Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
BTW, in another post you said you dont think that processes after the extraction will change very much the quality of the high... well... i think it depends... for example, the isomerization i mentioned was done after the extraction of the hash oil. Also, it doesnt convert only THCA in THC (what is done in the decarboxilation or curing of the weed), but almost everything (including CBD, CBN, etc) to THC, so if you do it with a indica, for example, it will become more sativa-like. I think you already reported it... saying that the high was more clear... i dont remember well... the hash is still in my mind... anyway... the best way to know for sure is do the experiment. For the progress of the science, of course! :thumbsup::rastasmoke:
I'm not sure why I said I thought cooking the green dragon after extraction would not change the high that much --- it's too early to tell. My first experiment when I took a full one-ounce shot of the green dragon liqueur and cooked it for an hour in lemon juice did give a very VERY strong high with some strange visual effects. At the time I couldn't tell if it was any different from the uncooked green dragon liqueur, bacause a one-ounce shot is such a strong dose that you would get really high anyway. But looking back on my posts from that experiment, I did think it might be different, mostly because of the visual effects. That is why it is so importatnt for weed scientists to take careful notes!

My second experiment was to cook a half-ounce shot (this time without the lemon juice). I guess I didn't think it had changed the high much because it was a relatively mild high, but that is what you would expect from a half-ounce dose. That was the whole point of the smaller dose --- so I wouldn't get so high that I couldn't tell the difference! Maybe I was just disappointed in being less high than I wanted, but I should remember I did it for a reason.

So it is too soon to tell. I still need to do a half-ounce shot uncooked, and a half ounce shot cooked with the lemon juice. The problem is that I am busy enough with other things that I can't just get high all the time! So I need to find a good amount of time whan I can try the other two variations and still pay attention to the effects for the whole time. The best thing would be to be able to try them all one day after another, so I could be sure to remember details from one time to the next, but I'm not able to do that.

The other thing I wonder about is if cooking the green dragon or using the lemon juice would have more of an effect if some of the other factors were different. For example, I'm starting off with pretty good weed, so maybe the processing would be more important if I was starting off with a lower grade. I'm not sure the strain of the weed, but it does not seem to have a strong stoney couchlock stone when you smoke it --- it's more of a nice sativa-type high already. So maybe if I was starting with indica it would make more of a difference. Also, I do the decarboxylization step in the oven --- so maybe if I was skipping that, cooking it later would be more important. And I already cook it for a little bit longer during the extraction than Master Wu does. So maybe I'm already doing some isomerization.

Anyway, don't worry! I will complete the experiement! I have devoted my life to science and will not stop experimenting until I discover the truth!