Hello -
Having read a bit about various extraction teks, the other day I decided to give it a go.
- Took 8 grams dried mushrooms
- pulverized
- put in double boiler with 196 proof ethanol
- let it do its thing for about 2 hours
- vacuum filter
- re-steep leftover slurry for another hour
- extract again
- put in container, let cool, stick in fridge
And lo and behold, two days later, a beautiful layer of crystals had formed.
But...
I cooked the ethanol to speed up the evaporation, and can't seem to find a conclusive answer whether or not that wasn't the best thing to do. I intend to evaporate and be left with just the crystals, stick them in gel caps and go, but had these three questions:
- Did I degrade all the good stuff by boiling the ethanol?
- What do you think the crystals consist of?
- Can you think of any reason not to try the crystals (i.e. on the off chance that somehow during the cooking other less than pleasant compounds would have been synthesized? Don't even know if this a possibility, but figured I'd ask before I go ahead and ingest them...)
Many thanks in advance!
Edit: Added image