Misc Blue Lotus in champagne -- will carbonation disrupt infusion?

[ampakeen]

Hi everyone,

A bit of an obscure question (for my first post, no less). I have had success soaking Blue Lotus flowers (Nymphaea Caerulea) in wine, achieving psychoactive effects well beyond what could be accounted for by the alcohol alone. Now I have an extra bottle of cheap sparking rosé and am curious if this would work as well, or if the carbonation would foreseeably disrupt the infusion. I imagine it will break down the plant matter a lot faster than non-carbonated wine, but I have no idea if this would be good or bad. Would rather not waste 12+ grams of lotus (though it's pretty cheap) if the answer is apparent to anyone. Any insight is appreciated!

 

[Albion]

How dangerous is it to mix a mild sedative like Nymphaea Caerulea with alcohol btw? Is it not enough to just drink a tea of blue lotus extract alone?

I'm hedging a bet that carbonation won't adversely affect the diffusion in alcohol, but if you want to be careful you can always de-carbonate the wine...Or use another alcoholic beverage.

 

[ampakeen]

How dangerous is it to mix a mild sedative like Nymphaea Caerulea with alcohol btw? Is it not enough to just drink a tea of blue lotus extract alone?

I'm hedging a bet that carbonation won't adversely affect the diffusion in alcohol, but if you want to be careful you can always de-carbonate the wine...Or use another alcoholic beverage.

Thanks for the (educated?) guess! It's likely possible to endanger oneself with excess consumption, but it certainly doesn't seem to be overly dangerous. This guy apparently tripped uncomfortably for 1.5 hours after drinking a couple glasses made with 10g of flower steeped for 5 days. That's the most dramatic negative response I could find. I have used 12 grams in ~500 ml of wine steeped for 3 days, and a ~250ml portion was sufficient for myself and 1 other to feel warmth, tactile enhancement, and a pleasant hypnotic euphoria. No adverse effects noted. Erowid experience reports of lotus wine are almost all positive or at worst neutral, & the practice apparently dates back to ancient Egypt. Smoking or preparing tea with the flowers is generally acknowledged as extremely subtle (or in common Internet parlance: "THIS SHIT DOESN'T WORK!" )