DDD Makes Opium Tea

[doobydoobydoo]

How to make opium tea: (what I do)

Get some pods. Break off the stem. Crack em open and dump out the seeds. You can save them for growing, many times they're viable, but not always. Then, break the pod up into smaller bits and put into a container like a tupperware thing. They don't have to be too small, but you don't want em too large either. I just use my hands and crumble them. Some use the stems also, I do sometimes, but not always. There are rumors that stuff from the stems can give you more nausea, but I'm not sure about this. This time I'm not using the stems.

Then, get some water boiling. Take the boiling water and pour them over the crushed up pods. Mix this every now and then for the next 20-30 min. This will get out all the opium latex from the pod bits and into the water. Opium latex is very water soluable and comes out very easy. You don't want to boil the pods because the morphine breaks down at that temperature. This is why you get it boiling and just pour it over the pods. It's only at that temp for a slight bit then cools down.

After you get your amber looking or darkish looking tea, you strain out the pod pieces and put it into a cup/mug/etc. Add some sugar to it. I use 2 spoons per cup of tea or 3 spoons per 16oz of tea (1 pint).

And dats it.


The number of pods you will require to ease you pain can vary dramatically. I suggest starting with a cup of 1 pod only and going up from there unless you have a serious tolerance. The effects can be very bad/rough on some and others will have no issues with it. It should also be noted that opium tea can become very addictive so be very cautious and don't partake too often.

Enjoy.

[doobydoobydoo]

You can add some lemon to it if you wish.. some feel this gets more alkaloids out of the pods... I haven't seen any evidence of this from my experiences though.

Hows it taste? Sorta earthy and flowery and slightly bitter... Not bad at all. But do be warned, a lil can go a long way. I prefer to sip my tea rather than chug it all down at once. My first experience with 1 pod had my on the floor with everything spinning and me very nauseous... was not a good experience. Laying down was the only thing that helped the sickness at all... not even pot worked to help.

Also, it helps me sleep very very well. Not ambien nor lunesta does the job right... I always wake up and can't get back to sleep and my sleep feels low quality. With opium/pods I can wake up and go right back to sleep no problems and my sleep quality seems extraordinary. I sleep great and wake up feeling extremely well rested.

[Psoulocybe]

I use the lemon for taste. I prefer honey to sugar, and I usually add an african red tea bag. Sometimes a specialty flavored tea... whatever I have on hand.

I'm a 1 pod per dose guy. Works great for my back.

[Cornfield]

Great post dooby!

[floppypeter]

Awesome d3 !






Grinding the pods to powder may increase the potency of your tea.

Pods wire me awake, I cant sleep when i drink tea if i tried

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Cornfield

Great post dooby!

Thanks.

Tis very simplistic to make. If you want to get opium tar out of it just evaporate the water down till you get to the consitancy you want... But remember, use no heat otherwise it will destroy the precious morphine. Can be a bitch to evap a lot of water without heat... I put a batch in the oven one time and had it boiling and ruined all the morphine... Got lots of tar, but had no effect to it. You can standardize you dose a lil better this way too by using a set amount of tar from a batch instead of random amounts of of the pods.. they vary a lot.. Sometimes you'll get one pod that rocks you, othertimes 3-4 will barely let you feel it. I think the opium latex content I was getting was like 10% or something to of the dry weight, quite a bit out of it. 112g, a 1/4lb of pods, gave me like 11g of opium tar.

But I just like the tea now... Simple, easy, not a bad taste. Does the job. GO TEA! WHEEEEEEE

[dice]

Awesome doob thanks for posting your tek.
Looks like you got a nice cup of tea there.
Dont think you said how many pods did you use for that batch.
Real dark looking.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by dice4717

Awesome doob thanks for posting your tek.
Looks like you got a nice cup of tea there.
Dont think you said how many pods did you use for that batch.
Real dark looking.

I used 7 pods. 5"-6" in size ... one or two were a lil smaller though and one had a purple hue to it... I've drank about 1/3 so far and I'm feeling relaxed and no pain and no itches yet... got my 2nd cup going now. woot

[cheech]

hey nice post doob, cool pix too. after the tea is brewed save the broken up pods. i've found that they retain about 1/3 of the goodies, and that was when i powdered the pods in a coffee grinder. also when ground fine, the powder is easy to measure with tablespoons or whatever to give good dose control. might be the difference between a good time at home or a bad trip to the e.r.
love them pods!

[entheogenetics]

Any recommendations on a good source for pods?

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by cheech

hey nice post doob, cool pix too. after the tea is brewed save the broken up pods. i've found that they retain about 1/3 of the goodies, and that was when i powdered the pods in a coffee grinder. also when ground fine, the powder is easy to measure with tablespoons or whatever to give good dose control. might be the difference between a good time at home or a bad trip to the e.r.
love them pods!

