INTRODUCTION:

Okay fellas, I've read a bunch of mushroom tea recipes and experimented a bit to come up with this. It's as fine tuned and clear-cut as you're likely to find, and I'd recommend it as THE way to trip, for beginners and veterans alike.

You may or may not have heard of the lemon technique; for those of you who haven't, it's another method where you soak your mushrooms in lemon juice for a while to effectively 'partially digest' it for you, so that the active contents hit you harder and faster, but don't last quite as long. This technique is integrated into my recipe. The fact that you're making a liquid extract will have a similar effect also; again, it will hit harder and faster but not last as long, due to the fact that you don't have to digest it so much.

Having said that though, making tea is very versatile. Because it can come on so quickly, you can usually have an idea of how intense your trip is going to be before you get halfway through your cup. That gives you the option to take it slower if you want. You can drink small amounts throughout the day and have one really long trip. You could chug it all at once and go on an interdimensional adventure at light speed (and believe me when I say that you can get a much more intense trip this way compared to just eating mushrooms whole). You could stick some in the fridge and chug half your dose, then have a top up later. Or you can just go at your own pace and do what feels natural.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the best part about making mushroom tea is that it's very versatile. You can drink it in a way that suits you, in order to get an affect that you want.

INGREDIENTS:

- water: a little bit more than 1 cup per person (leaves room for a bit of evaporation and absorbtion)

- finely chopped mushrooms: 1 dose per person (see mushroom dosage below). powdered is fine too (arguably better), just harder to strain out

- lemon juice: at least a good squeeze per dose. half of one is probably enough (helps extraction)

- (optional) peppermint OR ginger tea: 1 serving per person (masks flavour very well. you could try other teas but i doubt they'd be as good)

- (optional) honey (for taste)

MUSHROOM DOSAGE:

Varies with strain and intended intensity. For a general guide, refer here:

http://www.shroomery.org/6257/Magic-Mushroom-Dosage-Calculator

EQUIPMENT (fairly obvious but whatever):

- measuring cup - or even just the cup you're going to drink out of

- a pot big enough to hold all the water needed

- a fine strainer or coffee filter(s)

- measuring jug (optional, but useful)

METHOD:

- Put the water in the pot.

- Bring to a boil, then add the lemon juice.

- Turn off the heat. Actually boiling the mushrooms is a bad idea.

- Add chopped/crumbled/coffee grinded mushrooms, and your tea of choice.

- Steep for 10-15 minutes.

- Strain/filter and dish out servings (see: serving size).

- Add honey as per personal preference. Drink at your own pace (see: administration)

SERVING SIZE:

Probably a little over one cup per person. If you want to be specific, you'll have to figure this out by measuring the total liquid at the end, and dividing by the number of doses that have been included.

ADMINISTRATION:

As mentioned above, this is entirely up to the individual. It doesn't need to be served hot. Drinking it quickly will give a stronger but shorter peak. The faint of heart can drink it slowly throughout the day if they want. This is all mainly up to how the individual wants to trip. If you're nervous, try just drinking over a period of 30 minutes or so.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: