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Originally Posted by Aristotle
I understand you make them into capsules to help yourself with dosage, and the ability to base your boundaries and experiences on how many you have taken, but if you really wanted to, could you just take an equal liquid portion of the butter oil and just drink it for the same effects?
I don't mean to derail the thread, but I've been reading hashish eating stories all day and my capsules haven't arrived yet. I have a tiny bit of hash left and Im thinking I'll just rearrange the ingredient amounts and chug it before school tomorrow =P.
Hi aristotle
Weedhound's answer is spot on, once you've made the oil its active and potent, you don't need the capsules to eat it, you could just spread it on toast or eat it in solid form straight out of the fridge. Just be careful if re-heating it not to go too high or you'll vape the THC.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Charles U Farley
Ok,here is my update.Last night I took two of the capsules,made sure I ate something.About an hour and 15 minutes later I felt a slight buzz,and decided I needed to take another capsule.About 15-20 minutes later the first two (I am assuming)slammed me down on the couch and I stayed there the rest of the night.About an hour and half or so later I was having great dreams.
Here is the problem,my stomach was very very upset and if I wasnt so blasted probably would have been very uncomfortable to the point of having a great deal of discomfort.I did eat with the first two and then got the munchies before I took the third.My capsules are essentially my butter recipe (12 cups weed,10-12 cups of water,2 lbs of organic butter).Any thoughts or ideas?If I am going to have problems I usually get heart burn pretty bad sometimes,but I didnt with this,just a really upset stomach,upset and painful almost.Take care,be well,and most of all be safe.
Hi Charles, your reaction time sounds just like mine so I'm guessing were of a similar build.
I can predict almost to the minute when the effects start after I've taken these capsules. It's always about an hour and a half, so you possibly 'jumped-the-gun' by about 15 minutes with the third capsule, but it's all a learning process.
However, I don't think that was the cause of your upset stomach though.
I had a similar experience to yours once when making capsules from dried bud.
I mistakenly used some of smaller 'pointed' leaves in the mix, and although I thought they'd be OK I found out later that they're covered in microscopic thorns that can survive the 'grinding' process. These 'thorns' can irritate the stomach lining causing cramp and diarrhea. (particularly if the stomach doesn't have much in it).
I'm guessing, but this might be the cause of the discomfort you encountered. Your canna butter recipe sounds bang on, and clearly the THC extraction worked great.
Two things I was wondering, do you strain the weed out in your recipe, and how do you normally take it, i.e. cakes, biscuits etc?
Hope your feeling better now. Cheers flame.
P.S. I just thought, my own experience has been never to eat anything until the reaction starts to peak (around 4 or 5 hours after swallowing), as on the few times I've done that, I have had an occasional stomach ache as well. I'm not sure what the cause of this might be, maybe the THC effects a slow down of the digestive system? I'll go and see if I can find anything on the net. Anyone else come across this?
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Love it Charles....:thumbsup:
I've been trying all sorts of stuff and never had a stomach issue but I'm known for a pretty iron stomach.
Flame.....you've cut my ganja use by about 4/5's. Can't thank you enough for that alone. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Love it Charles....:thumbsup:
I've been trying all sorts of stuff and never had a stomach issue but I'm known for a pretty iron stomach.
Flame.....you've cut my ganja use by about 4/5's. Can't thank you enough for that alone. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Hey, does that mean you've got a surplus?
flame holds out cap lol :jointsmile:
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I'd be pouring champagne bottles full of caps for you. :D
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beachguy holds out barrel
THAT is hysterical. :S2:
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Ok well I am giving this a shot tonite. I am a little confused on how this could get you that high. I usually do in a crockpot 1/3 cup of coconut oil with 14 grams of good coffee ground bud. I usually simmer on low for like 12 hrs. Then I strain it thru cheese cloth and bake the brownies. The brownies make 16 brownies. 1 brownie gets me pretty rocked and 2 makes me pass out.
Each brownie has about the tch extracted from .8 grams of bud. Now I am using 5 grams of good bud to 1 tbs of coconut oil.
the way I figure it each tab should contain the tch extracted from .2 grams of bud.
Am I wrong. Do you lose some tch from baking it in the oven at 325 for 50 mins?
ALso should I strain the bud out and just use the oil or should I try and divide up the junk amount the capsules?
Thanks
Also I am thinking that I usually simmer the 1/3 cup oil for 12 hrs so should I go ahead and do it for like 4 or 6 hrs or stick with 12?
