I harvested some E. sinica from Arches National park (I know I’m bad) one year ago. You don’t normally need to let the tea dry that long (in fact the fresh tips taste just fine) but I wanted to see if there was a difference. In fact it still had it’s same potency.
I ground up the tips in a coffee grinder and put in about a golf-balls size worth of it into a ceramic straining cup. After steeping I enjoyed my tea while reading stuff online.
In about 5 minutes I felt an intense rush (this isn’t going to sound like an erowid post, promise) of mind-numbing energy. Not the kind of energy where you want to do things but rather when you want to just relax and try and focus. In about 30 minutes my little high was over and I started being able to focus on the current article on my screen.
Oh, and the tea tasted pretty good.
Preparation
People who liked this
Comments
Just be careful, ephedrine can be dangerous stuff.
I used to drink this stuff all the time when I was a kid. One of my scout leaders pointed it out while we were hiking, and from that time forward, if there was ever any in the area (Mormon tea grows as a weed in much of the southwestern united states) I would brew a cup. I never knew about the ephedrine, and I lived to tell the tale. It’s actually quite good. You can also pick the fresh tips and suck on them, which was another thing I used to do. Not sure I’ll let my kids do the same, but I always enjoyed it.
Just be careful, ephedrine can be dangerous stuff.
I used to drink this stuff all the time when I was a kid. One of my scout leaders pointed it out while we were hiking, and from that time forward, if there was ever any in the area (Mormon tea grows as a weed in much of the southwestern united states) I would brew a cup. I never knew about the ephedrine, and I lived to tell the tale. It’s actually quite good. You can also pick the fresh tips and suck on them, which was another thing I used to do. Not sure I’ll let my kids do the same, but I always enjoyed it.