Thanks cheech. I like to let it steep for good 20-30 min. I found this helps to get the water soaked into the crushed pods better and get more out of them. I've gotten a lil extra out of the leftovers, but not much. Usually they go from floating to sinking to the bottom around 25-30 min.



a side note: Because opium latex is so water soluable, when grown, a heavy rainfall before harvest can reduce the potency of you pods by litterly washing away the goods. It's somethink to keep in mind when you want to time pickign them, also when watering try to water the ground and not the tops of the plants with the pods/flowers.

[doobydoobydoo]

This tea contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and thebaine. 4 diff chemicals. I have no idea what the latter two do for you, but the first are pain killers / pain fighters.

[stickyscissors]

Very valuable info, great tutorial.

[EmmisonJ]

great post! i've never seen a pictorial on it before, way to go

[chrisnh]

is there a recommended pop to water ratio? wouldn't want to chug a pint for just 1 or 2 pops if it wasn't needed. thanks

[Shroomette]

Excellent write up on your Opium Tea DoobyDoobyDoo! Very simple to follow and not to mention excellent pictures of the preparation. thanks for sharing your experience hun.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by chrisnh

is there a recommended pop to water ratio? wouldn't want to chug a pint for just 1 or 2 pops if it wasn't needed. thanks

Not really any set ratios. I use about a quart for 6-8 pods but I split this with my girl usually and get 2 big pint glasses or about 3-4 of the mugs shown in the picture from it. If you use less it's gonna come out darker and stronger per volume. But really no set amounts... So maybe with my ratio I'm using like a pint for 3-4 pods or 2 pods per coffee mug.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Shroomette

Excellent write up on your Opium Tea DoobyDoobyDoo! Very simple to follow and not to mention excellent pictures of the preparation. thanks for sharing your experience hun.

Thanks. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Shroomette]

Exactly!!! thanks again DDD I agree totally.

[dice]

So doob off 2 cups that dark how long would you say you feel the effects.
And also bet you slept great last night man.
Next time I think im gonna grind up a couple pods and mix them
with yogurt or something like that see how that works.
From what I understand It will last longer and be a bit more intense
being you dont loose anything like we do sometimes in brewing.
Ill be sure to post the dif.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by dice4717

So doob off 2 cups that dark how long would you say you feel the effects.
And also bet you slept great last night man.
Next time I think im gonna grind up a couple pods and mix them
with yogurt or something like that see how that works.
From what I understand It will last longer and be a bit more intense
being you dont loose anything like we do sometimes in brewing.
Ill be sure to post the dif.

Yep, I slept really good. And yeah, I only drank 2 of 4 cups last night... was just on the verge of nausea. I await to here you results. I'm a tea man myself, but always open to new ways. I hear a lot of people just eat the pods too as you are going to do with yogurt.

[dice]

Yeah man I told ya bout the time i puked.
Oh well for me sometimes I need to learn the hard way.
I guess just the taste now kinda turns my stomach,
and thats the main reason im gonna just grind them and put in yogurt.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by dice4717

Yeah man I told ya bout the time i puked.

Too much will do that to ya... They can be potent lil things. Easy to underestimate what their effects will be.

[rocketman]

I am in agreement with floppy peter. Grind those pods up into a dust and strain through a paper towel or cloth. I have a french press that works great.

The more surface area that contacts the water the better. Even after grinding to a fine powder and steeping a while, you can still re use the grounds at about 1/4th strength of the original brew. It can add a bit more to another batch or re brew it as is for a light dose.


Great tek doob.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by rocketman

Great tek doob.

Thanks rocketman

[BeardedLadysLady]

You have inspired me DDD!
Just ordered some pods

Also, what size pods did you use?

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by BeardedLadysLady

You have inspired me DDD!
Just ordered some pods

Also, what size pods did you use?

I use the large size pods... they vary in size, some can be smaller than others, some larger than others. But they're called "large" 5in - 6in.

[Irishlion]

Very nice tek there DDD, I must say i will most diffently have to try this. Although I do perfer the poor man's laudenum. it makes for a very very potent substance and if you want the tek I have it. Will be most glad to share it with you. Once again Great write up bro and tea tek. Ha HA HA I gues you got the pods covered and I got the cactus LMAO.

[Ravine]

I was just wondering, what is the reasoning behind throwing away the seeds? I have heard of people making the tea from just seeds, so why throw them away?

[BeardedLadysLady]

Originally Posted by doobydoobydoo

I use the large size pods... they vary in size, some can be smaller than others, some larger than others. But they're called "large" 5in - 6in.

Thanks. We got jumbo ones. Im pretty excited. I've never made the tea before.

