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ok well I finished. I couldnt imagine not straining the liquid through cheese cloth so I only got 12 pills instaed of 24. Im gonna try these out tomorrow if they work I guess I will try not straining them next time but I would think that they would be weaker as the powder shouldnt have much thc in it anymore so the liquid wouldnt be as strong as it would be diluted with the low thc power by half. But maybe im wrong. I will post reults on Thursday after a few people try them out.
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Originally Posted by zerocool5878
Hi zero,
Sorry I missed this earlier , I would have liked to have asked a favour regarding your up coming cooking session.
Generally, I only simmer for about 2 to 4 hours, though I have read studies that say cooking for longer periods alters the type of 'high' you experience (It's something to do with how the prolonged heat changes the various pharmacological compounds).
So, I was going to ask if you would do half the mix for say 4 hours, and the other for twelve to see what difference (if any) you saw in the results.
Ah well, never mind I need to run this experiment myself at some point.
The strength issue is an interesting one, when I first started out I was copying recipes given to me by some of the commercial Dutch 'space cake' makers. Generally they range from 0.2 to 0.3 of a gram per product, but, they don't operate the same quality control regulations for 'baked' products as they do for 'over the counter' weed. i.e. some cook with hash, others weed, some strain, some don't, and generally, it's mid grade that gets used (with a few notable exceptions).
So, once I started making my own I noticed a big difference in potency due to using better ingredients.
As a 'rule-of-thumb' I tend to allow around 0.25 of a gram of hash or 0.35 of bud per person when baking cakes etc (for a 6 to 8 hour-ish knockdown), but like weedhound, I've noticed a significant drop in the amount I need in capsule form to achieve the same effect - about .17 of hash or .25 of bud (roughly a third less).
I think this is partly down to combination of things:
1). The method is very efficient (almost none of the THC gets lost because the temp is below the vaporisation point - 285 fahrenheit). 2). Nothing is wasted (don't throw or stain the residue, tests seem to show it helps quite a bit in the potency).
3). Coconut oil is healthy (pretty tasty too), and an excellent THC absorber/transmitter.
4). Lastly, and I think most importantly, it's a concentrated hit (undiluted by a cake or brownie mix etc), and therefore the stomach acids (Digestive enzymes etc) get very little chance to degrade the THC before it passes into the bloodstream.
I hope this helps.
P.S. zero when cooking your brownies, I'd cook them for longer BUT at a lower temperature (under 285 if possible).
50 minutes at 325 is long time to be cooking at over the THC vaporisation point, you'll notice a difference in strength, and your kitchen won't smell so much lol!
P.P.S. I just re-read your ingredient list,"5 grams of good bud to 1 tbs of coconut oil"
This (and not using the residue) is probably why you're a bit light on the final mixture.
You need to allow 1.5 teaspoons of oil (7 grams) per 1 gram of hash/kief or, (in your case) 1.5 grams of bud, so, you need to use 1.5 tablespoons of oil (1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons).
I'm off to lie down for a bit now
Cheers guys :thumbsup:
Charles, I absolutely love the sound of that recipe!
I think we should all meet up at weedhound's for a Canna-Cookery masterclass!
You bring the cann-butter, I'll bring a bag of capsules, and weedhound can do the 'baking'! lol
Who's bringing the beer and pizza? :jointsmile:
Hey Flame,its a date,sounds like fun,woo hoo.Ill try the capsules again this weekend and give you another update.Take care,be well,and most of all be safe.Quote:
Charles, I absolutely love the sound of that recipe!
I think we should all meet up at weedhound's for a Canna-Cookery masterclass!
You bring the cann-butter, I'll bring a bag of capsules, and weedhound can do the 'baking'! lol
Who's bringing the beer and pizza?
Bravo, my friend. Bravo. The Iron Chef of cannibus. It's what's for dinner!
Need alot of couches for this party LOL!! :D
Flame I'll pop some on the crockpot and let it sit for six hours and let you know...then I'll try some longer too. ;)
is 7 oz. of ghee or oil the bare minimum to extract 1.5-2g of bud? and what is the max. amount you could use
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Originally Posted by treefingers
Hi treefingers
The reason for 7 grams of ghee/oil is just so you end up with enough mixture to fill 12 capsules.
N.B. If you use hash or kief and oil, you'll have enough mixture to fill each of your 12 caps about 2/3rds of the way up. Or roughly 3/4rs full if you use ground bud and oil.
If you're not making the butter/oil to use in caps you can use more (or even less, but I wouldn't use much less than 7 grams per 1.5 grams of bud).
If I'm just cooking for 'one' I'll simmer 0.3 grams of bud (in an egg cup) with 1/2 a teaspoon of oil (2.5 grams), which, when mixed with a tablespoon of peanut butter, does the job perfectly. Although the taste is a bit 'weedy'. lol
Generally, the cake recipes I tend to use call for about 30 grams of butter per 4 servings (2 tablespoons) which also is fine (again using about a gram and a half of weed).
Hope this helps, what do you have in mind?
P.S. As far as I know (not something I've tried personally) you can just add just enough oil to your ground weed to make a 'paste' and simmer just the same. If anyone has tried this I'd be curious to know how it went.
I am going to make an oz of low-mids into caps this weekend :)
I have had success making caps in the past and want to try your method. I used to use a toaster oven set @ 175F and put a candy thermometer in the mix to monitor. I try to keep it around the 175-185 range for about an hour total, stirring it a couple times throughout. I usually do it next to my computer while I play Counter-Strike and mix when I have time.
I'm going to use about 25g of $170/oz buds (I need some to use in the vape while cooking :jointsmile:) to make the caps. I was wondering how much coconut oil to use. Before I've used enough olive to cover the ground bud and make it into a paste (about .48 tablespoons per gram I read somewhere).
What do you guys use to eyeball the amount of oil needed? (probably posted 5 times already but I must of missed it)