Tregar, I've been reading through most of your threads and studying before trying to do my third cwe. First thanks for sharing. I really appreciate the knowledge.
So my first couple extractions were from other sources on the web. I used Burpee brand seeds from home depot. They were done in distilled cold water and left over night shaking periodically. The first extract was so miserable the first couple hours that I promised never to do it again, lol. But the dream after the two hours was pretty decent. Slightly euphoric some giggles here and there very slight oev. Just feel good. It was good enough that I aquired some ginger candies to attempt a second cwe. However, I just couldn't keep the second extraction down, and purged after 30 mins. I didn't feel sober, but the dream wasn't too exciting either.
I then stumbled on your post on cwe. Which gave me hope to try again. I really am excited. I've read through your example several times to make sure I have the procedure down. Reading through your notes, I've noticed you kept the seeds in the water solution for only 20-30 mins, so I'm thinking that's where I've gone wrong. Which leads me to a few questions.
I'll be following your recipe this time with lemon juice instead of DL Tartaric acid, and seeds I bought online (not sure the freshness: i ordered them before finding this thread). For now I'm only doing one dose at a time because I'll be testing proceeding extractions for potency. Also because I still need to procure a PH meter and DL acid.This is the Tartaric acid I've found,
DL Tartaric acid
1 ) You have said you've seen DL Tartaric listed recently, can you post a couple of links if the above doesn't qualify?
Also, post no.2 on this thread says:
3) 250g fresh dry seeds right off the vine in the fall (I grow a dozen plants every year for their visual aesthetics & flowers) were first crushed with a hammer in between a paper plate with the edges of the paper plate folded in to prevent loss of crushed seeds.
2 ) Do you use 250 grams or 250 seeds?
3 ) I would like to do one dose at a time (roughly 10g/250 seeds), so if you meant 250g should I reduce my cwe mixture since I'm only doing 10g?
Also in post no.2 you state:
Spring made Chilled Bigelow Mint Medley tea (comes in a sealed foil packet for freshness, important!)
4 ) Are you putting the tea bag into the water or making the tea before hand? If making before hand, how much is added?
I'm using a cheap dry sherry. I've read that acetaldehyde in sherry can range 50-800 mg. But I can't figure out which ones are more potent or if it matters.
5 ) Do you recommend a certain sherry?
6 ) Do you know a good source for acquiring fresh seeds?
7 ) Can you go into detail about the timing of the seeds in the water and after removing them letting them sit for 3 hours (the science)?
As I said earlier, I want to try extracting after the first 30 mins. So once I remove the seeds after the directed 20 mins, I'm going to put them into a second extraction for 3 hours then remove and discard.
8 ) Have you tried this, am I wasting my time?
My seeds will arrive tomorrow. It feels like the day before Christmas. I'm only apprehensive about the seeds not being fresh, not having a ph meter, and the absence on DL Tartaric acid. I still have high hopes. Anyway, thanks in advance. I look forward from hearing from you.