[Cornfield]

Followed this tek tonight for my first run with pods. 10 pods made 1.5 liters of tea split between me and a buddy. got the itches and a little nausea but some bud cured that. Little too fucked up for my liking next time ill use less pods.

Thanks for the info doobs you the man

[Cornfield]

blaaarghhh listen to advice and start off low

[Shroomette]

DDD is the expert of Poppy Pod tea. Corn I would definitely have tooken his advice. Well, we all learn from our mistakes.

[greenmeanie]

Originally Posted by Ravine

I was just wondering, what is the reasoning behind throwing away the seeds? I have heard of people making the tea from just seeds, so why throw them away?

Seed tea depends on a thin coating of pod alkaloids on the outside of the seeds, as there is no morphine found inside the seeds. Just seed tea requires a large pile (more than a few pods worth) of seeds, and can vary WILDLY in potency. There is at least one fatal overdose report from just seed tea. The user was a veteran, but a new batch of seeds took him by surprise and he woke up dead.

If you're worried about throwing alkaloids out the window, rinse/steep the seeds in a small quantity of cool lemon water. Then strain and sow the seeds in your garden, adding the seed tea to the pod tea. Or bake into a lemon loaf. I love the taste of poppyseed muffins.

Remember that potency can change like the phases of the moon, and always go slow.

[dascylus]

Great tek, thanks for the info!

[Fresh Brewed]

No real reason to ask this other than idle couriosity, but I know I have seen pictures and read accounts of opium dens where the particapants were smoking the opium. If boiling destroys the alkaloids, how do they manage to get something out of smoking it?

[suckerfree]

If you look at all the smoking pipes that folks used when it was legal and major you'll see a crafty bowl.
The pipes were lit with the bowl sideways, not on top.
The bowls design was for heating and vaporizing, not burning the material. The smokers were usually laying sideways too, with their head upon a pillow box. And the method of lighting would be an opium lamp. Supposedly, (i wasn't around at this time), young ladies skilled at lighting these pipes could earn a decent living (better or equal to the prostitutes of that time) lighting the pipes for men in the opium dens.
It was 'skill' to light these efficiently...

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Cornfield

Followed this tek tonight for my first run with pods. 10 pods made 1.5 liters of tea split between me and a buddy. got the itches and a little nausea but some bud cured that. Little too fucked up for my liking next time ill use less pods.

Thanks for the info doobs you the man

Originally Posted by Cornfield

blaaarghhh listen to advice and start off low

Originally Posted by Shroomette

DDD is the expert of Poppy Pod tea. Corn I would definitely have tooken his advice. Well, we all learn from our mistakes.

LOL, I'm not really an expert. But I do love my tea I think Cornfield used a bit too much and probably got that bad nausea and spins and things you can get. Makes for an unpleasant experience if you use too much. It's a different kind of thing, not like the usual the more you use the better you feel.. Too much can make you go into an overdose bad state and even die... So definately be carefull and start off low.

[doobydoobydoo]

I just wanted to state again, please be carefull with opium poppy pods. They can be very dangerous. Here's a lil snippet from our morning chat session.. Lefty makes a very good point:

[10:55 am] buteo_12701: it doesnt take very much pods to give ya a wollop correct?
[10:55 am] doobydoobydoo: I told you to start out low ****
[10:55 am] Cornfield: we used 10 pods in 1.5 liters
[10:55 am] doobydoobydoo: can be one pod
[10:55 am] doobydoobydoo: first time i did it 1 pod had my laying on the floor in agony
[10:55 am] buteo_12701: ive been taking oxy though so i might need more
[10:55 am] doobydoobydoo: if you start to feel bad effects, your overdosing
[10:56 am] buteo_12701: well i usually get a weird feelin in my head anyway from it
[10:56 am] Cornfield: yeah def less next time it was ruff
[10:56 am] buteo_12701: but too much i can see could be torture lol
[10:56 am] doobydoobydoo: I know my first time even weed def help my agony.. had to lay on the floor and
just stayed there for like a day
[10:56 am] Lefty: Remember opiate tolerance goes up, toxicity level remains the same, they cross you stop breathing
[10:57 am] doobydoobydoo: yes, easy to die from, so please be carefull
[10:57 am] buteo_12701: ah so you could end up not feeling a "high" but still gonna die
[10:57 am] doobydoobydoo: yep
[10:58 am] buteo_12701: damn
[10:58 am] doobydoobydoo: yeah, not the best of drugs to fuck around with
[10:58 am] buteo_12701: i didnt even know that and i take opiates regularly

[Irishlion]

Thanks for sharing your tek ddd much appericiated.

