Mitragynine is the alkaloid found in the Mitragyna Speciosa plant better known as Kratom.  This alkaloid affects opiate receptors without being an opiate. Kratom is a member of the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa) is a powerful medicinal plant used by thousands of people throughout the world for pain relief, opiate addiction treatment, mood lifting, energy and immune system stimulation.

Steeping Kratom prior to ingestion will result in the active ingredient, mitragynine, to be released into the water, or juice. By doing this, you will expand the window of effectiveness.  Kratom is effective for 4 to 6 hours. When you ingest Kratom, it takes between 20 minutes to 1 hour to break if down using your own digestive system. Extracting it into water or juice first, you do not lose one of these 4-6 hours and expand the window of effectiveness of the product. Steeping it is not required. You do have digestive juices to break it down. The difference is time. When your body breaks it down, you reduce the window of effectiveness to 3-5 hours. By steeping it first, you retain the 4-6 hour desired window.

BLENDS takes the best of any single and combines it with another strain to create effects that cannot be accomplished with a single strain. Blends also mix the variation in indoles and active ingredients to create a more consistent product

We blend all of our products. What we have found over the years is that even though each type of kratom has the same active ingredients, it also has a set of indoles and alkaloids specific in each variety. It is estimated that as many as 27 indoles are in the kratom leaf but these all vary from one strain to another, and harvests. By blending various strains, we can improve the overall effects and benefits of herbs. Kratom also may be blended with other compatibles and not just as a solitary plant. For example, you can add some valerian or wild lettuce to this recipe along with additional water, and cook these together along with the kratom for the benefits of reducing anxiety and stress. Herbs like friends. Two herbs can be more effective than one herb. Kratom is extremely effective as a single plant so preparing kratom as a single herb will not disappoint. Adding the energetic strains and blends to Zero Skinny Tea and Detox is beneficial for helping improve weight loss.

Any herb with ethnobotanical benefits, can be prepared using this tea recipe. Indoles, alkaloids, and resins are deposited into the water which is removing all activity from the leaf and releasing its unique “aroma”. If you are using this recipe for a root, berry, or seed, increase your cooking time to 45 minutes and increase your water.  Always keep an eye on the water level as you continue to cook the plant material longer and add more water if necessary. For our purposes, follow this recipe because although a powder, kratom is a leaf.

Method One:  toss and wash– water or juice and kratom powder

Method Two:  quick shot– hot water, dixie cup, kratom powder, citric acid

Method Three: shaker bottle– citrus juice and kratom powder

Method Four:  filtered tea– a pot, mesh strainer, coffee filter, lemon or lime, kratom, honey optional

Method Five:  pellet and resin–  using a pot, slowly cook without burning, to evaporate the water from the tea until just a brown-black resin remains. Form pellets and store

Method Six:  make pellet pills for long term storage or for dissolving in a cup of hot water anywhere- convenient, portable, small size

Method Seven:  make a tincture

Kratom is a bitter. Most medicinals are bitter so it shouldn’t be surprising that Kratom doesn’t taste good. You can look at taking Kratom like getting into a cold swimming pool; some jump right in while others tip-toe into the water. There are a few ways to make it. Toss and wash is probably the most popular way regular kratom users prefer if they are not using capsules, and Method Two being the second choice. All choices are fine, whichever works for you is the best way….for you.

Method One:  Take an index card and fold it lengthwise.  Place your Kratom powder on the card. Put some water or juice in your mouth and lean your head back as if you are going to gargle. Using an index card with the Kratom dose on it and slide the powder to the back of your throat. Swallow and wash with more water or juice. DO NOT PUT THE KRATOM IN YOUR MOUTH FIRST. Put the water in first and follow with the Kratom. This takes a little practice. When doing this right it goes down easily and you taste very little. If you do it wrong, you’ll cough a powder puff and need to practice more. This Method can be used to take any powdered herb, not just Kratom. If you hate the taste of Kratom, this is a good technique once you master it. About 45 minutes for effects

Method Two:  This is the second most popular way to take Kratom.  Heat (Kratom is hydrophobic and will not stir into cold liquids-  if using cold liquids you must SHAKE it in a bottle, otherwise, just heat a little liquid and dissolve Kratom in) some water or juice and place into a dixie cup size glass filling it 2/3 full. Stir in the amount of Kratom powder you are taking plus 1/8 teaspoon of citric acid. Stir to mix and allow to set for 3 minutes. Add some cold water or juice and drink down quickly. Fill cup with more water or juice and swish the glass to catch all the particles of Kratom in the cup and drink this down.  About 20 minutes for effects.

Method Three: Take a shaker bottle or use a purchased juice bottle.  You’ll need about 1/2 of the bottle filled with juice or approximately 4 oz.  Add Kratom powder, place the lid on and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds. Set aside to steep for 30 minutes. Shake and drink. Add some water or juice to the bottle and shake and drink again to capture all of the particles. About 20 minutes for effects.

Method Four:  Prepare Tea as in the following Step-by-Step process next. This helps the taste. It is a nice routine and can be prepared and then added to another herb tea if you wish. Some will mix this preparation with Sleepy Flowers for night and Beyond, Morning Glorious, or Brainiac for daytime. The tea choice is very individual and is completely optional.

Method Five:  Prepare Tea and filter. Take the liquid and cook over heat until water is evaporating, leaving a brown-black thick resin paste behind. *Using a rubber spatula, remove all resin from the pan and place on a piece of waxed paper or parchment paper. Allow to cool enough to handle and then form into pellets. These pellets should be small, about the size of 1/2 to 1/3 of a marble. Place on the paper and press down. The end product should be about the size of regular sized aspirin. Allow to air dry until all moisture is gone, usually 1-3 days depending upon your end product. Place pellets in a freezer bag and freeze until use.

*To make the pellet more durable and less crumbly, add a little vegetable glycerin and mix it in. This will give the herb paste some flexibility and prevent it from breaking apart as easily. Do not overuse the glycerin, use just enough to add a little “glue” to the mix.

Method Six:  Using fine flour-ground powder, place in a small mixing bowl. *Some people add citric acid to the Kratom powder.  Add a small amount of organic vegetable glycerin to the powder and blend together to form a thick paste. DO NOT add too much glycerin, just enough to form a paste. This is a bit touchy and a lot like adding milk to powdered sugar— you always think you have just a little milk but then it is too thin and you have to add more powdered sugar. This is the same. Just use the smallest amount of glycerin to avoid a thin product result. Experience will best describe this process.

*To add citric acid to the Kratom powder use the same ratio as making a tea, 1/8 teaspoon to one serving. To translate this into an easier understanding, if you are using approximately 1 ounce of kratom, 28 grams, you would add 3.5 to 4 grams of citric acid or 1/8 of an ounce.

Method Seven:  Prepare a tincture.  Use the “How to Make a Tincture” Post 53 and follow the same instructions. To prepare a stronger tincture use a 50/50 ratio, 1/2 alcohol to 1/2 kratom leaf or 1/3 powder to 2/3 alcohol if leaf is unavailable.

Step 1 -stainless steel pot, mesh strainer, coffee cup or heat resistant glass, coffee filter, fresh lemon or lime, filtered water, kratom powder, honey optional
Step 2 -Measure 1-1/2 cups water into the pot, add the juice of 1 lemon or 2-3 limes (less juice in these), and bring to a soft boil.  Stir in the kratom powder you wish to take and reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Step 5 – Tea will change color as it cooks. When it changes from green to more yellow, remove it from the heat. Cooking longer than 15 minutes is unnecessary, so even it you are uncertain about the color, remove it from the heat after 15 minutes of simmering. The color change is an indicator that if noticed, you can remove from the heat ahead of the 15 minutes because the product is fully steeped.
Step 6 -Remove from heat and strain by placing a coffee filter in a mesh strainer. Pour tea through the strainer to capture all of the powder material. This takes some time to drain through. Stir with your spoon to speed the process, don’t tear the filter. Just let it set and come back to check on it after awhile
Step 7 -When fully drained into your cup, while still warm, stir in some honey if you wish to add sweetener. Stevia may also be used if preferred, or skip the sweetener. The sweetener is of no medicinal effect to this tea preparation. Discard the filter and residue or you can recook this residue as a second steep and may be able to extract another weaker cup of tea. Mostly the active ingredient is out in the first steep but can be worth a try. This also depends on the strength and type of kratom you are starting with. Bali has less strength to it than the Red stains for example.

Prepared Tea may be refrigerated for later use up to 2 days possibly 3.