Preparing San Pedro....

[Chiral]

Archaea is the one who came up with this TEK originally from memory...there is a thread/post about it at the nook...not sure of the specifics of the soaking of the flesh so best to ask Archaea next time he is around.

H.

[mu!]

Wouldn't this method leave you with a lot of water at the end and .:. requiring a final boil down?

yes, depending on how much water you add to the cactus chunks. i only add enough to cover them. slowly simmering/evap'ping only takes a few hours for about 6-8 litres. movin surrounding air helps the evap along nicely too.

i have a 2 container system: 1 full of chopped cactus being soaked with a tap at the bottom of it, and 1 to store the liquid. The first one soaks for a couple days, then i drain it off into the second container. Do that a few times, then simmer away the liquid in the second container. BAM! easy good cactus syrup

[strangebrew]

So someone actually did it! Cool.

So does the cold soaking water go yellow like when boiling? Any noticable differences experientially?

Re: the amount needed to reduce - well it wouldn't be much more than some peeps do normally anyway, the ones that do 3 or 4 separate extractions per batch.

Edited July 11, 2009 by strangebrew