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

You actually take two of these before you go out? That really is impressive. These are definitely night time couchlock doses for my wife and I, when we go out we smoke, a totally different type of high. We each only take one and are usually knocked out for a good night sleep within 3 hours. I used some premium morrocon hash in my first batch and it definitely is the strongest batch i made. The second batch I used an 8th of some soap bar, its still strong but not like that first batch. I only have 16 of those capsules from the first batch left so I need to make those last until I can find some more premium hash.

Once again.. thank you for sharing this recipe.

well I must say this is one of the best, most useful threads ive read on here! Flame I bow down at you...:clap: (I could not seem to find the bow smiley, so clap will do) I just made my first batch. I used 1 gram of some Very expensive headies, 6 grams of coconut oil, and cooked it in a glass shot glass in a crockpot for 2 hours. it came out beautifully (ill post some pics tomorrow) then I put it in the freezer for 5 minutes and it was almost rock hard, like very hard ice cream. I then stuffed full some 00 sized what used to be weight loss pills. the moved them to the fridge. I filled one half way up and just took it about 35 minutes ago and im just starting to feel it kick in. Im soooo excited, for my first time cooking with bud, i think i did a very good job. ill have an update tomorrow with pics.

so then Im guessing the temps of 212 or 225 are optimal? which one exactly? I want to make a good batch. Maybe 212 for making oil for brownies, and 225 for extract...

sorry about the delay on pictures, but here they are... I did not get an pictures of the process(ill get some next time around) The orange pills are 00 and filled on the long and short side, packed to full capacity. The one red one left is a little smaller but still packed up tightly. Last night i took one orange and two reds, it took about an hour and a half to feel any thing, but it was not like a "trip" or anything, i would compare it to a Xanax bar or maybe two. It was a very very good pain killer after a LOOOOOONG day at work. i felt like i weighed 400lbs:D i could not move. it may have been the oil i used, as it was only 60% saturated fat and it was refined. Im going to buy some extra virgin next tiime and get a better thermometer.

Also a little 4-20-08 sac i just picked up;) some Purple Erkel :)

Hey everyone man all these makeshift recipe's no proper records
of time and temperature. everyone's recipe is different :wtf:
I have been a chef a long time and time and temperature are
crucial when cooking anything!!!! I have been reading all the recipe's in this forum and what a big mess! very confusing :(
what info I have gathered looks to be that
<lowNslow> [175*/24hrs] will make a narcotic couchlock buzz <hotNfast> [325*/5min]+[175*/1hr] will give the giddyNgo buzz
I read that the resin heads do not melt until 280*!! so I agree with
masterwu on hitting over 280* for atleast 5 min. I wouldn't go much longer than 5 min, unless you have a sealed pressurized air tight container(threaded beaker/flask) to bake in, so you donot loose any vapor. MasterWu experimented the other day and made his recipe but left out heating @325* for 5 min and only heated it to 200*, when he tried it the buzz was nowhere near as potent as his recipe and more of a couchlock buzz. He wasn't very happy!! But then had a brainfart! and went and added more RUM to it and heated it up 325* for 5 min and walla it all cameback and he saved his Gd, He was mucho happy!! :D and he proved it needed heat!! but not too much heat now remember Quote "[THC vaporizes at about 380°F]" Covert before Extraction :dance:
ok I'm getting lost on what I am talking about know too much misinformation!! This one guy I know says he cooks his butter in a crockpot on warm(175*) for 4 days!! Says it comes out good
he doesn't wash it, just a light strain. oh ya I haven't had my meds yet today just min brb :jointsmile: ok I so made some butter yesterday and it just finished (24hr)will try it tommorrow.
This is what I did I clarified 1lb of butter.Then I measured out half of [email protected] I ground up 1/2oz put it in my pyrex measure cup and put it in my crockpot on warm(175*) came back here and started reading recipe's for awhile(2hrs), Then i got confused,and I decided to put some water in it(150ml) and raise the temp to
225* like the recipe I just read said too I was going have too keep flipin the temp switch between High and Low to keep it
@225* cause that is how the recipe said todo big mistake! ok so its on high and I come sit down start surfin web reading recipes puff a smoke and I started to smell the butter ...oh crap I forgot to go turn it down, I go look and its @310* it looked kinda brown
and all of the water was gone :( so I kooled down rite away and set temp back to warm @ (175*) (I did not replace water)and let it cook till today(24hrs). I did a very Light strain on it and put it in a jar in fridge as I want all of the thc the stuff I strained will be
eatin no waste! The little bit I tasted good I will try some soon making cookies ok I am going to go make them .....:thumbsup:

I think these might be good guidelines for canna cooking
<lowNslow> [175*/24hrs] will make a narcotic couchlock buzz
<hotNfast> [325*/5min]+[175*/1hr] will give the giddyNgo buzz
I might have to adjust the guidelines what do you guys think....

