105421 Tue Mar 14 23:39:20 -0800 2006 11 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 571450 Anyone know where to buy coca tea in Toronto? I don't want to order it online. Thanks Tue Mar 14 23:39:20 -0800 2006 0 neuf 1 2094380 If anyone is interested, I was able to track this tea down at Luba's Coffees in St. Lawrence Market. Wed Dec 13 00:27:49 -0800 2006 571450 12496 neuf 2 2094999 Are you serious? I thought coca tea was very illegal! I can't imagine it's the real thing. Someone might be tempted to buy a few tons and set up their own illegal coke lab :-) Wed Dec 13 03:51:04 -0800 2006 2094380 23411 embee 3 2095223 The tea is decocainized, but it still contains trace amounts (think non-alcoholic beer). It has a taste similar to yerba mate, and gives a similar energy boost. This is the brand that they sell: http://nacionalte.com/coca_mate_nasa_eshs_20_en.htm Wed Dec 13 05:31:22 -0800 2006 2094999 12496 neuf 2 2396553 Thanks for the tip! I was also looking for coca tea in toronto. I bought some yesterday (about $10 for 20 bags). It tastes a lot like yerba mate (which is much much cheaper!) Does anyone know if you can import coca leaves if you buy it from a tea store over the internet? Sun Mar 18 04:50:15 -0700 2007 2094380 83754 uosdwis 3 2396592 Curiosity's gotten the better of me... Forgive me, for I am totally ignorant on the subject of tea, but if coca tea has similar flavour and energy-boosting qualities to yerba mate but is much more expensive, why would you go to all the effort and expense of getting it? Why not just be happy with the yerba mate? Is being a connoisseur of tea and "having" to have something that's difficult to come by similar to my often ridiculous searches for hard to source foods? Does it become an obsession, as it often does with food? Sun Mar 18 05:42:45 -0700 2007 2396553 48352 FlavoursGal 4 2397364 Having trekked in the Andes at one time, I can attest to the phenomenal qualities of coca leaves and the best of the coca teas. If you are feeling the effects of altitude sickness (which is completely unrelated to health or physical fitness), chewing coca leaves or drinking coca tea can make the problem go away. Without coca leaves, I could not have managed the Inca trail. When you deplane at Cuzco, you are offered coca tea immediately. Although coca provides energy and improves respiration, it does not give you a buzz. While it can be used to make cocaine, it has no cocaine properties on its own. De-cocainized [sic] coca tea makes little sense. Coca contains only trace amounts of cocaine to begin with. Coffee, guarana, and other common sources of caffeine should give you all the energy you need. Perhaps some people like the stuff, but I suspect your "obsession" hypothesis may be true. If I ever again trek at 16000 feet (highly unlikely), there will be a wad of coca leaves in my mouth. But, to me, coca tea tastes like crap. Sun Mar 18 12:43:24 -0700 2007 2396592 23411 embee 5 2405079 Coca leaf contains about 1% cocain, and 1-2% other alkaloids. So the best yeild you can have is ~ 3 gram from kilo. Say you sell coke for 100$/gram. You pay 50$ only for 300 bags and delivery. Other 100$ for chemicals. So best you can make is 50$ for every 100-pack you buy. Not worth doing and easy to trace. I don't think someone would ever bother decocainizing it, but who knows, thouse people are crazy. By the way, thanks for the hint) Have anyone seen coca tea on the latino streets? Tue Mar 20 15:27:29 -0700 2007 2397364 84530 sasha_prah 6 2405228 Can I nominate this thread as one of the weirdest I've ever seen on this board!? Tue Mar 20 16:13:39 -0700 2007 2405079 12074 bluedog 3 2423482 Amazon.com , they control the coca tea market in US , Canada & Europe , you can only order a few boxes.... Mon Mar 26 18:01:22 -0700 2007 2396553 83828 Agatta 1 2419775 Just buy it from a legit peruvian online dealer. They'll ship it to you relatively cheap, and even if it's intercepted by customs... well it's impossible to prove you WANTED it shipped. I know of people that get some messed up stuff shipped to them and never had a problem. Sun Mar 25 16:20:41 -0700 2007 571450 85839 gobknobbler 2 2439462 For what I know all Peruvian tea is decocainized , ENACO processes all coca leaf in Peru, extracts all the alkaloids for medical uses and then sells the remaining leaf for tea and also produce tea. I found coca tea also at www.mysteriousbolivia.com , they ship worldwide Sat Mar 31 20:22:51 -0700 2007 2419775 83828 Agatta