We all take our Kratom differently.
There are so many options!
Some people do toss and wash, which is taking a sip of liquid and dumping powder directly into their mouth and swallowing. It is not an easy method to get used to. One false move and you are choking on kratom powder, it’s coming out of your nose…but some people have it down to a science.
Some people drink it in tea. It isn’t the best tasting tea, but tap warm water helps with absorption. Some take capsules, but caps can take time to break down. Therefore it can be less effective for some people, or you need more caps to make up for it. Honey balls are taken like capsules and you don’t have the issue with gelatin breaking down in your stomach. Oblates are a great alternative to capsules, they don’t take as long to break down.
I personally like to mix mine into my morning protein shake. I feel it lasts longer, and the taste is masked by the chocolate protein powder. Sometimes, I mix my powder with a little lemonade and take it as a shot. Adam likes to mix his with a little bit of OJ and gulps it down, orange juice and lemonade both mask the flavor, and helps with absorption.
How do you take yours?
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I like to peel apart a two ply TP sheet into 2 1 ply sheet and dump a little on the center of each one and twist the corners all together and tear off the little tail that forms. It ends up being a little ball & then just quickly place it on tongue & drink a big drink of water. Careful not to make them too big as choking hazard if u do. I ✌
Good ole Toss N Wash is what works best for me, with a nice glass of OJ and we’re good to go!! I unexpectedly found an amazing new potentiator after eating a small salad of Italian blend leaf lettuce, it upped the game by 50% I kid you not works so great.
I have been a kratom consumer for three years straight and It has completely enriched my life and my husbands. I have successfully helped my health and in the trial and error of dosing I found I do best if i dose every four hours at a moderate dose to keep my tea levels steady and my ealth vibrant! I have found this best works for me.
I have lots of 4oz canning jars or old jam jars I saved and I premeasure my doses out in each jar at one time during he day, strain and dose depending on my needs for that day. So I usually use a large tablespoon of kratom powder or self made blend, i cut a bendy straw (i wash and re-use) and screw the lid on and I’m done, I take it worth me dry and just add water when.It’s time to dose. So I have a full days dosing schedule ready to go with me at a moments notice and it’s always measured approximately for what I need it for. So when I need to dose I just take my canning jar and fill it with either water or juice, close it, and shake and then I can drink it anywhere and stay clean and the straw helps to stay clean and helps to get it down quickly, and I found it best serves for dosing in bed so I can drink it on my side. This is the best system I’ve found and the most effective and convenient system.
I measure out 2tsp add a little water (shot glass full) and drink!! I don’t mind the taste, to me it’s like a real organic green tea! I always wash it back with a bottle of water this seems to speed up the effects for me! I’ve tried the toss and wash but i don’t like the grimy feel on my teeth or accidentally breathing and either wasting or breathing in my Kratom! So I take a 2 to 2 1/2 teaspoon shots 3 times a day, 4 if it’s a bad pain day!!
Blended in a milkshake, but want to try the honeyballs recipe on this site!!
I find that Gatorade powder does an awesome job breaking down the kratom powder. I use lemon lime or orange flavor and drink it through a straw and it goes down smooth and works quickly.
That’s a great idea!!
Total toss and wash girl. I’ve always put water in my mouth to swallow pills so it’s easy for me.
Shake my dose in a closed container with Grapefruit Juice.
I like taking mine in capsules but making tea sometimes is good too.
I like the toss and wash myself. I toss in a spoonful and take some lemonade in and mix it around then down the gullet ot goes. It seems to work the best for me and it hits faster. Be careful cause if ya get it wrong you’ll have it coming out your nose like a smokin bull. Either way you choose to do it do it like a mad dog and you’ll enjoy!
I put two tablespoons in orange juice in a little cup with a lid then i SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE…..SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE…..SHAKE MY KRATOM..SHAKE MY KRATOM!!!! ( to the tune of Shake your booty!) Lol…then toss it down n chsse it with a bit of oj behind it..works great!!!