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nice. sounds like a good process with good review. ive got a 1000 gelcap bag and capper in mail now, and i plan to grab some bud or preferably hash this weekend
on the thorn thing: if using bud, are there any methods of capsulizing it better/worse, as well as any way to remove thorns in buds?
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Hey Flame,
After thinking about the sequence of events last night I came to the conclusion that I did not eat enough and what I ate was not good enough to coat my stomach.I am a bit of a light weight so take what I have to say with that in mind.I have never been that blasted off from weed,holy excrement Batman.I mean I could get up and go to the bathroom,get a drink and stuff but I really had to focus to do it.Glad I got my chores done first or the girls would have gone without water/feeding for the night.Im hoping that the stomach thing was just a screw up on my part on not following directions correctly.Each one of my pills weighed just at a gram each.
Flame Ill paste my brownie recipe at the end of this note.Ill also include how I make my butter.Nothing new just that Im an idiot when it comes to how much weed/trim/bud/shake I use.I am feeling better now,thanks for asking Flame.Drank to much coffee this morning to do my radio show as I was still feeling the effects from last night which didnt help.Did I mention how blasted I was,haha.I might measure everything out and see how much I used to make brownies in relation to how much butter in is the pills.Just seems like I hardly scratched the surface of the butter and I made over 30 pills.Ok, here is my recipe and how I make butter,thanks again for this great thread Flame,take care,be well,and most of all be safe.
Blackout Brownie Recipe:
(or as I like to call them, my super stupid brownies)
Butter:
2lbs of butter
10-12 cups of water (add water as the mixture cooks down)
12 cups of trim/shake/buds (the better your trim/shake/buds the better your butter will be, the best butter I ever made was using two whole plants)
There are various methods getting your trim/shake/buds into a form which one can use to make butter. If Iâ??m using a whole plant I pull the buds off and put them into my final bag. The leaves and trim I have left over go into a food processor to make a flour like substance many call canna flour. After running through the food processor, (some folks use a coffee grinder) I then use this for my butter in the crock-pot. I am currently letting the trim dry out at this time but I also think if one just put the whole bag into the freezer right away that might work as well.
Cook on low setting in crock-pot for 12-24 hours. I usually only cook for 12 hours, add water as needed. Very important not to let the mixture cook to far down as the water keeps the cannabis from degrading in the heat. Strain the mixture through a cheese cloth making sure to press out as much of the butter from the leaf material as possible as that is where all the good stuff is locked up. Put in the refrigerator for a few hours and wait for the butter to harden. The butter will solidify on the top, take this out and put in another container and discard the water.
From the shake that I used I got approximately 50 grams per 2 cups which works out to about 600 grams of shake/trim/buds for my recipe. We all know that there are 448 grams in a pound so this works out to 896 grams of butter. This gets us pretty close to a 1:1 ratio of butter to weed. I understand itâ??s a bit impractical for most folks to use over a lbs of weed to make butter but this can be scaled down for your use. I make butter a few times a year with my left over trim that I keep in the freezer.
Note:
You will want to let the mixture cool a bit as you donâ??t want to burn your hands, but you still want the mixture pretty warm so that you are able to press as much of the butter out of the plant material and your cheese cloth as possible. I use the twist and press method right up to the point of tearing the cheese cloth (which often happens). I have used synthetic cheese cloth as its so much cheaper but I prefer working with natural cheese cloth (it does tear a bit easier).
Brownie recipe:
Ducan and Hines chewy fudge brownie mix (I use the two egg variation)
To this add:
1 package of 8oz cream cheese
substitute ¼ cup of cream (half and half) for water as called for in the mix
1 package of swirled caramel and chocolate chips
¾ of a package of Heath pieces toppings
¼ of cup of hot fudge sundae topping
½ cup of caramel sundae topping
¾ cup of melted cannabis butter (recipe calls for ½ cup of oil)
Warm up the cream cheese for 30 seconds in the microwave and cut into the brownie mix. I add two eggs as I like the chewy brownies not the cake like ones. I then add the entire package of caramel and chocolate chips, a ¼ of the package of the Heath topping and then the hot fudge and a ¼ cup of the caramel sundae toppings. Finally I add the melted cannabis butter and mix as directed on the package with the exception being that I use a ¼ cup of cream instead of water . After pouring the mixture into a 13 X 9 pan I sprinkle the rest of the Heath topping over the top of the brownies. I then heat up the caramel topping and drizzle the remainder over the brownies and cook for thirty minutes.