7 pods to 6 cups water is good for me, BUT if you are new to opium or opiates don't use this many pods. I do and can as I have a extremly high tolerance to them. Opium can be deadly if taken in very high doses. One glass and I am felling very very good. Thanks again DDD. Heres what my tea looks like.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Irishlion

Thanks for sharing your tek ddd much appericiated.

7 pods to 6 cups water is good for me, BUT if you are new to opium or opiates don't use this many pods. I do and can as I have a extremly high tolerance to them. Opium can be deadly if taken in very high doses. One glass and I am felling very very good. Thanks again DDD.

Very nice. Looks a lil light, but I think that's just your camera. I noticed with my last batch of pods I got the tea is coming out lighter, but it's a lot stronger than the previous batch of pods. No idea why though. lol Enjoy, and be safe. WAZZLE WAZZLE WAZZLE.

[Raziel]

Very nice write up doobydoobydoo

Do you know if dried pods lose potency over time ? I know cactus has a very very very long shelf life when dried but not read that much on poppy pods, thinking of growing a few this spring.

[BeardedLadysLady]

So I made the tea. The taste wasn't all that bad like you said. I found that once I felt really good, I would stop drinking so I didn't get nauseous cuz I am very prone to throwing up on opiates. But my feeling wouldn't last that long.
I really did like it though.
Thanks for the tips on how to make it.

Oh! Also, I strained mine through a coffee filter cuz when I was straining it through the metal strainer a lot of debris ended up in my cup. When I ran the liquid through a coffee filter I was left with nothing but delicious tea.

[dice]

Originally Posted by BeardedLadysLady

Oh! Also, I strained mine through a coffee filter cuz when I was straining it through the metal strainer a lot of debris ended up in my cup. When I ran the liquid through a coffee filter I was left with nothing but delicious tea.

I also use a coffee filter.
I like to give mine a real good
squeeze to get all the goodies.
Just make sure its cooled down enough
so you dont burn the hell outta your hand. lol

[BeardedLadysLady]

Originally Posted by dice4717

I also use a coffee filter.
I like to give mine a real good
squeeze to get all the goodies.
Just make sure its cooled down enough
so you dont burn the hell outta your hand. lol

Yeah.. I like to sqeeze mine too!
Usually the 20 minutes of soaking everything in the water has had a chance to cool down.
But I have burned myself doing the squeezing. Its like the pods soak up all the heat

[livewire420]

this is a great method to make opium icecubes for you alcoholic beverages.....

[AdamBomb1985]

Well I found two dried opium pods last night and decided to try some tea. I read another post that said to actually boil them for 15 min. to 40 min. so that's what I did. I boiled for about 15 min and also added some orange tea to mask the flavor. Didn't help LOL, I was burping that foul taste allllll night. I think the morphine side of things was damaged do to the boiling so next time, yes i'll try again even though my stomach was nausious the whole time, i'll try this method. I think the codine made my stomach upset, i've heard that happens. Well off to the J O B .... very well rested!

[Cornfield]

Ive been experimenting around. What i do is let the water get boiling, then turn it off and let it settle down a bit. then i crush my pods up and pour them in the water, and let it sit for about a half hour. 10 pods per batch gets me and a buddy nicely done.

if you use coffee filters to strain all the fine particles out, the tea tastes MUCH better. The bitterness your getting is fine pod particles ime. we used a homemade french press contraption and forced the tea through 3 or 4 coffee filters and MAN what a difference. Didnt seem to lose any potency that way either.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Raziel

Very nice write up doobydoobydoo

Do you know if dried pods lose potency over time ? I know cactus has a very very very long shelf life when dried but not read that much on poppy pods, thinking of growing a few this spring.

I have no idea... I have some pods that I got and used 2 years later and still had good results. I'm not sure if this is normal or if they tend to lose potency at all. I did noticed my newer batch seems to be a bit stronger even though the tea is a lighter color. I'm not sure if it's just the way this batch is or if it has to do with the age of the pods... I really don't recall them being different from the first time I used em years ago so I think they'll last a decent while if stored right.

[doobydoobydoo]

Originally Posted by Cornfield

Ive been experimenting around. What i do is let the water get boiling, then turn it off and let it settle down a bit. then i crush my pods up and pour them in the water, and let it sit for about a half hour. 10 pods per batch gets me and a buddy nicely done.

if you use coffee filters to strain all the fine particles out, the tea tastes MUCH better. The bitterness your getting is fine pod particles ime. we used a homemade french press contraption and forced the tea through 3 or 4 coffee filters and MAN what a difference. Didnt seem to lose any potency that way either.

Wow that's a lotta pods. I guess if you got the tolerance you can handle it. Wow.

Neat idea with a press and coffee filters... I never do that and I tend to get lil bits of pod fragments in my tea too that settle to the bottom of my glass. Usually doesn't bother me though.