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I brewed tea out of the leaves and also chewed them when hiking in Peru. Stimulant level-wise it felt similar to green tea. Maybe also a slight euphoria when ch
by lukeinator42 2y ago
I brewed tea out of the leaves and also chewed them when hiking in Peru. Stimulant level-wise it felt similar to green tea. Maybe also a slight euphoria when chewing them but it's definitely still way less potent than a coffee (atleast for me).
The only interesting side effect was that both my wife and I experienced tingling feet when combining coca leaves with acetazolamide, the altitude sickness meds we were taking (tingling feet is apparently a side effect of those meds). I wonder if on some level it does have a similar mechanism for altitude sickness?
- double0jimb0 2y agoTingling feet/toes and hands/fingers are an extremely common side-effect of acetazolamide (diamox).
- rubatuga 2y agoHad more than few cups over the past week in Peru. Going up to Puno @4000MASL, I had the same tingling hands, I thought I developed CTS! My guess is that it had to do with swelling of the extremities? Overall I found coca tea to be slightly less stimulating than coffee, but more relaxing.