I have experimented with the amount of butter used in my recipes. In the past I have used as much as a full cup of butter. This was probably overkill as I think you hit a point of diminishing returns. A ¾ of a cup mixture seems to be just about the right amount of butter to use. The brownies arenâ??t to greasy and I am not wasting any of the precious butter.
Final recommendation:
In a 9x13 pan I used to cut the brownies into 15 squares. For the most part everyone who had one of these eventually cut them in half and ate them that way as I had reports of some folks still being messed up the next day. So now I cut them into approximately 2x2 (just under) squares and that is just about half the size of what I was doing. Seemed like over kill to have the brownies that big when after eating one folks were only then eating half because of their experiences with these treats. I have been told by long time smokers and brownie consumers that these brownies got them the most messed up they had ever been. A few friends who are medical patients informed us that within an hour and half their pain was gone or substantially subsided without the stomach problems that their doctor prescribed pain medication frequently gives them.
Make sure you are where you want to be in an hour and a half (on an empty stomach, times vary from individual to individual) because when these babies kick in you might have a hard time finding your way back home or to where ever it is you want to be. Works great for joint pain and anything else that is bothering you. Weâ??ve had friends take these late at night (after 11pm) and are still feeling the effects the next morning so this might also be a consideration when consuming these little treats.
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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
Ok well I am giving this a shot tonite. I am a little confused on how this could get you that high. I usually do in a crockpot 1/3 cup of coconut oil with 14 grams of good coffee ground bud. I usually simmer on low for like 12 hrs. Then I strain it thru cheese cloth and bake the brownies. The brownies make 16 brownies. 1 brownie gets me pretty rocked and 2 makes me pass out.
Each brownie has about the tch extracted from .8 grams of bud. Now I am using 5 grams of good bud to 1 tbs of coconut oil.
the way I figure it each tab should contain the tch extracted from .2 grams of bud.
Am I wrong. Do you lose some tch from baking it in the oven at 325 for 50 mins?
ALso should I strain the bud out and just use the oil or should I try and divide up the junk amount the capsules?
Thanks
Also I am thinking that I usually simmer the 1/3 cup oil for 12 hrs so should I go ahead and do it for like 4 or 6 hrs or stick with 12?
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:
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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:
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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?
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.
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Bravo, my friend. Bravo. The Iron Chef of cannibus. It's what's for dinner!
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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. ;)
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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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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
7 g., not oz., sorry
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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.
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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)
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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)
Hi Dr Hashman
I just did a quick calculation (but you'd best check my figures, as it's past my bedtime lol).
If you take 25 grams of weed and divide it by 1.5 grams (the amount needed for twelve capsules) you get roughly 16 and 1/2 portions. Making a total of about 198 capsules. you lucky dog!
7 grams of oil per 12 capsules means you'll need about 115 grams in total.
One tablespoon is approx 15 grams, so I think you'll need about 7 and an half tablespoons of oil in total.
Phew, my brain needs rest. Damn this short term memory loss lol.
Hope this helps and good luck with it, the only thing I would watch out for are the serrated leaves in the mix, they can contain microscopic thorns that can irritate the stomach.
Cheers flame :thumbsup:
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P.S. For those kind of quantities you might find something like these useful. :thumbsup:
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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:
Ok a little update. I will try and reply to the rest of this when Im not so stoned. I took 1 cap at 5:45pm its 7:45 and flyin!
As for the mixture: u said in post # 36
Take your 3.5 - 4 grams of finely ground bud, and mix it with 15 grams (three level teaspoons) of: ideally coconut oil, but clarified butter will be fine (see how to make your own in this thread) and simmer it as per the instructions for two hours.
The oil and bud is exactly enough for 24 capsules.
anyway maybe im reading it wrong. I will tell you tomm. lol
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Originally Posted by Flameon
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:
Ok a little update. I will try and reply to the rest of this when Im not so stoned. I took 1 cap at 5:45pm its 7:45 and flyin!
As for the mixture: u said in post # 36
Take your 3.5 - 4 grams of finely ground bud, and mix it with 15 grams (three level teaspoons) of: ideally coconut oil, but clarified butter will be fine (see how to make your own in this thread) and simmer it as per the instructions for two hours.
