Seattle_Stranger
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Yeah, there's a ton of threads about it, but they're either all scattered around, getting derailed, or 62 pages long.
I've recently discovered the wonder of poppy pod tea. I always knew about it, and I tried poppy seed tea a few times and never got any effects from it. I read good things about poppy pods, so I ordered a box. They arrived, 25 golf-ball sized pods. I ground up 3 of them, crowns, seeds and all, put them into a coffee filter, put into a coffee pot and I ran a cup of water through it. The result was a cloudy orange tea, similar to the appearance of an amber beer. I put a regular tea bag into the orange water and sucked it down. I felt plateuing effects in about 1.5-2 hours later, feeling similar (but not the same) to 10-15mg hydrocodone and lasted all freakin' day.
Questions:
1- I usually use everything, the seeds, the crown, and even the stems. Is there a reason some people discard these things? I would assume there is some alkaloid in everything, might as well get your money out of it!!
2- One of the pods I busted open had a weird looking "pit" in it. It was a weird looking thing that resembled a dark walnut without the shell. I threw it away. Any idea what that was?
3- I read a lot that people feel effects from the tea in ~30 mines or less. Why does it take so damn long to hit me? Last night, I made a cup, used four pods, and I didn't feel anything until a good 2 hours later, but then it hit nicely and I still feel it the next afternoon! Do I simply have a slow metabolism?
4- Do people find eating the actual ground-up matter useful? Does it work better? Is there a point to gobbling down matter that has already been used for tea?
5- Does boiling the water actually kill the alkaloids? Would it be advisable to make a cup or so of the tea, and then boil it down to a very small amount to say a shot glass worth? What about boiling all the way down until I'm left with a residue? Would this produce something actually worth insufflating or putting into a capsule? I'm guessing not but I figured I'd ask anyway.
Thanks for the answers and I apologize if some of these questions have been asked, I'm sure they have.
Thank you!
I've recently discovered the wonder of poppy pod tea. I always knew about it, and I tried poppy seed tea a few times and never got any effects from it. I read good things about poppy pods, so I ordered a box. They arrived, 25 golf-ball sized pods. I ground up 3 of them, crowns, seeds and all, put them into a coffee filter, put into a coffee pot and I ran a cup of water through it. The result was a cloudy orange tea, similar to the appearance of an amber beer. I put a regular tea bag into the orange water and sucked it down. I felt plateuing effects in about 1.5-2 hours later, feeling similar (but not the same) to 10-15mg hydrocodone and lasted all freakin' day.
Questions:
1- I usually use everything, the seeds, the crown, and even the stems. Is there a reason some people discard these things? I would assume there is some alkaloid in everything, might as well get your money out of it!!
2- One of the pods I busted open had a weird looking "pit" in it. It was a weird looking thing that resembled a dark walnut without the shell. I threw it away. Any idea what that was?
3- I read a lot that people feel effects from the tea in ~30 mines or less. Why does it take so damn long to hit me? Last night, I made a cup, used four pods, and I didn't feel anything until a good 2 hours later, but then it hit nicely and I still feel it the next afternoon! Do I simply have a slow metabolism?
4- Do people find eating the actual ground-up matter useful? Does it work better? Is there a point to gobbling down matter that has already been used for tea?
5- Does boiling the water actually kill the alkaloids? Would it be advisable to make a cup or so of the tea, and then boil it down to a very small amount to say a shot glass worth? What about boiling all the way down until I'm left with a residue? Would this produce something actually worth insufflating or putting into a capsule? I'm guessing not but I figured I'd ask anyway.
Thanks for the answers and I apologize if some of these questions have been asked, I'm sure they have.
Thank you!
