Green Dragon

[BillyD]

Well my friends, this is my first post here. I have been lurking in the background for quite a while and have learned a great deal just from reading as many of these informative posts as I can. I have taken the step and made my first batch of "Green Dragon" following Master Wu's recipe. It was a bit weaker that I had hoped, but as someone in these posts said, It had a bit of a bite so I'm satisfied with my first attempt. However...(here we go),
I didn't cook long enough to reduce the alcohol by half as directed even though it was 20 minutes, and also, I strained it through a coffee filter. there was considerable brown matter left in the filter. I tried smoking some, but all I got for the effort was a cough. The strained liquid however was just as pretty an emerald green as you could ask for, and pretty clear too. By clear, I mean free of particulate matter. I've read that it should be a brownish green, so my question is, "Did I strain away something of value? Thanks for any info and thanks for this site. It's awesome!!!:jointsmile:

[ky1956]

The quality/potency of the final product will be directly related to quality of product you started with, don't expect magic to happen.

I use the coffee filter as sort of a giant tea bag and dunk it in a large cup of hot coffee or tea to rinse out any goodstuff that remains on the weed or in the paper filter.

It bears repeating but consume any edible/tincture on an empty stomach and don't consume it too often, your tolerance will go up after one dose.

As for the left over weed ABT (already been tinctured), You can try soaking it in some alcohol for a few weeks, then straining out the plant material. It won't be that strong but if you want to utilize everthing it is an option.

Welcome to the board.

The simplest way to make GD is put 2 grams in a jar and add one ounce of water and let it sit for a month in a dark location. There is no worry about over or under cooking anything.

[BillyD]

Thanks for the reply KY. You confirmed my thoughts.
One thing though... I have not heard of using water to make green dragon. Can this possibly work as well as with the Everclear? :jointsmile:

[ky1956]

The simplest way to make GD is put 2 grams in a jar and add one ounce of water and let it sit for a month in a dark location. There is no worry about over or under cooking anything.


My bad. I meant soak it in alcohol for a month, water was a brain fart on my part.