HIELO

Introduction 🙏

HIELO stands for Honey In Ethyl-acetate Laizily Over-the-counter. In this process, DMT from MHRB is precipitated in ethyl acetate as relatively pure mono-DMT citrate hydrate with a honey-like consistency. The hydration number (number of water molecules) is currently unkown. The honey is dissolved in 50/50 PG/VG to make a DMT salt e-juice (see Fig. 1). This technique (TEK) is specialized for MHRB, is relatively simple, and avoids harsh chemicals.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this process: _Trip_, Loveall, and others.

Fig. 1: DMT citrate e-juice (~20% strenght estimated).

Safety ⛑️

Review ethyl acetate and citric acid safety information. Verify solvent MSDS, plastic compatibility, and clean evaporation.

This TEK is food safe if food grade materials are used.

The final product is a dmt salt e-juice. However, other plant material could be present and/or some of the extraction ingredients could be in the product depending on technique or possible process errors. The long term health effects of vaping this product are unknown and therefore carry a risk. It is up to each sovereign individual how to proceed. Do not share this product without explaining these risks and absolutely never sell it.

Following this advice does not guarantee safety. It is up to each adult individual to make their own personal decisions.

Materials🛒

Consumables👩‍🌾

• 150g water
• 25g Ca(OH)₂ (lime)
• 100g finely ground MHRB†
• 1qt ethyl acetate (sometimes sold as "MEK substitute")††
• 5g of citric acid (~1 tsp)
• Washing soda (Na₂CO₃) 10% water for solvent reuse

^† Ingredients can be scaled down to 5g of powder to perform a TEK test run. This is encouraged for beginners to get a feel for the process before commiting more material.

^†† Depending on pull technique using two quarts of ethyl acetate may yield a little more DMT (up to ~+10%). See extraction section for more details.

Equipment🏺

• French press (optional, recommended for extraction)
• Kitchen scales with both >2000gx1g and >500x0.1g capacity x precision
• Coffee filters, support basket, and funnel
• Quart mason glass jars with lids
• Pipette, separatory funnel, or freezer (for solvent reuse water separation)

Process Overview 👀

In short:🟤➠🧑🏾‍🔬➠🍯➠💉➠💚, where,

• 🟤: Mix MHRB powder to a wet alkaline paste
• 🧑🏾‍🔬:Pull paste with ethyl acetate and rest/decant
• 🍯: Precipitate DMT honey with citric acid
• 💉: Make e-juice and collect
• 💚: Store ethyl acetate for reuse

Detailed Process 📜

Paste 🟤

Make milky water in a french press, quart jar, or mixing bowl by mixing lime with the water. Add the MHRB powder, stirring thoroughly to ensure the bark is well incorporated. Goal is to get a wet stiff consistency (Fig. 2). If needed gradually add more water as needed.

Fig. 2: MHRB lime paste. Appearance can vary and it could be browner. It is very important to start with dry finely ground powder and mix the paste vigorously to a uniform consistency.

Extract 🧑🏾‍🔬

If available, the paste should be in a french press. The french press will make it easy to decant the ethyl acetate. Optionally the paste can be in a a quart jar, but it's not as easy to decant the ethyl acetate. It is possible to have the paste in a mixing bowl, but decanting may be cumbersome.

Cover paste ethyl acetate (~200g) and stir for about 10 minutes. Do not to stir too aggressively as that may cause plant material to absorb excess solvent. A good paste becomes sandy and slightly sticky during extraction and is very easy to handle, but other textures also work. After stirring, rest for two minutes, and decant into a quart jar filtering through a paper coffee filter (do NOT skip or substitute the coffee filter). If using a french press (preferred), only squeeze lightly to accelerate decanting (keeping plastic parts away from the solvent). Squeezing too aggressively can release unwanted water into the extract which will need to be separated in the next step.

If the paste absorbs all or most of the ethyl acetate during the first pull, that's fine. Just add more ethyl acetate, stir, rest, and decant as explained above. Do NOT add water or aggressively manipulate the paste in an attempt to force out the ethyl acetate. Some solvent absorption during the first pull is common.

