I've been working with a batch of equisetum tea of the past two weeks. I made it with a unit of 508 simmered in 1 gal of water per H.C.'s directions.
I've stored the resultant tea in a clean heritage 5 gal crock in the back of our seed shed, where it's out of the sun and the temp stays relatively cool, even in our 100+ weather. I'm waiting for the 'characteristic' smell before making a D4 solution for storage. I'm not getting the 'characteristic' smell, which H.C. says is a 'just awful' odor. Instead, my tea has gone from smelling like oat straw tea to smelling like little or nothing. It's been two weeks. Anyone else have a 'problem' like this? To be frank, 508 has never 'gotten stinky' for me and I've always thought that the straw smell was the 'characteristic' smell. Help! Thanks Allan
