppose that these nasty tasting compounds are water-soluble. And less soluble in alcohol. (hopefully)
One might say that the dreaming proponents aren't soluble in alcohol, which means that all extracts work by placebo

You can know for sure by extracting with alcohol and evaporating upon water. If something sinks to the bottem this means that it's non-soluble in water and soluble in alcohol.

Ohh, you can use water and boil into a strong tea and evaporate (carefully, so as not to burn the residue) into a Resin. So you don't have to buy expensive alcohol. Use it in capsules cus it's naasty