Sorry for the late reply- my wifes pc has a trojan. We've made a couple of successfull batches but there were so many changes made at once that it is difficult to tell which changes had te greatest effect.

First and most importantly- I used a Crock Pot, and to date it has been the only cooking appliance that's worked.

Another Important conclusion I drew was that it's important for the weed to be EXTREMELY well ground. The batch of this stuff we made that worked the best for us was ground up with an electric coffee grinder. My wife did a second batch later in the week with 'headies' (20 bucks a gram) but used our hand grinder thingy, and the final product wasn't anywhere near as good as the batch we made the first time. You want the weed to be so ground up it's like a fluffy pile of powdered sugar or something. Just put it in the grinder and leave it on until it all looks like kief. It will be somehat tough to remove, but with a little practice I learned to clear out 95% of the stuff from the grinder with a single circular swoop using the long flat edge of a book of matches.

The negative is that although I was finally successfull, I didn't really save any weed. I used mobyones advice and used about .5tsp of oil and added about a half gram of weed. I ended up adding almost another half gram to get the consistency correct (according to him) for a total of almost 1 gram of weed used. I simmered it, and the color didn't look right so we coked it a bunch more. My candy thermometer broke and I didn't keep good records so I have no clue what I did right. My wife and I split half of it, and after about three hours split the other half because we weren't satisfed. We smoked a couple of times and gave up but after almost six hours of waiting, we were the highest we'd been in years! But not a huge savings on the weed though.

I'm going to have to try to make the original recipe now that I've switched to the crock pot (~225F oil temperature when hot btw) for all my cooking needs, and report the results. And for everyone else; as soon as I can spare the time and buds, I plan on cooking four batches simultaneously for a set time. I'm thinking like 3.5-4 hours. Each seperate batch will have the same constant .5g in it- but I will do 1tsp of oil in one, .5tsp of oil in another... .25tsp... and .125tsp. I'll have to test one a night, and record my results as closely as I can, but I'm hoping to figure out the best cook time and the 'magic ratio' that will at least work for me...

-Mark

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Originally Posted by veggii

Hey everyone man all these makeshift recipe's no proper records
of time and temperature. everyone's recipe is different :wtf:
I have been a chef a long time and time and temperature are
crucial when cooking anything!!!! I have been reading all the recipe's in this forum and what a big mess! very confusing :(

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Hi veggi and welcome to the thread (I think),

If the criticisms above are directed at the recipe forum in general, then I can understand (and can share) some of your frustration as to the amount of contradictory information contained within it. However, if you're referring to the contributions in this thread, then I must take issue with some of your your comments and the way you've expressed them.
As a chef, I would have expected you to have an appreciation and awareness of the temperature margins and variations that people using differing domestic ovens and crock pots are likely to encounter.
For example, the average oven set at 250 degrees F will vary quite dramatically depending on make, model, age, size and a whole host of other factors. A swing of 30 degrees F in either direction wouldn't be considered at all exceptional, but could well be the difference between a success or a failure.

One other point worth considering. Weed/hash (sadly) doesn't come packaged with a label indicating it's origin, sell by date or THC percentages (if only), so unfortunately we're in a position where the main ingredient used might contain anything from 5% to 25% THC. Therefore, two people might follow the same recipe, using the same techniques, even the same equipment, and still end up with wildly different results.

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Originally Posted by veggii

I read that the resin heads do not melt until 280*!!

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I'd re-check that figure, I think you'll find that the THC boils at 280 and above, but in actual fact the resin heads 'melt' from around 125 to 170 degrees F.

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with the cannabutter you've made, and any other observations you have from a chefs perspective. Although it might be a better idea for you to start a separate thread though, as this ones predominately about making capsules and is pretty long already.

Cheers flame :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by mspofford032579

First and most importantly- I used a Crock Pot, and to date it has been the only cooking appliance that's worked.

Another Important conclusion I drew was that it's important for the weed to be EXTREMELY well ground. The batch of this stuff we made that worked the best for us was ground up with an electric coffee grinder. My wife did a second batch later in the week with 'headies' (20 bucks a gram) but used our hand grinder thingy, and the final product wasn't anywhere near as good as the batch we made the first time.

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Hi again mspofford

Glad to hear you're getting improved results. A crock pot is definitely the way forward. You can still get inconsistencies from model to model etc, but they're 'generally' more reliable from a temperature point of view than a regular oven.

I'm looking forward to reading how you get on with the other batches.
If you get the chance, keep a record of temps and times, and most importantly 'field reports' for the effects, type and duration of the high. Should be useful info all round.

Good work! :jointsmile:

The only coffee grinder I have is a burr grinder. Will that work, or is it going to be too hard to clean out?

i have a plant that is in the flowering stage. But the lower half of the plant has small leaves and branches. The leaves are curving under and some of the upper leaves are two. The leaves are green to dark green in color. there is no yellow leaves what do you think