Hell yes ain’t that the truth lol
I’m a toss and wash guy and have been so since the very beginning. I just find it to be the quickest and most convenient way to get Kratom into my system. 🙂
I pre dose with turmeric extract, mix kratom with water and lemon juice and drink.
What do you mean pre dose with tumeric? Im very intrested in tumeric and i have quite a bit of it. How does it interact with the kratom and how do you take it?
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I brew mine in a tea, separate the powder from tea once brewed, then add great fruit and or lemon juice, honey, and enjoy! 😉
you guys should carry those in your store alot of people haven’t heard of them, they come in yummy flavors lol i like grape!
Toss and wash. OJ, sweet tea, cranberry…they all work great
I put it on a folded piece of paper and pour into mouth then wash it down with juice…usually orange or mango
Mix with water and suffer thru the taste. The benefits outweigh the terrible taste.
This is my method too. 🙂
Toss and wash but I do have my own “science” to it. I make sure to lift up my tongue before I dump the Kratom in. I noticed it prevents the Kratom from flying into your lungs if you have to take a breath while you grab your water. Oj is a good way to mask the taste as stated above, but I’d say any sort of juice will get the job done. Sometimes I like to put it in my batter when I bake muffins aswell 😉
Really?! Do you find it has the same effects when it has been baked?
Capsules mostly, have pre-soaked doses in lemon or lime juice or Pepsi 1894 black can, also chased the purple/orange bubble by freezing prior to drinking. Pineapple juice is also nice.
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I use my protein shake bottle. 2 teaspoons of kratom with 10 ozs of pulp orange juice , 4 ice cubes and shake well. Works great.
We have kratom cups. They are the oui yogurt cups we fill them up about 1/4 with water, then we add one scoop (about a tablespoon) and stir and take it like a shot and rinse down with milk or water
Usually I mix with a little hot water.occasionally I freeze with lemon juice
I like to use spearmint hot tea with sugar. It really cuts down on the bitter parts.
I mix it in my morning coffee.
I mix mine with a little hot water and steep for 5+ minutes, then mix with cooler water and drink it on down! 🙂
Use a coffee machine with 4 cups of water and 2 teaspoons of kratom. I’ll run it twice for a total of 8 cups and put whatever I don’t drink in refrigerator for later.
Capsules all the way!
I cap mine out or put powder In the coffee machine and make it a tea usually cap it out though myself. Cheaper. More sufficient! 😊
I peel the crust off a slice of wheat bread, rip it into quarters, make a little bowl type thing, scoop some kratom in, squish closed and swallow it down with water 🙂
i take mine with oj and sometimes mix it with unsweetened cocoa powder to mask the flavor.
I’ve been using the same method for the past 3 plus years and I’ve put it up against the toss & wash method and I have seen no benefit to torturing myself with the T&W method. I use 1/2tbsp Nesquick Sugar Free Chocolate Mix. Next 2tgsp’s Silk Coconut & Almond Milk. Then 2tbsp’s Grapefruit Juice and a bit more than 1tbsp Lemon Juice (concentrate). I mix that up in a empty Starbucks cold brew bottle because of it’s wide mouth and ease in cleaning then measure my dose out on a scale and in a bendable, plastic container I dump my dose in, shake it up, swallow, use water to get it all out and that’s that. There is such a small caloric intake that even if you wanted to argue that point it doesn’t really stand up. I use the coconut milk for the mixture of the fatty lipids with the alkaloids of the kratom, grapefruit juice for potency and lemon juice cause frankly it kills the taste along with the chocolate mix. I’ve tried every from T&W to running it through a coffee maker to make tea and everything in between and non of them have had any great upgrade from my 3 year mixture. I also use akuamma seed extract as well as a good curcumin/bioperine tincture and Calm at night (240mg magnesium) Ive tried it all in 3 years and I’m completely content where i’m at!!! Hope you give it a try!!! Blessings! Ras
I measure out my dose In a small Tupperware rub, then I pour orange juice into a different small Tupperware tub (like the smallest one possible, 1/2 cup size maybe) then pour the Kratom powder on the orange juice put the lid on and shake the crap out of it, then drink it, then pour a little more orange juice In and shake it to get whatever is left over and drink that
I mix my kratom in a little bit of lemon juice til it turns into a liquid, only takes a minute. Then mix in some oj and drink down.
