Cannabis Capsules â?? A step-by-step guide.

Hi guys and welcome to the thread FlyGuyOU, imitator and Dark.

Also, a big thank you to everyone else who's taken the time to contribute or add a comment or two (hey, we got ourselves a 'sticky' now - Woohoo!).

FlyGuyOU - I hope it worked out OK for you, if you're passing this way again, drop us a report on how it went.

imitator - Mids can be notoriously difficult to get right due to the wide variance in THC strength, so don't beat yourself up if it didn't go exactly to plan the first time.

Activating your weed does help, but isn't absolutely essential in this recipe (unlike Green Dragon where you must do it).
I've noticed there's a bit of confusion regarding how to correctly 'activate' your weed on these boards, so I thought I'd 'chip in' with a couple of things.

Firstly, 'activating' your weed refers to the process of converting some of the non-psychoactive compounds like CBG and THC-A into active THC. Much of this will have happened naturally to your weed assuming you're using well cured and dried bud. However, it is possible to increase the potency over a much shorter period of time by applying a little additional heat.

Secondly, for some reason, the method that appears to be most frequently repeated on the boards is inaccurate.

N.B. I'm referring to the various posts that suggest you put weed into an oven set to around 325 fahrenheit.

It's important to bear in mind that the point at which THC starts to evaporate is actually about 285 degrees F, therefore, at 325 you're potentially losing more than your creating. Remember if the kitchen smells strongly of weed, chances are it's vaporised THC
(anything from 180 to 285 is fine though).

Thirdly, grinding up your bud into powdered form really helps in releasing the THC from the resin heads into the oil, it also means you can use/consume the residue without sifting (you won't lose a drop).

Lastly, it's important to make sure your weed is immersed in the oil, as it will act as a barrier trapping the THC and preventing any loss of potency. Therefore, it's better to use a narrow container like an egg-cup, espresso mug (stainless steel shot glass) etc. i.e. something that doesn't have a wide surface area.

Hope that helps a bit!
Many thanks and keep up the good work :thumbsup:

Flame

P.S. OZO have you had a chance to give it a try yet?

Ty Flame, nice to be here :)


I do have one question regarding your last post.

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It's important to bear in mind that the point at which THC starts to evaporate is actually about 285 degrees F, therefore, at 325 you're potentially losing more than your creating.

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Are you absolutely sure about that? The reason I ask is that Master Wu in the Green Dragon thread advises 325 for 5 minutes, and gets great results in the final product, and apparently so did others. I tried to look it up myself, but besides wikipedia, I'm not sure where I'd find out what the evap temp of thc is.


As for me, I didn't really feel much from the butter I made, but that means nothing given that my weed is shit. In all fairness, the guy sold me about 30grams for 15 Euros. I thought it was a good deal since I'd be cooking with it. apparently not :))

Thanks for the info Flame.

I dont usually put my weed into the oven unless I am doing large quantities, otherwise I stick to the microwave, which has never failed me.

I will try the recipe again with some high quality weed, and see what comes of it from there, Ill make sure to post my results once I make another batch.

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Originally Posted by Dark

Ty Flame, nice to be here :)


I do have one question regarding your last post.



Are you absolutely sure about that? The reason I ask is that Master Wu in the Green Dragon thread advises 325 for 5 minutes, and gets great results in the final product, and apparently so did others. I tried to look it up myself, but besides wikipedia, I'm not sure where I'd find out what the evap temp of thc is.


As for me, I didn't really feel much from the butter I made, but that means nothing given that my weed is shit. In all fairness, the guy sold me about 30grams for 15 Euros. I thought it was a good deal since I'd be cooking with it. apparently not :))

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Hi Dark,

Yeah, you'll find more info if you try a 'THC Vaporisation point' search.
The companies that make 'vaporizers' for example, tend to provide a fairly comprehensive break down of the differing temperature ranges and what happens to the terpenoids, CBD, CBG THC etc at each stage.

Think of it like water. When you boil a kettle although the boiling point of water is 100 degrees centigrade, you'll see wisps of steam start evaporating long before that temperature is reached.
With THC it's just the same.
325 degrees F for five minutes is no problem (it's not long enough to do any harm), but if you left it in the oven for say fifteen minutes the chances are you'll have evaporated more THC than you'll have created by decarboxylating the inert compounds.
That's one of the reasons I always suggest cooking brownies etc at a lower heat for longer.

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Originally Posted by imitator

Thanks for the info Flame.

I dont usually put my weed into the oven unless I am doing large quantities, otherwise I stick to the microwave, which has never failed me.

I will try the recipe again with some high quality weed, and see what comes of it from there, Ill make sure to post my results once I make another batch.

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H again imitator

Good luck with it, and I'll look forward to hearing how you get on.

I took a couple of photographs of a recent batch to give people an idea of what they should be looking for.
This was made with 2.5 grams of ground bud and about 10 grams (2 teaspoons) of coconut oil.

After about an hour you'll get a green froth form at the surface caused by the oxidisation of the plant material (perfectly normal).
(This one is particularly green as the weed hadn't really been cured for long enough).
The oil itself should be very dark in colour when done (almost like ink).

Remember the residue/sediment in the bottom is equally important to use when dividing up portions.

Cheers
Flame :jointsmile:

that's the second time I wanted to rep you today flame. pics much appreciated, been looking for some for a while.

Flame is a virtual Betty Crocker on this stuff. :thumbsup: :D

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Originally Posted by Flameon

P.S. OZO have you had a chance to give it a try yet?

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Not yet. Itâ??s hard to find the time needed to try these things. :(

well, i just gave it another go, albeit again using this weed: http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-...ened-weed.html

I cooked up some butter again, used a fair amount with about .6-.8 of that weed, put it into a small narrow espresso cup and water bathed it for 2 hours. Strained it, waited about 5 minutes for it to harden, spread all of it onto half a piece of bread, breathed through my mouth and ate it just now. The way I figure, since that amount of "weed" doesn't get me high if I smoke it, I'm not going to go to shamanic hippie land if I take all of it. I'll hopefully have something to report in about 2 hours.

well, no results whatsoever. I blame it on the weed, really. I'll have to get some real pot too cook with