Repeat the extraction with ~125g of ethyl acetate until the extraction jar is full (5-6 total pulls). A small yield boost can be done by optionally doing more pulls into a second jar. This second jar is also a good check on the effectiveness of the pulls in the main jar the first time this TEK is performed. Poor technique will give a larger yield boost in the second jar, <10% boost is considered good.

Rest extract for 24 hours in a refrigerator. Water solubility in ethyl acetate decreases with temperarure, so this cold resting period is effective at removing excess water. Some cloudiness is OK when the EA is cold. If a lot water forms (more than a few droplets forming a visible layer), the paste was either too wet, or the french press squeezing was too aggressive, or the genlte stirring was done with poor technique.

Weigh an empty jar (0.1g resolution is needed), decant ethyl acetate into it through a coffee filter, cover, and bring to room temperature. Extract will be clear and ready for the next step. The extract needs to be clear, particle free, and without water droplets for the salting process to happen reliably (see Fig. 3).

Fig. 3: Ethyl acetate extract. Color may vary, but extract must be clear and free of debris and water drops. It is very important to give the extract time to rest so water dropplets have time to settle out and be decanted if present.

Precipitate Honey 🍯

Stir ~5 grams (~1 teaspoon) of citric acid powder granules into extract until citric acid dissolves. This should only take a few minutes. Extract should cloud as the citric acid reacts with DMT free base to form mono-DMT citrate which drops out of solution. Leave extract undisturbed. Mono-DMT citrate woth a honey-like consistency should begin to appear after a few hours, and may take a few days to completely crash out (waiting 3 days is recommended). See Fig. 4.

Fig. 4: Mono-DMT citrate hydrate honey in ethyl acetate. Hydration number is unkown. Most of the honey is at the bottom of the jar, with some minor honey dropplets visible on the jar wall. Appearance may vary.

Make E-juice 💉

Decant solvent leaving honey behind. Rinse twice with ~ 50ml of fresh ehtyl acetate (this may temporarily dehydrate some of the honey and give it a white color). Allow to air dry until ethyl acetate smell is not present and jar weight stops changing (a few hours at least, one day is reccomended).

Measure jar weight again with 0.1g resilution scale and calculate honey weight (~45% DMT strenght estimated). Add 1.3x of a 50/50 PG/VG solution to the jar and dissolve over a hot water bath to make a dmt salt e-juice of ~20% strenght. There is no analytical data to back up these claims and they could be incorrect.

For example from a typical extraction of 100g of MHRB:

• Empty quart jar weight 388.2g
• Quart jar with DMT citrate honey: 392.6g
• Honey weight 4.6g (equivalent to 2.1g of DMT free base)
• Add 6.0g of 50/50 PG/VG
• Final e-juice product weights 10.6g and contains 2.1g of DMT (~20% strenght) in citrate salt form

Fig. 6: Rinsed DMT citrate honey (top image) is dissolved over a heat bath in 50/50 PG/VG 1.3x its weight (bottom image). Resulting e-juice is collected in a syringe (see Fig. 1 above). Appearance will vary. Vapes as cool as ice

Reuse 💚

Reusing solvents is encouraged at the DMT nexus.

Wash spent extract with ~10% sodium carbonate water solution. About 1/3 of the solvent volume is enough for neutralization. Shake vigorously (emulsions do not form). CO2 bubbles may be visible during citric acid neutralization. Keep an eye on any bubbles and release any pressure buildup regularly. Neutralization can be optionally verified with pH paper. Rest washed solution until clear (up to a day or more).

Remove the water layer with a pipette or separatory funnel and filter. Optionally, freeze the solvent and remove the ice slush that forms with a thin mesh metal strainer.

Appendix: Vaping recomendations

There are many ways to vape e-juice. An example method is presented here for beginers. This method is not better than many others out there, it is simply an illustrative working example.

When vaping an e-juice an aerosol of PG/VG dropplets are produced. The dissolved DMT salt is delivered to the lungs by these particles. The word "vaping" is a missnomer, the dmt salt is being nebulized. In other words, DMT is not itself vaporized as is done with more traditional pure free base and direct heat (flame or resistance based).