Does anyone know if this is valid or not?
It was from Barons trip report. He claims Johnathan Ott's Method is poor compared to this.
I did some editing just for forums sake.
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So I played around quite a bit and finally invented my own very extraction technique. Here’s how it’s done.
1. Boil the powdered beans in water made pH 3 with hydrochloric acid for about an hour, and then filter out the beans. Repeat 2 more times with new water(also made pH 3 with hydrochloric acid).
(Couldn't we use vinegar/%5 Acetic Acid instead? No water addition really needed?)
2. Concentrate the combined water extracts down and evaporate to leave some solid brownish gunk.
(oven at 300 deg?)
3. Weigh this gunk and measure out an equal portion of calcium hydroxide.
4. Dissolve the gunk in a small amount of 99% isopropyl alcohol, just enough to make it a thick syrupy liquid, then add an equal portion of water, then mix in the calcium hydroxide.
(Couldn't we just use 50% IPA/50% H20 instead of fiddling with 99$ IPA and adding h20?)
Mix it very well. You don’t want any clumps. It should be the consistency of thick pea soup. Let it sit for about 6 hours for the calcium hydroxide to react with the bufotenine, creating the basic salt calcium-bufotenate(?).
5. Now evaporate it (you can use an oven at 300 F for this step).
6. Once it’s evaporated completely add a generous portion of acetone. Mix it well. The acetone won’t dissolve any of the calcium hydroxide, or much else, but will easily dissolve the basic bufotenine. Let it sit an hour or more for the non-soluble particles to sink to the bottom.
7. Once the acetone takes on a clear dark amber color, pour your mix through a filter to obtain the acetone.
8. Repeat the acetone extraction with new acetone a few more times until its clear.
9. Evaporate the combined acetone to get an extremely potent extract that is nearly 90% pure calcium bufotenine..
It is very similar to Fractal Enchantment's tek, with a few slight differences. The acid wash being one, and the acetone pulls being another. He's claiming 90% purity, and this makes me very curious.