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

Hi Joe, I have not dropped by this thread for awhiile.

All I can tell you are my own experiences. I found coconut oil better than olive oil for several reasons.....the olive oil didn't seem to digest as well to me as the coconut oil (affecting potency) and didn't sit in the capsules as well.....tended to melt over time unless they were kept strictly in the fridge. I also tried peanut oil once (very thick) and was not happy with those results either......the lighter the oil the better. Stick with the coconut imhumbleo....it's cheap enough.

In regards to the slow cooker.....they are very cheap as well and will serve your needs perfectly many times over. Don't forget a candy/oil thermometer.. We set ours on high and once it hits 255F we switch to low power and cook overnite at that temp. Believe me, the extra time helps the potency in our opinion......but keep temps lows and a slow cooker is an excellent way to do that......(225F ideally)

Good luck.

lol my stove and ovens suck. They just don't have a stable temperature for 225 F. They both jump up higher than the temperature it is set for, and the calibration is supposed to be good. SO far the only thing I could really do is decarb it at 170 F in the oven.

Thanks for the quick reply. Just to confirm I made a list of what should be done and when. Does this seem accurate? (I wrote it myself :D)

1. Aquire all materials. Crock pot, A teaspoon, 00 Gelatine Capsules, Thermometer, and Herb.
2. Once aquired begin to prep for the cooking.
3. Turn crock pot on so the temperature is a constant 225 degrees (Keep a thermometer in there to continually check).
4. While Crock pot is heating up, Begin to 'clarify' butter, by following this link: How To Clarify Butter: Step-By-Step Tutorial With Photos
5. Another thing to do while the Crock pot is heating up is to grind the herb into a VERY fine powder (Coffee Grinder or Mortar and Pestal are the best).
6. Pour clarified butter ontop of the herb in a shot glass or other small tempered container (Egg cup or Coffee cup).
To know appropriate amounts of butter/herb use this chart:
250 Degrees for 3 hours in oven
1g to 1 Teaspoon
1.5g to 1 1/2 Teaspoons
1/8 to 1 Tablespoon
7. Let the herb and butter simmer at 225 degrees for at least 2 hours. As long as the temperature is constant it can be left overnight.
8. Put into a cup or tupperware until ready to be pilled.

OK , Stoners , here's the deal.
I 've read through this post and I am making some right now. I have done cannabutter before and it was rock solid. I used the crockpot and water method and the results were spot on. I cooked it for 12 hrs and it did smell up the house somewhat, so i have to think I was looseing some potency due to vapeing. I was concerned about high temps so I used the butter after straining and cooling in cookies ( low temps + quick cooking time). I still have a couple cookies left because everyone who tried them said 'f*ck that shit , its too strong' It was made with NL99 @50 days which can be trippy and paranoia inducing , IMHO. Maybe that was the 'problem' at any rate I thought it was a real Nantuckett Sleigh Ride , Whoooeee!
Sooo... that being said , I took some bud , pulverised it ,(combo nl99 ak47 Romulan + Skunk1, I have a runoff jar) took a joints worth - .4 grams and 4 grams of VCO , put it in a small glass cup. Put a Pizza Stone and pre-heated my oven and stone for 1 hour @235 using a themometer to double check my oven. The pizza stone will stablize the oven temps so there won't be any wild temp swings. You could also use a cast iron skillet ( the bigger the better ) think 'mass'. There is no pot smell,just faint coconut smell.
I am convinced that vco is better than butter due to its structure and the 'delivery system' that vco uses to deliver nutrision to the blood stream.
I only used a joints worth to see the effects that 1/3 of this cocoction will do, because a J of this would rip 3 people easily.
I might have to go out tonite socailly so I may have to delay liftoff till later tonite (Thurs. Nite football should be interesting.
I'm not going to make caps though, just want to see if this really more potent than smoking the same exact amount.

Oh yeah, my spelling sucks ( but you knew that)

joe somewhere in this thread or if you do a search of threads started by me there is a thread with pretty step by step instructions.....Hang on.....I'll pop it in because Flameon is a dear friend whom I'm sure won't mind. He's the one who REALLY got me expirementing with differnt techniques and times, etc etc....brb

http://boards.cannabis.com/concentra...ns-recipe.html

I've been tweaking variations of this for years.....thanks to Flameon and his original thread.....Huge props to him for all his knowledge and work with these. Being diagnosed with lung cancer, I no longer smoke ANYTHING so this is how I ingest my weed. My husband prefers cookies....but I love these capsules.

Weedhound, I was looking at your thread, nice job, how long do you cookit for?

Sorry W H , I see my answer - 3.5 hrs. mine has been going for 7 hrs gonna take it off now.

A complete body high....ended up watching 'The Grinch Stole Christmas. yeah it works. 2 people toasted - .35 grams, a joints worth.

And another one sold!! I can't thank Flameon enough for this recipe.!!