Other - Dried San Pedro cuttings, how to recognize the cactus.

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Someone I know says that a friend of his has ordered two batches of dried San Pedro.

The first order was for 40 grams, the second for 60g. These batches were ordered from two DIFFERENT online suppliers.

The orders arrives a week apart. When he recieved the first order he ground the cutting up in a grinder to make a very fine poweder. The taste was very bitter and since this was the first time he has ever seen San Pedro he has no reason to doubt that's what it is.

Now the second batch arrives. It is 60 grams of dried cuttings. It looks a lot cleaner than the previous batch and also smells a little different.

The first batch was slightly brownish in colour once ground to a fine powder.

The second batch was a lot greener in colour although the taste was bitter just like the first batch.

The first batch has a lot of very tiny 'soil-like' fragments at the bottom of the bag, the second batch was very clean with inch-long fragments of San Pedro and no 'soil-like' deposit at the bottom of the bag.

The guy then grounds up the second batch and then adds it with the first batch to make up roughly 100g of finely ground cuttings.

So far so good? Or has he been been ripped off?

Now the guy is thinking what to do next? extraction of mescaline with orange oil? capsulize maybe 15-20 grams.........

A tea maybe although I hear that he usually gags when consuming anything he hates the taste of.

This is his first time.

I guess my questions are:

(1) Did he really get San Pedro both times?
(2) What is the best way to do this the first time without getting scarred for life?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks.