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

[Flameon]

Part 1 - Acknowledgements and thanks.

Iâ??d like to begin with a big thank you to weedhound and sickpup45 who inspired me to experiment with Cannabis Capsules in the first place, and to Opie Yutts who â??nudgedâ?? me into writing this â??step-by-stepâ?? tutorial for the forums. Cheers guys!

Secondly, Iâ??ve tried to keep this guide as simple as possible, but, as the box says â??Some assembly is requiredâ??, and therefore, this guide might not be suitable for everyone. It needs some ingredients to be measured (with a teaspoon), and the purchase of a few essential (and some optional) items.

Where possible, Iâ??ll include detailed descriptions of everything you might need, where to get it from and roughly how much it might cost etc.

To give you an idea of the unit cost (excluding the price of the weed), if you made 1000 capsules (enough for 1 person to remain high for a year!) the cost would be around $51 or £25 for the ingredients (oil/butter and capsules). Thatâ??s less than $0.05 cents or £0.03 pence each!

Including the cost of the weed (based on an average price of $15 or £7.50 a gram), youâ??re looking at around $1.30 or £0.65 per capsule (for caps made from hash or kief) or $1.90 or £0.95 pence (for caps made from prime bud).

Still reading? OK, here goes:

Hereâ??s what weâ??ll be making.

The following â??step-by-stepâ?? tutorial outlines the tools and techniques needed to convert quantities of bud, hash or keif into tasteless pill capsules that can be swallowed to give a measured dose of potent, active THC to the user.

For simplicity and economy weâ??ll just be using 1 gram of hash or kief (or, one and a half grams of bud) and making it into 12 cannabis capsules, each containing around 0.08 grams of activated THC.
As a guide:
1 capsule can be taken by medicinal users for strong pain relief.
2 capsules will give a regular smoker an intense 4 to 6 hour trip.
3 capsules (experienced tokers only) a 6 to 8 hour plus â??wild rideâ??.

To make larger quantities of capsules simply increase the ingredients pro-rata.
i.e. To make 24 pills just double everything, for 48 double everything again and so on.

Flameon Reviewed by Flameon on 11-12-2007. Cannabis Capsules â?? A step-by-step guide. Part 1 - Acknowledgements and thanks. Iâ??d like to begin with a big thank you to weedhound and sickpup45 who inspired me to experiment with Cannabis Capsules in the first place, and to Opie Yutts who â??nudgedâ?? me into writing this â??step-by-stepâ?? tutorial for the forums. Cheers guys! Secondly, Iâ??ve tried to keep this guide as simple as possible, but, as the box says â??Some assembly is requiredâ??, and therefore, this guide might not be suitable for everyone. It needs some Rating: 5

[Flameon]

Hey, that sounds like good news.
If you want to try a 'sample' test run first, just use 0.5 of a gram (after the stems have been removed) and a level teaspoon of oil.
It'll make enough for about 4 or 5 caps.

Should be a good indicator if you've cracked the method without risking too much 'green'.

[BlazinINthe617]

I filled the capsuls with the oil and a little bit of the gunk that was left over in the bottem of the coffe cup that i used, i took 1 and nouthing happend so i took some more(6 in total) after 2 hours of feeling nouthing but a little light headdness, i did everything u said to do unless i was supposta put the gunk in with the oil, please let me know. I havnt givin up ether i will continue to try this untill i get it right!


Thanks

[medman12]

I'm gonna try this recipe this weekend. I have the 00 gelatin capsules and have a question. Right now the capsules separate easily. What do I need to do to them after i have the oil in them to get them to stay shut?

[mspofford032579]

Hi mspofford032579, how's it going?

Good Actually I've had a couple of more successful batches- I'll go into detail in another post.

By the way, love the idea about using a coffee warmer [SNIP] You're quite right about NOT using a USB powered cup warmer though, those things are only designed to keep the temperature at around 50/60 degrees Centigrade - too low for our purposes.
But the 'hot plate' of a coffee machine might well be hot enough??