The oil and bud is exactly enough for 24 capsules.
anyway maybe im reading it wrong. I will tell you tomm. lol
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Finally got our capsules and coconut oil and are in the process of trying this right now.
What we used:
2 g of ground mid quality bud
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
One question, want to make sure we're doing this right, we've put the crock pot on low and placed the coffee cup with the coconut oil in there with the lid on the pot, for now we are letting the oil melt completely and then adding the bud after it has fully become a liquid, is this the correct starting method to let the oil completely solidify? ( my guess is yes but it doesn't hurt to ask :))
Anyways, still waiting on the oil to melt and then we'll add the bud and let simmer for 2 full hours. (It took roughly 5 to 10 minutes to let it completely melt.)
Ok just put the bud in. Another question, is 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in melted form equal to the same amount in the soft/hard form that you scoop out of the jar? (We're not very knowledgeable when it comes to cooking ;) )
Anyways it's now simmering and we'll post later about how it turns out and how we turn out. :)
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Ok a little update. I will try and reply to the rest of this when Im not so stoned. I took 1 cap at 5:45pm its 7:45 and flyin!
As for the mixture: u said in post # 36
Take your 3.5 - 4 grams of finely ground bud, and mix it with 15 grams (three level teaspoons) of: ideally coconut oil, but clarified butter will be fine (see how to make your own in this thread) and simmer it as per the instructions for two hours.
The oil and bud is exactly enough for 24 capsules.
anyway maybe im reading it wrong. I will tell you tomm. lol
Another satisfied customer......:thumbsup:
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Simmering is done and I'm letting it sit in the fridge to cool off. Question to both Flameon and Weedhound (I know I saw something similar here before but not too sure on this): the left over bud residue, I understand to keep it and put it in the capsules, but can it be mixed and eaten with the playdoh balls or should I try to keep it to a minimum amount of residue within the hardened coconut oil ball things? Right now there is hardly any shake type bud in the oil, but there is still some in there. Other than that this went really smoothly and we can't wait to try this!
Thanks to Flameon, Weedhound and everyone else that has already experimented with this capsule/playdoh ball idea! :thumbsup:
Also sorry if we've repeated things already said we're just worried whether its going to turn out ok or not.:)
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Well my hubby calls them "blobs" but i try to spread everything evenly on the plate both with the residue and the oil (as Flame said...let the oil cool somewhat and it will be more pliable) but grab it before it REALLY hardens. I mentioned to someone that it somewhat has the texture of really soft candle wax or something.
I'm thinking something along the line of a smaller and even shallow dish to pour the mixture in so it will pretty much spread itself evenly and then cut with a knife. I'm still WAY experimenting with that part so if you have another idea....go for it!!
Have fun... :D
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I want to make sure that we are talking about the same residue. The stuff I'm thinking is the left over ground bud. I've read somewhere eating weed like that can make you really sick, so we'll try it with just the oil and see how that works.
Thanks again:)
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ya im a bit confused about this residue cause i didnt see any when i made mine, but then again i froze the oil to let it become its natura form again. but im gonna try some tommorrow and ill tell you guys how it goes.....
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Ok a little update. I will try and reply to the rest of this when Im not so stoned. I took 1 cap at 5:45pm its 7:45 and flyin!
As for the mixture: u said in post # 36
Take your 3.5 - 4 grams of finely ground bud, and mix it with 15 grams (three level teaspoons) of: ideally coconut oil, but clarified butter will be fine (see how to make your own in this thread) and simmer it as per the instructions for two hours.
The oil and bud is exactly enough for 24 capsules.
anyway maybe im reading it wrong. I will tell you tomm. lol
Hi zero, I'm really glad to hear you 'cracked' it!, if your metabolism is anything like mine I bet your feeling very 'mellow' today lol.
By the way, the confusion re the amount of oil is at my end, not yours. With you saying you were going to be using 5 grams I just assumed you were thinking of making 36 capsules not 24, that's why I suggested the extra 7 grams of oil.
Holy cow! I just remembered you packed all that into just 12 capsules, wow, even without the residue it's no wonder you only needed one! :stoned:
Good job and happy 'landings' :thumbsup:
P.S. Would love to hear what sort of 'experience' you had, ie. any: time distortion, intensity of visual or hearing abilities, munchies etc. Also, forgot to ask how long did you simmer for?
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Hi DSOTM420
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Originally Posted by DSOTM420
Finally got our capsules and coconut oil and are in the process of trying this right now.
