mannurse801
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Yeah, at 250, you still need to bake it for a good 15 min. Did you pread it out on a cookie sheet, or just all packed together? It has to be speard out, and end up really crispy...
Heating Weed Before Tincture??!
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Then I will have to do that your way and see how it goes. I recall the first time having it spread out but still kind of clumped together and not on a cookie sheet. And, again, for much less than 10 minutes.
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Mannurse801 is exactly right. THC vaporizes at 100c or 212f, however THC-acid begins to decarboxylate at only 50c or 122f (which is the temperature of tap water at its hottest).
I've just been using a heating pad which max's out at 120 something degrees, and allowed my tincture to cure on it for 6 weeks. I plan on storing the reduced tincture as-is (to preserve the integrity of the less volatile cannabinoids and terpenes) in a cool, dark place. When I need an eyedropper bottle of tincture, I'll simply pour a couple of oz of tincture in a container and boil in a water bath @ 200f for 15 min and then slowly top out @ 225f (25-30 min total). By that point all THC-acid will be decarboxylated and active. Add a couple drops of grape seed extract, lime, lemon, I would imagine anything acidic is good to help dissolve the particles thoroughly.
The vancouver recipe is for patients, but for recreational use, the lower temperatures will produce a more lively buzz, rather than a sleepy, dreamy buzz. Kind of like if you were to smoke resin, which produces a droned out and sleepy buzz; different effects at different temperatures. Lately, I clean my pipes in pure grain alcohol, and make bed-time tinctures out of resin, stems, sifted (to leave behind green/partially burnt flakes) ash and small leaves... Nothing goes to waste!
Hope this helps!
weedman602
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I currently have a tincture in the making ( Day 3 ), I am using bacardi 151 which is 75% (750ML) and i put about 42+ grams in.
I didn't heat up anything, So I was wondering will this affect the end product and did I waste my time?
I didn't heat up anything, So I was wondering will this affect the end product and did I waste my time?
stealthb2000
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Heating in the oven changes the color, there is a name for this, and it enhances the potency for about 5 hours or so. This is what I am told. I use a vaporizer, set it at 250 degrees, attach a vacuum pump to the glass in place of the whip, pack herb in the glass tube semi tight, using a wooden dowel. I keep the herb back from the heater end of the glass tube, 1/2 to 3/4 inch to prevent the herb from igniting. I turn the vacuum pump on, run it until the glass reaches around 120 to 130 degrees. Keep an eye on the herb if you go to 130 degrees, this is close to the point of ignition, but going here gets all the potency out. At this point the herb is dry and hard inside the glass tube. It has also changed color. Now I don't know about the five hour thing, but my herb has gone through this process and is potent for weeks after I vaporized it. The darker the green the herb is the more potent it is with this process. I have been to Vietnam smoked real Thai stick, and this process has taken me as close to Thai as I have ever come before. Try it it works wonders. This process will make great hash, you can crumble the herb to a dust with your fingers, or leave as it is when you pick it out of the glass tube. I use a stainless steel knitting needle, to pick and push the herb out of the glass after my process.
I forgot to mention my friends call me Mr. Vapor see another vapor I created. You Tube, White Gasoline Vapor, by iambillythekid. Read everything.
I forgot to mention my friends call me Mr. Vapor see another vapor I created. You Tube, White Gasoline Vapor, by iambillythekid. Read everything.
