5-HTP or L-tryptophan: what's the difference?
7 Oct 2026

5-HTP or L-tryptophan: what's the difference?

5-HTP and L-tryptophan are often mentioned together, because they belong in the same chain. Yet they...

Galangal or ginger: what's the difference and can you substitute them?
7 Oct 2026

Galangal or ginger: what's the difference and can you substitute them?

Galangal and ginger look alike: both rhizomes from the same plant family, with a knobby shape. Yet t...

What is galangal? The herb from the ginger family, explained
7 Oct 2026

What is galangal? The herb from the ginger family, explained

Galangal is a rhizome from the ginger family, traditionally used in Southeast Asian cooking. In shap...

Peganum harmala seeds on a wooden surface
7 Oct 2026

Without Peganum harmala, drinking DMT has zero effect

Say you swallow a gram of DMT. What happens? Nothing at all. Your body tears the molecule apart befo...

Guarana powder or extract: which form do you choose and how do you dose it?
7 Oct 2026

Guarana powder or extract: which form do you choose and how do you dose it?

You can buy guarana as a powder or as a concentrated extract. They do essentially the same thing, bu...

Guarana vs coffee: caffeine, effect and which suits you better
7 Oct 2026

Guarana vs coffee: caffeine, effect and which suits you better

Guarana and coffee both contain caffeine, but the way you notice it differs. Guarana releases its ca...

How much caffeine is in yerba mate? And why it feels different from coffee
6 Oct 2026

How much caffeine is in yerba mate? And why it feels different from coffee

Yerba mate contains caffeine, but people often describe the effect as different from coffee: more aw...

How to prepare yerba mate: with a gourd, French press or tea bag
6 Oct 2026

How to prepare yerba mate: with a gourd, French press or tea bag

How to prepare yerba mate: with a gourd, French press or tea bag You don't drink yerba mate like regu...

Ololiuqui (Rivea corymbosa): the classic LSA plant
30 Sep 2026

Ololiuqui (Rivea corymbosa): the classic LSA plant

Ololiuqui (Rivea corymbosa), the classic LSA plant from Mexico Ololiuqui is the name for the seeds o...

Wild dagga: pipe with dried herb, steaming tea and dropper bottle of extract on a wooden table
24 Sep 2026

Wild dagga smoking, tea or extract: three ways to use leonurine

Three ways to use wild dagga, and when each one makes sense Wild dagga is one of those products cust...

Lion's Mane liquid extract and capsules next to a piece of dried lion's mane mushroom on a wooden table
22 Sep 2026

Lion's Mane drops or capsules: the difference is in the fruiting body

Five products, two compound groups, and the choice actually matters We at Dutch-Smart sell five Lion...

Magic mushroom grow bags: 7 strains compared
16 Sep 2026

Magic mushroom grow bags: 7 strains compared

A grow bag makes growing your own mushrooms as simple as it gets. The substrate is already fully col...

High Hawaiians magic truffles packaging on wooden table
14 Sep 2026

High Hawaiians, Valhalla or Dragon's Dynamite? Here's when to pick which

Three "strongest truffles", three completely different nights We at Dutch-Smart get this question at l...

Dried blue lotus flowers next to a cup of tea, tincture bottle and glass pipe on a wooden table
10 Sep 2026

Blue lotus: smoking, tea or tincture? Which preparation gives which effect

39 people search for "blauwe lotus roken" every month; we sell eight lotus products but had no guide t...

Mexicana Magic Truffles: verpakking en truffels naast een precisieweegschaal
6 Sep 2026

Microdosing with Mexicana truffles: 0.5 grams every three days for four weeks

Over 6,600 people search for "microdosing truffles" every month We at Dutch-Smart spotted it in our se...