An enjoyable magic mushroom experience depends on both its environment and method of consumption, with tea being often preferred over eating raw or whole mushrooms as it allows different herbs and additives to complement psilocybin’s psychedelic effects. Furthermore, finding the appropriate way of taking magic mushrooms may affect how quickly and intensely their effects take hold.

Consumed as tea, psilocybin is more slowly absorbed by the body than when eaten and can therefore produce more controlled trips and less nausea due to it being processed through liver rather than bloodstream metabolism. Some individuals add therapeutic ingredients like hibiscus, lemon and ginger for additional therapeutic benefit and improved flavor of their beverage.

Beginning a mushroom tea requires heating a pot of water to boiling point. Some individuals use a coffee grinder to finely powder their mushrooms before adding them to the boiling water and leaving to steep for several hours or overnight.

An ingestion of tea made with magic mushrooms generally takes between 20 and 40 minutes for its effects to take hold, however this timeframe may vary significantly depending on a number of factors such as potency, dosage and personal physiology. Once taken orally, psilocybin enters the bloodstream and acts on serotonin receptors within the brain causing various psychedelic experiences.

Mushrooms may help cancer patients manage the existential depression and anxiety caused by treatment, particularly as they near death. Furthermore, psilocybin may provide relief from anxiety caused by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other serious mental health conditions.

Psychoactive mushrooms have been around for millennia, appearing in ancient Australian cave paintings as well as North African and European murals depicting hallucinogenic varieties such as Psilocybe cubensis or “magic mushrooms”, known for its spiritually upliftive and healing properties.

Nowadays, mushrooms are consumed in various forms including tea, smoothies and chocolate. Tea consumption among mushroom enthusiasts is most preferred as it tastes better, acts faster and subsides quicker than eating whole spores or capsules of magic mushrooms raw or as supplements. Furthermore, tea consumption prevents potentially adverse reactions like vomiting, high blood pressure and stomach cramps that might arise when taking raw or capsule forms of magic mushrooms raw.