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Poppy seed tea - First try - Disappointed

BlueMonday

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I am mildly experienced with opiates. I have tried Oxycontin on numerous occasions, as well as Vicodin, and also have tried Valium, Percocets, etc. I haven't used drugs in a couple of years, with the exception of alcohol. I have deserted that lifestyle but I can't say I don't miss some things about it, in all honesty. I am married to someone who disapproves the use of illegal drugs, and I can say I don't think I "disapprove" of the use, I just stopped doing it.

I have always been a sucker for opiates, they were my favorite drug by far. When I read on bluelight that poppy seed tea was possible, my heart skipped. My husband, to his knowledge, couldn't say I was "using illegal drugs" if I did this. I wanted to purchase pods but that would be even more suspicious. His drug knowledge is not like mine, I figured I could get away with the seeds.

I began my search for "good" seeds about one month ago. Apparently in my city, bulk poppy seeds are non-existent. I went to one last local health food store (I am in Virginia, southeastern side), and found little plastic containers in the spices section of light black/ dark grey seeds. They were organic, not sure if that was better or worse. I bought four, totalling 94 grams. I was slightly disappointed the seeds weren't darker, and that bulk seeds were so hard to find. Finally I found a health food store about an hour away, that had poppy seeds in a medium-sized plastic container. I bought over a pound, had to put 1/2 pound in one baggie and 3/4 in another. My dose for this experiment was the 1/2 pound bulk seeds and 94 grams of the pre-packaged, so roughly 320g.

T0:00 - I take one Benadryl. I pour the seeds by way of paper funnel into an empty 2-liter soda bottle. I decided to mix it with roughly 1 liter of orange juice. I read using lemons and water, or grapefruit juice were popular, so I figured cold orange juice would be fine. I let it sit for about 40 mins, shaking pretty well about 3 times inbetween. I strain the juice, it makes one very full glass. I take a sip, it is not that bad. After a couple sips, it is getting worse, I have to drink the rest with my nose plugged and chase it with cranberry juice and bread. The stale taste was slightly nauseating.

T0:45 - I notice very suttle itchiness. That's it.

T1:00 - Nothing changes. I drink a couple beers.

T2:30 ~ VERY SLIGHT feeling of warmth, in familar waves. Almost too suttle to notice, itchiness increases very slightly, and doesn't get any worse beyond this point. I decide this sucks so I add apple-berry juice to the bottle with seeds, about 1 liter like before. I wait 30 minutes, shaking every 10. I drink the nastiness once more.

T3:30 - I notice hardly any difference. I got up early that morning, so about now I am feeling rather tired. I fear my tiredness is mixing with the subdued opiate effects, making it difficult to separate. By now I had drank about 3-4 beers, but the feeling from the opiates is very different from the alcohol.

T5:00 - I go to bed, feel the warmth of the opiate ever so slightly more, and fall asleep.

On a scale of 1 to 10, in my whole night, the effects of the "tea" probably reached a 2. Very disappointing.

I think I made a couple mistakes in my experience. Next time I am going to use all bulk seeds, I think having 1/3 of them be pre-packaged this time might have interfered with the effectiveness. I am also going to try to be less tired beforehand next time. Also I am going to try heating water w/ lemons and mixing the seeds in. Possibly boiling the water. I read from more than a few people that boiling "destroys" or "harms" the alkaloids. Then I decided to read a post from morninggloryseed about it, he/she (?) seems more credible/knowledgeable than most. He/She mentioned that the heat at which morhpine degrades is a lot higher than the boiling point of water, and boiling might help release some of the alkaloids. This makes perfect sense.

[edit - About one week has gone by, and I have since then tried adding boiling water w/ lemons like I said to about 350 grams of all bulk seeds, from the same store as mentioned. A slight increase in effects were noticed, but not enough to really matter, or repeat the process another time. I think I'll stick to pods from now on, or try a different store.]
 
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i also tried making poppy SEED tea when i was absolutely desperate for anything opiate related.

i made it with like 250g or so of McCormick seeds

it was absolutely worthless. not only was it one of the most vile things i have ever consumed (and I have been around the block in that sense for the sake of getting high), but it didnt feel like an opiate at all.

I just felt out of it or fucked up. after maybe 2-3 hours i called the day a wash - took a lot of klonopin and slept out the rest of the high.

i also agree pretty disapointing
 
BlueMonday said:
I began my search for "good" seeds about one month ago. Apparently in my city, bulk poppy seeds are non-existent.

It's not just your city :| The health food shops here are like pharmacists, incredibly curious and talkative. The one near me asked me if I was an apprentice baker. "er...yeah"
 
Maybe it varies by strain or other form of processing. Personally i've had great sucess with poppy seed tea, and find the flavor absolutely delighful. I'm sure there's some seceret to the poppy seed tea phenomona, since it definately can work.
 
I found the seeds to be hard to get a good trip out of. Whole dried poppy pods however work excellent and have gotten me properly fucked on a number of occasions.
 
The strength of poppy seeds from different sources will vary greatly.

It took me a little while until I found a store that carries bulk poppy seeds that're quite potent. Even though I get the seeds from the same store everytime the strength still varies.

I suggest you try using grapefruit juice for the poppy seed tea. Grapefruit juice helps inhibit one of your body's enzymes that metabolizes morphine and codeine. When I use grapefruit juice for poppy seed tea I can use a smaller amount of seeds and the (positive AND negative) effects last longer.
 
hmm, Aussie seeds must be different. reportedly, 100 g - 1 packet of seeds red / green / white brand, 20 minutes shaken not stirred with 2 tbs lemon juice, filtered, honey, sorted. 200 g is too much, nausea and nodding.
 
Poppy seed tea is very hit-or-miss. If you try it a few times with different batches of seeds, you'll probably get a good result eventually. It won't be anything amazing--certainly not up-to-par with the pharmaceuticals you mentioned in your post--but it can provide a tangible and decent high.

You're correct that both codeine and morphine are stable at the temperature of boiling water, and also that they are more soluble in boiling water than in cold water. However, other BLers have reported that water temperature makes little difference in the intensity of the high, and, furthermore, that with hotter water, more gross-tasting inactive seed stuff ends up in your tea.

If you're gonna try grapefruit juice to potentiate, it's best to buy a whole grapefruit, juice it, and drink the juice immediately. The goodies in fresh fruit juice start to degrade soon after leaving the fruit. I can't testify personally to the effectiveness of grapefruit juice as potentiator, but there's a scientific basis for it, and other BLers seem to think it helps.

This is as good a summary as I can come up with off the top of my head, but if you search for "poppy seed tea" you might find more useful information.
 
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