What we used:
2 g of ground mid quality bud
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
Sounds bang on, but with you using 1 tablespoon of oil (14/15 grams), are you planning to make 24 capsules?
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Originally Posted by DSOTM420
One question, want to make sure we're doing this right, we've put the crock pot on low and placed the coffee cup with the coconut oil in there with the lid on the pot, for now we are letting the oil melt completely and then adding the bud after it has fully become a liquid, is this the correct starting method to let the oil completely solidify? ( my guess is yes but it doesn't hurt to ask :))
Perfect! The only thing I do differently is I wait for the oil to cool to just a little over room temperature (when it's still in liquid form, but not hot enough to melt the gelatin capsules), then I 'syringe' the liquid into the capsules.
The alternative, is to do exactly what your doing.
Dont strain the oil, just pour it onto a small dish, put it in the fridge and wait for it to set.
weedhound's description is spot on! It's just like candlewax when hard
Once it's 'firm' enough you can divide it into small 'pellets' to pop into your capsules. Job done! :D
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Anyways, still waiting on the oil to melt and then we'll add the bud and let simmer for 2 full hours. (It took roughly 5 to 10 minutes to let it completely melt.)
Ok just put the bud in. Another question, is 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in melted form equal to the same amount in the soft/hard form that you scoop out of the jar? (We're not very knowledgeable when it comes to cooking ;) )
Anyways it's now simmering and we'll post later about how it turns out and how we turn out. :)
Good question! I had to test this myself when I first started, and 'yes' it's almost exactly the same.
I'm looking forward to hearing how you got on.
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the left over bud residue, I understand to keep it and put it in the capsules, but can it be mixed and eaten with the playdoh balls or should I try to keep it to a minimum amount of residue within the hardened coconut oil ball things?
Assuming you were fairly careful to remove any sharply pointed/serrated edged leaves from your bud (they can have microscopic thorns that irritate the stomach lining), your fine to use all of it.
Remember, 7 grams of oil (one and a half teaspoons) mixed with 1.5 or 2 grams of ground bud when simmered together will give you (more or less) the right amount of volume to fill 12 capsules (pro-rata). If you don't include (or strain out) the residue, you'll end up with slightly less.
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Right now there is hardly any shake type bud in the oil, but there is still some in there.
When you finish simmering your ground bud and oil, (assuming you haven't used ground up fan leaves etc - see above) you can just tip the whole lot onto a plate and mix it evenly into your capsules, that way your sure of getting every molecule of THC.
But, if you're not sure, try some with, and some without to test your reactions. i.e did it give you a stomach ache, did you get higher and for longer etc?
It's worth noting that this isn't just something that applies to capsules, but actually making anything using the fan leaves etc can give some people a stomach ache.
The only times it's happened to me have had more to do with the quantities of crisps, coke and chocolate I 'crammed' down when I had the munchies lol
Let us know how it went
Cheers flame :thumbsup:
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Hi zero, I'm really glad to hear you 'cracked' it!, if your metabolism is anything like mine I bet your feeling very 'mellow' today lol.
By the way, the confusion re the amount of oil is at my end, not yours. With you saying you were going to be using 5 grams I just assumed you were thinking of making 36 capsules not 24, that's why I suggested the extra 7 grams of oil.
Holy cow! I just remembered you packed all that into just 12 capsules, wow, even without the residue it's no wonder you only needed one! :stoned:
Good job and happy 'landings' :thumbsup:
P.S. Would love to hear what sort of 'experience' you had, ie. any: time distortion, intensity of visual or hearing abilities, munchies etc. Also, forgot to ask how long did you simmer for?
Oh man what a ride! good god man!! Ok by 8 I thought I must be at the peek as I was sooo mellow and just watching tv like I had smoked probably 3 bowls of great bud. but it just kept going. At 8:30 I was hungry so I eat 2 cheeseburgers. I was soooo high I was actully anyalizing the taste of the cheese burger I was consintraiting on what my tatse buds were tasting lol By 9 I was having memory loss and time was going very slow. I did a test where I turned the clock around and waited for what I thought was 20 mins but was about 5.
I couldnt remember where I put my cigs. so I couldn't smoke all night lol. By 10:30 I was starting to get soo messed up I was seeing trails. Yes like I was begining a trip of acid. I am going to call that the peek.
