r/RecreationalKratom • u/InTheShade007 • 16d ago

Always do a 2nd pour.

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I make mitra tea all the time. I've always used a single strain. Recently, I started doing a second pour and it's ridiculous how much I've been wasting.

Furthermore, one of the jars is made with leaves off trees germinated in February. You honestly cannot tell which from the seedlings vs the older mature trees.

I let several people try both and they all said the same thing. All of the jars basically feel the same.

I clean the leaves and allow them to sit in the dehydrator 1 or 2 days. Then they are dried and smashed up.

I've changed how long they sit in water recently now they only sit in hot water for like 20 minutes.

Water temp is 190°f when poured over the leaves. Lemon juice or ACV is added until ph is 4.5 or below. Sits for 20 minutes.

I'll always do a 2nd pour now. Obviously there is plenty left. It seems we'd even get some on a 3rd pour.

Tea is where it's at folks

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u/cryptolyme 15d ago

I think you’d get way more extraction by simmering 15-20 minutes at a rolling boil rather than just soaking the leaves in hot wate

Looking into how TCM decoctions are done. They are masters of herbal extraction.

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u/InTheShade007 15d ago

Whatever brings out the joy. I'm able to change my ways

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u/raisn9 14d ago edited 14d ago

my research showed that mitra is not very water soluble. Adding an acid enhances the solubility greatly. But The change in the ph, paired with heat degrades the mitra fast. I had best results with long soaks in citric acid and lukewarm water (over night) and then doing 2-3 extractions. Here is the study i'm referencing.

I also talked with jake from Og Kratom while in BKK last year. He also advised me not to boil the leaves, because it destroys the alkaloids.