The Definitive Green Dragon (Revised, Updated, Combined)

... or so i thought.
Here i am, some 5 hours after i drank it. The start was intense indeed, but it didnt increased any more... the high kept strong for some time, less than half hour, then decreased slowly and steadily... now im only a bit buzzed.
I dont know if i didnt use enough weed, if i didnt metabolized the THC properly, if all the THC was actually dissolved... anyway, better luck next time.
(VERY fortunately, now ive enough herb to try again and again until i get bored of it... ok maybe not so much... but surely its a lot :jointsmile:)

OK now i know what happened. I slept, and some hours later i woke, very stoned. But as i still was very sleepy i just come back to sleep. When i awoke i was still pretty buzzed, and kept this way for several hours after waking up.
So it seems my body stored a large amount of the ingested THC, and slowly released it later, when i was sleeping. What a waste... anyway, at least i know that mixing the green dragon with coffee and milk works, and that it tastes good. After the alcohol is evaporated, of course.

I'll be trying these as soon as I get an opportunity to use a oven. I'm going to use Master Wu's exact recipe. Thanks!

I been using this recipe for a time now.


It's great. I use coffee filters, and quadruple filter using a ball mason jar cover (with the hole in the top) and screw it over 2 filters at once.


It's a pure, dark green, dank liquid.



I've had variances in color from orange to deep blue green. All had me floored.



I make this shit for Lupus patients that can't smoke.

There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding the decarboxylation, which is the crucial step, so I've been researching. I found this patent application for thca > thc conversion and extraction: Extraction of pharmaceutically active components from plant materials - Patent 7344736

The applicant tested samples at different temperatures for different amounts of time then perfomed chemical analysis. There are 2 main factors they consider: the conversion of thca to thc, which is what you want, and breakdown of thc to cbn which you don't want.

They got good results with 221 F for 4 hours, 248 F for 1 hour, or 284 F for a half hour. Those all gave 99% conversion of thca to thc. 248 F for 1 hour had somewhat less breakdown of thc to cbn than the other two temps so it seems like the best.

If you extrapolate from the data 200 F for 20min is inadequate; you'd maybe convert half of what's available.

Does anyone have an idea about the shelf life of green dragon? I keep it cool and out of the sunlight but will I lose strength over time? If so, what type of time frame would it be? Months or years?

To avoid the wonderful flavor of Everclear does a weaker % of ethanol effect the results. 151 rum would at least have a little flavor and sweetness to it. I know that a steeper gradient of alcohol will make the process more efficient, but could this not be compensated for by starting with a little more 151 (3oz vs 2oz of Everclear) and perhaps heating it for a little longer? I have had very good results with the soak and wait method using just 35% vodka, I just let it wait for a longer period of time.

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Originally Posted by ky1956

Does anyone have an idea about the shelf life of green dragon? I keep it cool and out of the sunlight but will I lose strength over time? If so, what type of time frame would it be? Months or years?

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Well... it seems green dragon loses its potency reasonably fast, in a matter of weeks... But it seems possible to restore its lost potency... look at:

http://boards.cannabis.com/recipes/1...ml#post1764722

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Originally Posted by ky1956

To avoid the wonderful flavor of Everclear does a weaker % of ethanol effect the results. 151 rum would at least have a little flavor and sweetness to it. I know that a steeper gradient of alcohol will make the process more efficient, but could this not be compensated for by starting with a little more 151 (3oz vs 2oz of Everclear) and perhaps heating it for a little longer? I have had very good results with the soak and wait method using just 35% vodka, I just let it wait for a longer period of time.

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Well... the weaker the alcohol you use, more water it contains, and as the water hinders the THCs absorption by the alcohol, it makes the process less efficient, and also slower.
And heating it doesnt help much, because the alcohol evaporates before the water, so as more you heat it, weaker the alcohol becomes.
Anyway, it still works.

I also think green dragon has a bad taste indeed... so i tried some ways to make it more palatable... look at:
http://boards.cannabis.com/concentra...drinkable.html

And good luck! :thumbsup:

151 works well and gives it a funky tang that makes juice taste exquisite.

I followed this guide with AMAZING results! Instead of 1/8 oz, I used 1/3 oz of mids, and a mix of Everclear and pineapple rum... One mL did the trick for me, I was stoned as a rock! GREAT stuff!

Much better than the cold extraction method- like 200x better! :thumbsup:

so I spent like 20 minutes writing my experience up and decided to just make it into a semi-extended TLDR version lol. I don't really remember alot of it but this will give you an idea

I fucked up my first 2 trys making GD(bad oven thermometer, use a standalone now), 4 grams(2 each try) down the drain at that point. I made 2 more batches after I read up some more and figured it out, used 2g in one and 3g in the other. Drama happens, I get pissed, decide to try taking both batches(thinking "probably fucked it up anyways"), feels like shrooms coming on, that'd be the alcohol(4 shots of GD at ~90 proof,50% fanta 50% gd... ya), I'd eaten breakfast about 4 hours earlier, seemed to come up slow but consistent, wave comes in about 2 miles to the peak, still peaked 1hr, still peaked 2hrs, still peaked 3 hrs, why won't it slow down!?, shit I'm stuck in my computer chair, way too fucking high cant handle it anymore, try to stand up, fuck I cant even lift my own weight let alone balance, get on floor, crawl to bed, pass out, wake up 18 hours later.

Highest I've ever been, highest I will ever be. It was pretty hard to enjoy cause I couldn't really move much(thank god for computers! fingers are still pretty easy to move!) I felt really good the next day, that's for sure.


Pretty long for a TLDR eh?

BTW, huge props to everyone who contributed to this thread over the years. Made another batch later that week that came out just right, 2 ml doses of it was perfect.