By 11 i was extremly tired like I couldnt keep my eyes open so I figured I was at the start of coming down. For the next hr I felt a total state of relaxation come over my muscles. Not like normal eating a brownie or 2. To the point where when I lifted my arm it was so relaxed that it almost felt like not much was holding my joints together lol. At this point if I touched my skin it had an feeling of ectacsy.
By about 12:30 I just couldn't stay up anymore. I only got 4 hrs of sleep the night before so im sure that had something to do with it. But on the other hand by about 10:30 I felt like going to sleep as usually if I smoke too much I just crash but I made myself stay up to see what else was coming.
Ok what I used was 3.5 grams of high end exotic bud. 1 gram of left overs from the vaporizer and .5 of keif. lol it was really strong considering I filled the capsules with pure oil. And heres what I did to make them a little stronger. I drilled a piece of wood with 24 holes but shallow. I placed the tops and bottomsthe holes to fill them in . I filled the bottoms all the way to the top. And then filled the tip of the tops. I places the wood into the frezer for about 10 mins and then put them together.
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Holy cow !! :eek:
And you've got 11 more of those babies to go lol
I never even thought about filling the tops as well as the bottoms - that's sheer genius :thumbsup:
Oh yes, and the relaxation, touch to the skin feeling like ecstacy thing.
Might I suggest inviting a 'friend' to enjoy this experience with you on a future occasion.
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Trust me on this lol
Great job zero :D
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Sounds bang on, but with you using 1 tablespoon of oil (14/15 grams), are you planning to make 24 capsules?
I'm looking forward to hearing how you got on.
Just made 12 capsules with just the oil and no residue. It was enough to fill them all half way.
Well so far we each took one at 12:35pm and my husband felt high by 2:15pm. I did not feel high but rather very relaxed and could have fallen asleep easily. So we decided to each take another and are currently waiting to see how we feel. So far here is a indepth look at how each of us feel:
my husband noted:
- lack of focus on anything
- things feel father away and it is a big deal to reach for them
- excellent pain killer - had his wisdom teeth out last week and said that these killed the pain and were much better than vicodin es, which caused him to get extremely nauseated for the past few days, but with the capsules he said there is absolutely no nausea right now ;)
- says it's really hard to play the drum part to RockBand on the easy mode
I've noted:
- extreme overall sense of good feeling
- muscles are very relaxed
- could fall asleep easily
- as with trying the cannamilk recipe found in the recipe section of this site which gave my husband an extreme case of upset stomach to the point he was feeling like he was going to get really sick and almost puke and making my stomach feel funny, there is absolutely no nauseated feelings involved
So it seems that just using the oil in the capsules works but it doesn't seem to compare to your friend being sucked into the television. I think next time we try this we'll try putting the residue in a few and seeing how that works (unfortunately I threw out the residue already :( )
Also I think we'll try just using 7 grams of oil instead of 15 grams. Was wondering would that make it more potent to use less oil? Do you think we just diluted the potency using more oil because it seems that it still works? (Also thinking that I did use mid grade bud so that may have an effect on the potency as well :))
Will post later about how two of these capsules affect us! :hippy:
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I LOVE reading these...:thumbsup: I saw some trails too.....been AWHILE since I've seen those....:D
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PS DS...yes I think more oil diluted down the strength of them. ;)
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hmm, well, i wanted to try this, but i cant. my main mids guy got busted, and all my other mids guys got new phones etc, so i have NO connect at all now. and to top it off, im broke and dry. sucks. but anyways, im looking to get a part time job, that pays weekly, so i can get some extra money (work for my parents, they pay off my car payment/insurance, which means i have no bills to worry about) so that i can do this. once i get the job ima save up roughly $300 for an ounce of headies, and make caps with that. how many pills could i make with an ounce of headies, and how effective would they be?
would it be better to buy a qp of mids and make more pills that are weaker (im basing this assumption on the quality of weed, mids bieng way less potent than headies), or an ounce of headies and make less, but more potent pills?
also, if i was to make hash oil, and put it into caps, would that work as well? because if it will, i may use the whole ounce of headies to make hash oil, and the qp of mids (which would be bought later) to make some more caps.
any help would be appreciated, this has really caught my interest.
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Hmmm....I don't really know GF.....I personally would take the oz of super good bud and make caps out of it but I couldn't really say why that idea appeals to me more than using mids or hash.....I think with the mids the chance of stomach upset would be greater due to having to take more pills to get the same effect. The hash or hash oil.....no idea there since I've never tried it.