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Coca Tea Chewing Mistakes

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Coca tea chewing mistakes are common. Many people do not know how to enjoy the benefits of coca tea powder. This is very common and we are here to help you and guide you.

Coca Tea Chewing Mistakes

Coca Tea Chewing Mistakes

We will list some of the mistakes people make when trying coca tea products for the first time. It can be confusing and we are here to guide you on how to best use coca leaves.

The tradition of chewing coca leaves is an ancient practice and it has no link to the infamous drug cocaine. One is a drug and the other is a natural, ancient super food. When coca leaf powder is consumed in it’s natural form, it acts as a clean and healthy stimulant. Some people prefer making tisane or tea out of leaves and it is popular in Peru and Bolivia to drink it that way. However, when people really need a strong boost of energy and well-being or during intense labor, coca tea powder is best chewed. Therefore, one of the coca tea chewing mistakes is when it’s drunk as tea.

While most people call it “chewing”, the coca tea powder shouldn’t be actually chewed or grinded with teeth.

How To Use Coca Tea The Right Way

What one should do is mix 5 grams of coca leaf powder with 300-350 mg of sodium bicarbonate. The mixture of coca and bi carb soda should be placed under the tongue. It needs to stay there for 7-15 minutes. As the saliva builds up in the mouth and moistens the coca and bi carb, it will turn into a mouth numbing, and energizing dark green paste. This coca paste will not only make the mouth go numb, it will also release all the natural coca leaf alkaloids, minerals and vitamins inside the mouth. This is what will give the user an energy boost they desire from coca alkaloids.

This coca and bi carb paste needs to stay inside the mouth for at least 40 minutes. You will actually feel it working. You can swallow some of the saliva that accumulates inside the mouth, however, do not swallow the coca/bi carb  paste.

If you swallow the coca paste too soon or before the 40 minute mark, the energy boosting effects will start to wear off faster.

You can always re-dose by adding another 5 grams of coca leaf powder along with 300 mg of sodium bicarbonate and placing it under the tongue. This will increase your energy levels and boost your mental focus even more, as the longer you “chew”, the more coca tea will keep you energized.

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Use Only Food Grade Sodium Bicarbonate (NEVER Baking Soda)

Do not use baking soda. It contains a number of nasty chemicals such as anti caking agents and even aluminium. These substances are not only toxic to human body and completely not needed to activate the coca leaf alkaloids.

A simple food grade sodium bicarbonate will do just fine. Just make sure the ingredients state: “100% pure sodium bicarbonate”.

A word of caution. If you use more than 400 mg of bi carb soda per 5 grams of coca leaf powder, your mouth will become very salty and this can also slightly irritate sensitive tongue and gums. If you also tend to enjoy coca tea powder more than 4-5 times a day (5 grams per dose with 300 mg of bi carb soda) then your gums and tongue may become sensitive.

Simply stop chewing coca for 1-3 days and your mouth will heal quickly and easily. Everything inside the mouth heals usually within 1-2 days. Consuming small amounts of sodium bicarbonate on a daily basis is not a problem for most people but an excessive consumption can also promote a laxative effect on the stomach.

This is nothing to worry about either. Simply stop for 1-3 days and you will be fine. This is another one of the coca tea chewing mistakes, give it a break from constant consumption.

You can also make coca tea powder taste better. Here are some of my best ways to spice up your favorite South American leaf.

Best Methods To Chew Coca Leaf Powder

  1. Fresh or dried mint leaves. Add a few small mint or peppermint leaves once your mouth is already numb with coca leaves and bi carb soda.
  2. Place several Earl Grey flavoured black tea bags inside a container with your coca powder. After 24 hours, it will smell and taste like Earl Grey tea.
  3. Buy some organic mint leaf oil. Once you are already chewing coca, dab a small amount of mint oil on your pinky finger and touch the tip of your tongue. Fresh minty flavour will last for 15-20 minutes.
  4. You can also add a small amount stevia leaf powder or a quarter of a stevia tablet to your mouth once chewing coca. This will sweeten the coca paste inside your mouth for quiet a while.

Chewing coca tea powder produces more potent effects compared to chewing whole coca leaves.

When coca leaves are finely powdered, they cover a larger area inside the mouth where the alkaloids are absorbed into the gums.

This gives coca leaf users an even bigger energy boost and helps to curb the food cravings to promote weight loss.

We hope this article has helped you uncover some of the coca tea chewing mistakes.

If you have any questions about coca tea products, send us an email. We are always glad to help.

