How to Brew Magic Mushroom Tea in 20 Minutes or Less

Enjoy your psychedelic trip without worrying about nausea by making mushroom tea.

Magic mushroom trips can be a life-changing, profound, and euphoric experience. But sometimes, if not most of the time, stomach discomfort or nausea can happen during the come up and put a damper on the experience. For many, this is a common aspect of eating dried psilocybin mushrooms, and it can be a rather uncomfortable experience.

The stomach discomfort is partly due to the chitin–an indigestible polysaccharide–in the cell walls of raw magic mushrooms. But what if you could reduce the amount of chitin you ingest? Magic mushroom tea is an easier (and tastier) way to help ease digestion and reduce unwanted effects.

Before we get into the details of how to make mushroom tea and its benefits, it’s worth noting that psilocybin degrades at high temperatures. It’s best to avoid adding magic mushrooms to boiling water.

What is Magic Mushroom Tea?

Magic mushroom tea is made from dried mushrooms containing the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Thanks to its water-soluble nature, steeping mushrooms in tea causes the psilocybin to infuse with the liquid. It’s essentially extracting all the good (psilocybin) and leaving behind the bad (chitin).

You’ll also feel the psychedelic effects faster than if you ate the magic mushrooms whole, and there’s usually a lower chance of experiencing nausea. Plus, it’s incredibly easy to make psilocybin tea and customize it to your taste.

How Do You Dose Magic Mushroom Tea?

Dosing mushroom tea is similar to dosing dried mushrooms. The only caveat is knowing the potency of your shrooms. Different mushroom strains have different potencies, so even if you’re taking the same dose, the effects can vary. As a rule of thumb, start low and slow, and adjust from there to find your ideal dose.

Important note: always use a precision scale to measure a dose of psilocybin for mushroom tea. We don’t recommend eyeballing a dose, no matter how experienced you are.

How to Make Mushroom Tea

You can drink shroom tea on its own, but taste-wise, it’s more enjoyable with a tea blend or classic tea additives like honey or lemon. Whether you prefer tea bags or loose-leaf tea, both work perfectly—just make sure it’s caffeine-free. Caffeine can interfere with the effects of psilocybin and impact your trip in ways you weren’t expecting.

Ingredients

• Dried psilocybin mushroom
• Water
• Caffeine-free tea bags or loose-leaf tea
• Ginger, honey, lemon, or sweetener (optional)

Equipment

• Pot, saucepan, or kettle
• Strainer or coffee filter
• Grinder or knife

Instructions

1. Chop magic mushrooms into small pieces or grind them up.
2. Add water to your pot and heat until it starts to boil.
3. Set aside and let the hot water cool for a couple of minutes.
4. Add the shrooms and tea bags, and then steep for 10-15 mins.
5. Strain the magic mushroom tea mixture into a cup.
6. Add ginger, honey, lemon, or any sweetener, and enjoy!

How Long to Steep Mushroom Tea?

It depends on the type of mushroom tea you’re making. For the basic version, 10 to 15 minutes is the ideal time to steep mushrooms. You want to give the hot water enough time to draw out all the psilocybin from the mushrooms.

If you’re doing a lemon juice extraction, start by steeping your mushrooms in lemon juice for about 10 minutes. Once that’s done, mix it with hot water and your tea bags, then let it steep for another 15 to 20 minutes.

While this method takes a little more time, the come up is faster and stronger. The acid in lemon juice helps your body convert psilocybin to psilocin, so you’ll feel the effects quicker with less stomach discomfort.

How Long Do Shrooms Take to Kick in?

Magic mushroom tea can take effect in about 15 to 45 minutes, which is faster than eating the mushrooms whole. Since the psilocybin in the tea moves through your stomach and gets absorbed in your intestines faster, the effects hit you sooner. However, magic mushroom tea generally has a shorter trip time.

What are the Benefits of Magic Mushroom Tea?

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced psychonaut, making mushroom tea is one of the best ways to take psychedelic mushrooms. It’s gentle on the stomach and can help reduce the earthy and bitter taste that’s often off-putting. And if you don’t want to be tied up all day tripping, the effects of mushroom tea are typically shorter.

• Fast and intense onset compared to eating raw mushrooms
• Shorter trip since mushroom tea metabolizes in the body quicker
• Reduce stomach discomfort and nausea during the come up
• Customize shroom tea add-ins to make the taste more enjoyable
• Discreet, odorless, and easy to carry to your trip destination

Where to Find Dried Magic Mushrooms?

The easiest—and most discreet—way to get your hands on dried mushrooms is by buying them from an online dispensary in Canada.

That’s where Terra Astra comes in! We’re a mushroom dispensary offering everything from classic to popular strains. Our shrooms are perfect for brewing a cup of hallucinogenic mushroom tea or whichever way you like to enjoy them.

Once you find something you like, get discreet magic mushroom delivery anywhere in Canada, including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Ontario.