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I was wondering if anyone had ever experimented making your green dragon with hash as opposed to dank. In addition, do you think it would be possible to add flavor extracts (mint, cherry, lemon, cinnamon, etc) to the tincture? They consist of almost pure alcohol, so would be absorbed and used in the process (at least i think they would; my chemistry knowledge is limited, but I know the basics). Thanks for any help!
Hash would work just fine and some people do use flavor extracts for their tinctures. I used the master Wu method and added some Amaretto to it and it tasted wonderful. I used some lemon extract once and it was son strong I had to dilute the tincture, but it was really no big deal.
Put 2 grams of hash in an oz of lemon extract, wait a month, then use the lemon extract to flavor a cup of tea.
A word of advice, try not to use pure extracts... they are.. impossible to drink, even if you have a little bit in a whole drink... its still so godamn strong and the smell never goes away from whatever your drinking it from. i used pure lemon extract my first time making GD, i had it in a little thermos with tea, and its like your trying to drink gasoline. And i had to throw that thermos out, because it smelled like lemon and weed no matter how much i washed it. So yeah, pure extracts... not a good idea.. mabye put like a drop or two in your GD if you want flavour, but the pure stuff kills.
I made it the second time yesterday with 80 proof rum, i kept it at about 160-175 for a pretty long time, and i heated it a couple seperate times, i had it in a little container and i was shaking it the entire day while keeping it in a cup of boiled water, constantly heating up the water and putting it back in. I took little sips throughout yesterday, and im pretty sure i felt baked. Finally, today i reduced it by half by boiling some alcohol off, then i cooled it down, put it in a glass of fresca with an ice cube, 20 mins later i was fuccked. I can still feel the effects a bit... definetly gona make this again..
I attempted to make Green Dragon for the first time on Sunday morning, and had everything perfect except for the oven....I cooked at my friend's apartment, and I think his oven was a bit too strong (we could smell the weed at the 45-second mark rather than the 4th-5th minute mark like in the original post. I didn't remember that, though, so we let it sit in there for 4 full minutes. I think this may have vaporized some of the THC. Oh well, next time I'll have an oven thermometer. I had also not read any of the other replies in this thread, so we used Bacardi 151 instead of Everclear; Master Wu, I think I saw a post of yours in here saying that you used something like 3-4 ounces of Everclear and ended up with 1.5 oz of the same-potency GD? I'd like to try it once this bottle of 151 runs out.
Anyway, after slightly overcooking the weed, I put it in with the 151 and simmered it at 170F for 20 minutes, occasionally dropping ice cubes in the water bath to keep the stubborn stovetop from overheating my mixture. I took 1mL and definitely felt high, but I knew it wasn't the awesome strength it could have been. I still have three eighths of dank left, and I'm going to try again this weekend; in the meantime, our recipe yielded exactly 30mL of liquid, I took 2mL at 8AM today and definitely felt stronger effects. Tomorrow I'm going to wake-and-drink 3 or 4mL and really go to town.
In summary, my GD works, but it could be better. Practice makes perfect. And I'm buying an oven thermometer.
I bought an eight of an ounce recently, and have 190 proof Everclear, and want to use it to make some green dragon but am still not clear on how much weed and alcohol I need to use. For the full eighth of bud, how much booze should I be using? Can I (should I?) use a full 750ml bottle? 375ml? Or just a few ounces?
Also, at the end of the month (I don't plan on cooking it. I have the time to just let it steep), just how should I take it? With a dropper, or one to two ounces mixed in a cocktail?
The Definitive Green Dragon (Revised)
Here is the very successful result of a considerable amount of research into the elusive and magical Green Dragon.
This is a simple and efficient 4 Step process.
Ingredients:
1/8oz high quality cannabis
2 oz Bacardi Rum â?? 151 proof or Everclear 190
If you are using high end weed, start with 1/2 teaspoon (on an empty stomach)for a strong, but in control experience. Double or triple that for spiritual dose.
I mix mine with coffee for a wake and bake, or just a little with some juice in a shot glass and just throw it down. 190 is not very flavorful. At least not in a good way.
I strain out the weed, then throw it in a small cup of yogurt ( the weed) and choke it down. It taste awful, but is soaked in green dragon and is worth the effort in my opinion.
Great thread. I have about went blind from trying to read all of it. I am trying to make food grade glycerine tincture using some already vaped super high quality duff. I think it still has plenty of trichs left. At any rate I have a pint jar half full of the stuff coverd with glycerine. Got it resting in a real warm spot and plan to shake it every day and wait two months. Now with the carboxylation step missing in this procedure (thanks for that lesson) I was thinking of giving the jar a 10 min water bath canning prodecedure with a closed lid as in making jelly. Anybody know if that would be a good plan? Maybe shorten up the wait a bit? If if managed to vaporize off something it couldnt go to far since the jar would have a lid on it. Let me know quick cause I'm fixing to try it.
Goober
Well hate to answer my own posts but with nobody jumping up to halt my experiment I went ahead with the canning procedure for my Glycerine Tincture. Gave it a 10 min boiling water bath and let it cool all night. Musta knocked something beneficial loose in it cause I put about 1/4 teaspoon under my tongue about an hour ago and I am completely hammered. :D Thanks for all the good tips. I think I love the stuff. Next step be to try some as the vaping liquid in my e cig cartomizer. Have high hopes on that one too. Havent have a real cig in over month and been doing it regular for many moons. Anybody out there want to give up or cut back on smoking tobacco couldnt recommend the e cig much higher.
Goober
Master Wu, I guess I can use Everclear 190 proof instead of the rum when I try your recipe? I hope all goes well. Thank you for the post as it has been very informative!
I've always heard that alcohol companies(along with tobacco,pharmaceutical and many other companies) fund cannabis prohibition efforts? Does anyone know what specific alcohol companies do this so I can avoid them when I make my high proof liquor purchase? :thumbsup: