Hey all, I am going to be heading to Costa Rica in the very near future. I'll be down there there for the start of the rainy season which is apparently a good thing I hear for Cubensis down there. I'm wondering if the old method of cardboard box and desk fan would be able to dry them in a 90 degree F+ 100% humidity condition. Any input would be great since I do love fresh cubensis but I will be there for a while and if I find enough I'd like to dry some for some jungle/beach hiking with my local friends down there.

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I doubt in that kind of humidity, they would fully dry without a dehumidifier, or a special box filled with some sort of desiccant.

you can make a tea and freeze it if you have a freezer there.

You can use the cardboard box and a fan to an extent but to get them "cracker dry" your definitely going to need to finish the job in a dessicant chamber.

That or a food dehydrator running with the heater element disabled.

i'm pretty sure your question has been answered but i would fan dry them on a table or what not as best you could and then put them in a box with dessicant for a while. or you could make an alcohol tincture, make some blue honey (YUMMMMM), or tea like jamie said.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I am going to go with Jamie's frozen tea idea. Here's why, the dessicent is not easy to find where I am headed and it's very warm there. A couple bottles of "ice tea" is fairly inconspicuous and should not easily be detected by authorities if searched.. After all it's just ice tea. I do have another question though, can I make tea from the fresh mushies or do I have to dry somewhat first? I've only ever eaten the fresh ones, and only ever made tea from fried mushies.

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boil some water and turn it off and throw some chopped shrooms in the water and let it come to room temp. 2 washes might be better. i always do that when i have a limited supply. a fridge is a pretty good dehydrator too

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought the tea was much better from shrooms that have been dried, then ground up to a powder. Don't ask me why or how, but from my experience, making tea with fresh shrooms has been less than ideal, while I never had a bad batch when using dried ones.

Tea from fresh shrooms is just fine IME.. Adding some vitamin c to the brew helps preventing oxidation of alkaloids, some people say, it might be worth a try. I wouldnt boil for too long, just add it to freshly boiled water or boil for a minute and turn it off.