I'm thinking getting some, just a little something to give me some fun energy, plus it has antioxidants, is considered sacred and humanity has been doing it for thousands of years, and I just want to. It's sold in grocery stores all over south america. They sell the tea on Amazon. I would like to hear anyone's accounts on chewing coca leaves or what sort of experience you've had trying to obtain it or geting it back to the states. Cheers.
when chewing the leaves (er, sucking on them kinda...) be sure to use some sort of alkaline substance with them. i forget the different kinds, but i do recall that some sort of ash of a certain tree works well. it's necessary to get the full effects. look into it
Yeah I've heard the tea is like strong coffee, but the leaves itself are supposed to be way better than that, TopNotch. And Fresh, you can import them from out of the country like Hippie mentioned, but it's supposed to be risky. And that's a pretty funny video clip, Bored.
thank you all for the responses. I will go ahead and order a bag, see how much trouble I am apt to get into or not get into over these ancient, yummy leaves and get back to ya on it! And I believe that is lime you are talking about, melvndoo. Peace
actually you know what? i'm not getting any coca leaf. Found something with similar stimulative and sedative effects, but totally legal (in usa) kratom
Hello! I just want to clarify the legality of coca leaves in the US. About 2 years ago a free trade agreement was mediated with Peru & Bolivia. What does this mean? It means that you can order quality top notch coca leaves for chewing or tea both here in the US & abroad. I strongly suggest if importing from SA that you use Express Shipping which costs $30. My Owl, who is very wise, told me that he has even had his package of coca leaves opened by Homeland Security at US Customs. They nice re-packed & sent it straight away to OWl's address, no problem. There are two vendors here in the states that quick ship coca products to other wise Owls. Owl recommends www.mycocatea.com, which is changing its name to www.inkatea.com. The other vendor advertises on Amazon.com, they can also be contacted via www.mysteriousbolivia.com. The later are extremely over priced but decide for yourself. I'm not sure how admins are with listing vendors, but I believe that giving out a "safe source" is important for "The People." The fact that you can acquire real coca leaves right here in the good ole USA should make clear the legality of coca leaf possession. My Owl tells me that he learned from some Bolivian Owls that chewing the leaves with a dash of baking soda is numbing to the beak, invigorating, healthful & allows one to fly great distances! Have fun & Happy Winter Solstice to all Earth's inhabitants!
I've heard that the coca leaves are legal, but only when they have the active ingredient washed out (similarly to decaffeinated coffee.) So, don't expect much from the ones you order on Amazon.
LIMA | Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:07pm EST LIMA (Reuters) - Dozens of Peruvians, among them two mayors and leaders of coca growing groups, were arrested on Friday for alleged ties to cocaine traffickers and Maoist guerrillas in the world's No. 1 coca leaf producer, officials said. The arrests, made in jungle towns in the Alto Huallaga valley, mark the biggest anti-drug sweep by President Alan Garcia's government. Garcia has been under intense pressure to crack down on coca growing since the United Nations said this year that Peru had overtaken Colombia as the biggest grower of the leaf used to make cocaine. He has also vowed to stamp out what remains of Shining Path rebels who went into the drug trade after their leaders were captured in the 1990s. "This is a witch hunt against coca growers," Geronimo Villogas, a lawyer for an association of coca growers, said on RPP radio. A judge ordered the arrests of up to 45 people after police found chemicals used to refine cocaine and linked them to the suspects, among other evidence, local media said. "How are they going to prove that the chemicals belong to the coca growers?" Villegas asked. Coca growers often back candidates for mayor in small jungle towns where the leaf is grown and a handful of legislators in Congress rely on coca planters for political support. Growers say that they plant the crop for its traditional uses in food, tea and indigenous religious ceremonies -- Andean inhabitants chew the leaf for energy-- but police say 90 percent of Peru's crop flows into the drug trade. The Alto Huallaga valley is one of two major drug regions in Peru where holdouts from the Shining Path insurgency are still active. This week, two Peruvian soldiers were killed and five others were wounded when they stumbled onto landmines set by the Shining Path in another coca-growing area known as the VRAE, or the valleys of the Apurimac and Ene rivers. Shining Path have been blamed for killing more than 50 soldiers or anti-drug police in the last two years.