How to Chew Coca Leaves

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If you have come to find out how to chew coca leaves the right way, you came to the right coca teashop website.

People in Peru and Bolivia are the traditional coca tea chewers. The whole process is native to South America where coca plants grow naturally in the Andes. Coca leaves are chewed here for their medicinal properties to cure high altitude sickness, boost energy and cure many other ailments.

Even though drinking coca tea will not get you high, chewing coca leaves with sodium bicarbonate can get you pretty wired up and feeling quiet euphoric. This is not the same high as one would experience with cocaine, but if you chew enough coca tea powder within a short period of time (40-60 minutes), you can get a real speedy buzz.

The good thing is that chewing coca leaves is not harmful to your health unlike snorting cocaine. The trick is to know how to chew coca leaves, which is the natural form of coca plant. Cocaine on the other hand is processed with many toxic and volatile chemicals (you can only imagine what it does to the user’s insides). Coca leaves are legal to grow and chew in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina.

Living in Peru and Bolivia

When living in the Andes mountains that have high altitude, the native people have come to rely on chewing coca leaves  to cure high altitude sickness and boost energy levels so they can work all day long. Since they were children, the locals learned how to chew coca leaves to revitalize energy levels. It’s very easy to find coca leaves in Peru and Bolivia because they are practically everywhere. You can find coca leaves at the airports, hotels, shops, markets and supermarkets. In fact, as soon as you land in Cusco, the locals will encourage you to drink and chew coca tea leaves. These whole coca leaves are cheap and plentiful.

Chewing whole coca leaves is different to chewing coca tea powder. What you can do is, remove the stem on each leaf, roll up 3-4 leaves, put them into your mouth and start sucking on them. They call it “coca chewing” when in fact, it’s coca sucking. The traditional way is to hold the leaves on the right or left side of the cheeks (between the gums). Allow the dry leaves to absorb your saliva for the next 5 minutes. You can then add llipta or bi carb soda to “activate” the leaves. Your mouth will become numb within 10 minutes which tells you that coca leaves are “working.”

Health Benefits

Chewing coca leaves is good for you. Since coca is a natural and medicinal plant, your body will thank you it.

Strengthens And Whitens Teeth

Coca laves are rich in calcium and therefore nourish, protect and clean teeth. When chewed with sodium bicarbonate, the effects are multiplied as bi carb soda boosts your body’s alkalinity and fights bacteria and cavities. This leaves your teeth sparkling white.

Natural Energy Boosting Stimulant

When you know how to chew coca leaves, you will unlock the natural stimulating effects that coca is revered for. Chewing coca tea leaves revitalizes your mind and body. When chewed or drunk as tea, coca burns free fatty acids for energy, while at the same time regulates blood glucose levels. This is why coca chewing is ideal to lose weight as the person does not feel hunger when fasting on coca. It also suppresses the appetite, stops thirst, headaches, nausea, lethargy, brain fog and pain.

Highly Nutritious Food

Coca leaves pack a lot of vitamins (C, E, B1 and B2) and minerals (iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and calcium).

Local Anesthetic And Pain Relief

When you chew coca leaves or tea powder with a dash of llipta or sodium bicarbonate, you will feel it working because your entire mouth, tongue and even upper throat will become numb. This feels much like when you are at the dentist. This is great because coca chewing can stop tooth aches, headaches and migraines. Many back pain and arthritis sufferers also find pain relief after chewing coca leaves.

Oxygenates Blood

By chewing coca tea, it allows your body to absorb more oxygen. This is very useful for curing the dreaded altitude sickness that people experience in the Andes. High altitude sickness makes the user tired, have nausea, headaches and lethargy.

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Pope Francis Likes It

When Pope Frances traveled to Bolivia in 2015, he  asked specifically to chew whole coca leaves after coca tea was offered. Under the 1961 UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs, coca leaves are banned outside of South America, however, coca can be grown for medicinal and religious use in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. The natives in Peru and Bolivia treat coca as a sacred plant from God.

In 2009, Coca plant was officially declared a ‘cultural patrimony’ in the Bolivian constitution. Evo Morales, a Bolivian president, who was once a coca farmer, has been campaigning to have coca leaves decriminalized. Coca is not like cocaine, much like trees are not paper. For over 3000 years, South America’s natives have made the most of the coca plant and it’s medicinal use. Coca leaves are an effective medicine and locals appreciate it. Anyone visiting Peru or Bolivia can also enjoy the effects of coca leaves.

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To your health and success,

Alex