I use it daily – so Capsules for me. Toss and wash burns my throat and leaves it feeling raw after just a couple of times. I have the equipment to cap my own, but it is usually a messy process for me so I prefer to get it in capsule form from the vendor. Capsules are way easier to travel with too. Try explaining a week’s worth of powder to the TSA and see if they let you keep it.
We use to take ours in a shot with orange juice it masked the taste a bit. Then we used warm water and drank it like a small tea shot but that was gross so now we just take it with cold water and chase it. After years of taking it the taste still isn’t good by any means but it definitely is easier to get down. I used to gag with orange juice now I take it like a champ. However when we get some K that doesn’t want to dissolve and leaves balls omg I still give a little gag.
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i put mine in some warm coffee, stir till it dissolves, and load with vanilla creamer! I cant even taste it then. I take a good 2 tablespoons or three at a time about 3 times a day.
I mix a health tablespoon full with warm water (about half a cup) then put into microwave for 25 seconds on high. Stir well. This seems to dissolve it well so it doesn’t taste n feel gritty. Let it cool a bit n knock it down. POOF!😁🙃 After reading these imma gonna try adding lemon juice to it as first step. I think??!!
The best way to take kratom in my opinion is the Aeropress tea method. It takes 30 mins of boiling though. With oties (given that it’s nano grind), less time may be necessary like 15 mins. It takes a while cause the alkaloids are not very water soluble. (I recommend doing it with either green malay or dragon for best flavor.) You boil a pot for that amount of time with several cups of water. I put anywhere from 5 to 20g in the pot giving me a few doses for the day. With oties it’s always <= 10g. I use max heat to get it going and then when foam starts forming, I blow on it to pop the bubbles and turn down the heat – from that point forward, it won't boil over and you can leave it unattended. After it's done boiling, you slosh it around and pour into the press. You have to use the right amount of pressure on the press; too much will break the filter, and too little will take several minutes. When complete, you'll have a green tea looking drink, but the difference is that it turns cloudy. Bad or red kratom will look like chocolate milk, but so far oties is just opaque tea.
Flavor that with a tbsp (or 2) of honey while it's still hot. Never put the honey or anything else in the pot. I then usually add a bit of cold water on top so I can drink it right away. The taste is amazing. You'll be blown away that it's not "real" green tea. This is where the quality of oties shines through – other brands taste swampy like wet dog smell.
NO boiling does not destroy the alkaloids. It "can", but only after like 6 hours. I read a study on that. Not to mention a long boiled tea is how they prepare it in SE Asia.
Wow I’ve got many exciting ideas to try right here! A lot of great information and ways I would of never thought of. I use the easiest and quickest method possible which is good ole toss and wash! But I can add here that I find when I chase it with a highly acidic drink it dissolves almost immediately and goes down much easier than if I use water or anything low in acid. I have the best luck with OJ and love tomatoe juice with it too. Oddly it doesn’t dissolve and go down as well with grape juice though. This also proves how acid effects the kratom immediately upon impact. Kind of back to how Kratom reacts to the acid in our stomach too! So there is a catch to that also! But the best method is what works for each individual!
I take it for chronic pain and it doesn’t completely take my pain away but it does help to a point. I was curious if you made and sold your own kratom drink so that it could be purchased pre mixed and could have a large variety of flavors.
Hello,
Thank you for your comment! We currently do not sell any premade drinks. Typically, those drinks are made with extract. At least, that is what we have found in the past. We do have a liquid extract in tincture form available for purchase.