GUIDE How to test Cocaine?

How to test Cocaine (coke): if you intend to use a psychoactive substance first you need a test kit to check purity. Pure cocaine can look white but can’t be identified by appearence. Check your sample with a single or multi-use cocaine test kit

Cocaine tester

Single use cocaine tester available with free shipping. This test gives the least amount of information and should be used with extra caution. Read about more advanced tools further down.

Recommended cocaine testing kits

Recommended multi-use Cocaine Reagent Test Kit includes reagents Robadope, Simon’s, Mecke, Liebermann, Ehrlich and Morris. Reagent Morris is required to identify cocaine. Robadope reagent helps detect 2C-B, amphetamine, MDA, PMA or taurine. Simon’s reagent helps rule out many cathinones, methamphetamine, MDMA or PMMA. Mecke helps detect lidocaine. Ehrlich helps detect benzocaine, procaine and tetracaine. Liebermann helps detect ephedrine levamisol and phenecetin. To discover full ingredients and estimate cocaine % pair reagents with the TLC Cocaine Purity Test Kit. To detect fentanyl use the fentanyl test strips.

STEP ONE How to identify cocaine?

How to use reagent tests?

How to test COCAINE?

Watch how to test cocaine with reagents:

Watch how to test cocaine with reagents:

TL;DR: Below is an image with a quick cheat sheet how to use the Cocaine Test Kit and further down you can check out more detailed guide how to test cocaine. Use the cocaine reagent test chart to see how to use Morris reagent, RobadopeSimon’sMecke, Ehrlich and Lieberman, check the expected results.

Cocaine test results chart:

TEST Cocaine
MARQUIS No color change
MECKE No color change
MANDELIN Short brown
LIEBERMANN Yellow / faint orange
FROEHDE No color change
EHRLICH No color change
HOFMANN No color change
SIMON’S No blue color change
ROBADOPE No pink color change
MORRIS Bright blue
ZIMMERMANN No color change
CANNABIS (4-AP) No color change

 

All results are available in our booklet and app.

What are cocaine test kit reagents used for?

SAMPLE RECOMMENDED COCAINE REAGENT TESTS
COCAINE / 2C-B / CATHINONES / KETAMINE / MDMA / MDA / METH/AMPHETAMINE 
 

Reagent tests indicate presence of a substance, therefore can either help confirm presence of the expected compound or help rule out certain cuts.

  • Ehrlich – main test for all indoles, e.g. lysergamides and tryptamines but also 5-HTP and more, secondary test for cocaine
  • Liebermann – main test for most powders, secondary test for cocaine (detects levamisole)
  • Mecke – main test for most powders, secondary test for cocaine, ketamine and mephedrone
  • Morris – main test for cathinones, cocaine and ketamine, can tell apart some novel dissociatives
  • Robadope – main test for primary amines, e.g. MDA, amphetamine or PMA
  • Simon – main test for secondary amines, e.g. MDMA, meth, mephedrone, methylone or PMMA
  • Single use cocaine test kit includes Morris reagent
  • Multi use cocaine reagent test kit includes reagents Ehrlich, Liebermann, Mecke, Morris, Robadope and Simon

 

Morris reagent is the main test for cocaine and produces a bright blue color change with cocaine (although not exclusively). It should not be used alone.

Simon’s and Robadope are useful both to confirm both primary amines (2C-x, amphetamine, MDA, PMA) and secondary amines (meth, MDMA, PMMA, mephedrone derrivatives). Mecke reagent can detect lidocaine among other compounds. Liebermann can rule out ephedrine, levamisole, phenecetin and more. Ehrlich helps rule out remaining caines, such as benzocaine, procaine and tetracaine.

Marquis reagent tests for MDMA and 2C-B

Cocaine test kit results

Testing cocaine with Morris reagent, Mecke, Simon’s, Robadope, Liebermann and Ehrlich

How to detect levamisole in cocaine

 
Levamisole is one of the more dangerous cocaine adulterants, although it has to be said that the most dangerous substance in cocaine is usually cocaine due to cardiotoxicity and addiction risk. Cocaine is always cut with multiple compounds, but levamisole (a deworming agent) is one with the worst side effects accompanying prolonged use.
 
To test levamisole in cocaine you can use Liebermann reagent which should produce a reddish-orange color change. Depending on the level of adulteration the reaction might be less prominent. To make things more complicated, coca plant impurities are known to cause weak false positives with Liebermann (same as with Marquis ragent, which we do not recommend for cocaine). Pair reagents with TLC Cocaine Purity Test Kit for best results.

Questions?

STEP TWO How to test cocaine purity %?

To discover all adulterants and estimate quantity pair reagent tests with a TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) Purity Test Kit. TLC purity tests alone don’t identify substances and are best paired with at least 1-2 reagent tests. Thin Layer Chromatography is one of classic substance analysis methods. It works by separating different compounds depending on their solubility in chosen TLC testing liquid (eluent). To precisly estimate cocaine purity pair a reagent test kit with the Cocaine Purity Test Kit.

How to test quality of cocaine?

 
Qualitative TLC:

TLC test works by separating substances present in a sample, each detected spot indicates a different substance. 

 
  • You can use an already confirmed sample for reference – if both compounds show up at the same height on the TLC “card” that indicates they can be the same substance.
  • You can use any substance for reference after establishing their relation – if substance X shows up twice as high on the same testing “card” as substance Y, you can expect them to keep that ratio.
Reference adjusted from 66% pure cocaine with coffeine and ethenzamide. Due to UV-C light photo might not display correctly.

TLC Cocaine Purity Test potency scale

Reference adjusted from 66% pure cocaine with coffeine and ethenzamide. Due to UV-C light photo might not display correctly.
Reference results ranging from 10% up to 100%, adjusted from lab confirmed pure MDMA hydrochloride sample

TLC MDMA Purity Test potency scale

Reference results ranging from 10% up to 100%, adjusted from lab confirmed pure MDMA hydrochloride sample

How to test quality of cocaine?

 
Semi-quantitative TLC:

TLC helps estimate quantity (potency). The bigger the size of the detected spot, the bigger the amount of measured substance. Note that different substances need different calibrated rulers and often different testing liquids (eluents).

  • Use a calibrated potency % ruler to estimate result with +-10% accuracy
  • One spot indicates a pure substance. If your sample fully dissolved in testing liquid and only one spot was detected on TLC then your substance is pure. Trace amounts of impurities might not be detected, do not rely on TLC for fentanyl testing – get also fentanyl test strips.

How to use TLC purity tests?

How to test COCAINE?

Watch how to test cocaine with TLC:

Pair with a reagent test kit to identify substances. Use both kits separately. Check booklet for cocaine testing instructions. 

Watch how to test cocaine with TLC:

Pair with a reagent test kit to identify substances. Use both kits separately. Check booklet for cocaine testing instructions. 

Questions?

How to test cocaine for fentanyl?

Use fentanyl test strips (a fentanyl test kit)

Fentanyl test kit instructios

METHOD 1   

If testing a benzo/opioid pill, crush one in a plastic baggie and dump out the powder.  Then add 10 drops of water into the baggie and mix well. Dip the test strip no higher than the thick line. Wait 15 seconds. Put the strip away and check in 5 minutes.

METHOD 2

Mix 100 mg of sample in 200 ml of water. Dip the test strip no higher than the thick line. Wait 15 seconds. Put the strip away and check in 5 minutes.

COMPARE RESULTS

1 line = fentanyl, 2 lines = no fentanyl. Faint lines also count. Ignore fentanyl tester results after 5 minutes.

To detect all ingredients and estimate their amount pair reagents with a TLC purity test kit.

A positive or negative test result does not indicate if a substance is safe. No substance is 100% safe.