Exactly. In the states (not sure about the UK) there's a brand called 'Mr Coffee' and they sell Just the warming plate as an accessory. (see links below). Anyway- The specs say it operates at 212F/100C so it would be perfect...

Mr. Coffee Mug Warmer - MWBLK : Target
Accessories - Mug Warmer - MWBLK - Mr. Coffee

suspect that a) the weed wasn't quite as finely ground as it needed to be,

Ground to dust with an electric coffee grinder.

b) the temperature was too low to dissolve, break down and melt the plant material and THC into your oil .

Exactly the problem. I think (fingers crossed). I used a crock pot and it's been working! Still problems though... It's sweet and sour. I'll go into more detail in a future post when I'm not so wasted on a batch of these things... I need to make adjustments because they don't seem to be 'saving' me any weed, and I don't consider myself to he a HEAVY stoner (anymore that is). Stay tuned because I'll probably post a bunch tonight or tomorrow...:stoned:

[Rock.Steady]

AWESOME AND THANK YOU!
I will try this after a nice harvest.

[MVP]

You can get empty capsules at a local healthfood store like Wild Oats, Whole Foods Market, or maybe even GNC.

[ehokid]

Im thinking about trying this method tomorrow. Ive had good success making green dragon 3 or 4 times so I'm having good feelings about this. I was wondering if you know of any chain stores that sold the capsules like CVS or Walgreens. Id like to be able to buy them tomorrow and not have to wait for the internet.

[Flameon]

The essential cookery â??Equipmentâ??:

1. A Slow Cooker (see the first picture). Also known as a â??Crock Potâ?? in the States.

Or:

A medium sized pan, a mixing bowl and a lid (see the second picture), and some hot water.

2. A quantity of size 00 Gelatine Capsules. They can be bought from some pharmacies, health food shops or online in quantities of 100+ (see third picture).

3. A teaspoon (hopefully everyone will have one of these).

The essential cookery â??Ingredientsâ??:

Either: 1 gram of good Hashish (not soap bar).
Or: 1 gram of fine grained â??keifâ??.
Or: 1.5 grams of good â??Budâ?? (no stems, no seeds, or pointy leaves).

And: 7 grams (one and a half teaspoons) of Coconut oil or clarified butter*.


The optional cookery items:

A capsule holder to help when filling (see part 3).
A syringe or pipette to fill the caps with a measured dose of oil (see part 3).
A set of accurate measuring spoons (see part 3).


OK, assuming youâ??ve got access to a â??crock potâ?? (or a least a pan and a mixing bowl), and a little â??weedâ??, what else is required?

The other main essential items are the capsules to put your activated mixture in, and (possibly) a few other extras to help in the measuring and filling process, and thatâ??s it.

[Flameon]

The essential items:

Empty pill capsules come in several sizes, the ones I recommend are 00 sized, as the smaller ones are a little fiddly to make and donâ??t hold much, and the bigger sizes are a little hard to swallow.
Also, select only the Gelatine variety not the vegetarian ones as they can leak when exposed to fats and oils.
An internet search for â??empty 00 gelatine capsulesâ?? will no doubt give you a variety of sources. Expect to pay â??roughlyâ?? $3.00/£1.50 per 100.

Ideally, youâ??ll also need a jar (or tub) of Coconut oil, or failing that some clarified butter (or â??Gheeâ?? as itâ??s called in Asian cookery). If youâ??re struggling to find either, donâ??t panic, itâ??s easy to make your own Ghee using ordinary butter (Iâ??ll explain further on).

Coconut oil (solid depending on room temperature) can be bought from some health food shops and other specialist food stores.
Go for the â??extra virgin organic coconut oilâ?? if you can find it, as Itâ??s one of the safest oils to cook with, contains no â??trans fatsâ?? (unhealthy fat), is high in saturated fat, and most importantly is â??digestion friendlyâ?? (unlike certain other monounsaturated or polyunsaturated oils) meaning the THC can be absorbed easily by the stomach and liver, and therefore passed into the bloodstream to do its job without loss of potency.
Expect to pay between $7/£3.50 for a 200 gram jar. Enough for around 336 capsules, plus itâ??ll keep for years in the fridge.