Making cannabutter
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Budzbuddha
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Jules1976
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Thanks budz again
WhereInTheHellAmI
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Thats a weak ass recipe
Dank Bongula
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I personally do not use water. After decarbing my ounce, I put the weed in a crockpot with the melted butter and a tablespoon of raw honey on low and let it go like 5-6 hours. Shit is good!
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StareCase
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That is more like it for a full pound of butter. 10 grams is good for 250 ml. of oil.
I'll use the stove top and a double boiler on MIN for at least 4 hours - but I have never tried it with a tbsp. of honey. I'll give that a shot next time.
ComfortCreator
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I still am not sure how, when or why so many people have "learned" that it takes hours to decarb in the oven etc etc.
Double boiler. 30 minutes with cannabis and butter in the smaller pot floating in the larger pot of water.
30minutes with water boiling, strain through fine mesh, done.
Worried that "science" teaches a precise temp and time? Fine! Leave it going for an hour if you want, it makes little difference.
That is it. All the oven time and slow cooking etc just makes it taste like sxxx and does nothing. I have no idea how or why it became so popular to cook it for hours.
30 minutes.
I've done it for 30 years, this is no broscience.
The issue people have is not realizing what they are doing. Buds are always tops but you still break them up to decarb. If you left them whole, sure a decarb could takes hours but why would you? The only point is to separate the thc and terps out and get as much of it as possible so you can make edibles.
Purity of final product is a factor of what goes in and how well you filter what comes out. And if purity is critical than dont make butter from straight cannabis, first concentrate it.
Double boiler. 30 minutes with cannabis and butter in the smaller pot floating in the larger pot of water.
30minutes with water boiling, strain through fine mesh, done.
Worried that "science" teaches a precise temp and time? Fine! Leave it going for an hour if you want, it makes little difference.
That is it. All the oven time and slow cooking etc just makes it taste like sxxx and does nothing. I have no idea how or why it became so popular to cook it for hours.
30 minutes.
I've done it for 30 years, this is no broscience.
The issue people have is not realizing what they are doing. Buds are always tops but you still break them up to decarb. If you left them whole, sure a decarb could takes hours but why would you? The only point is to separate the thc and terps out and get as much of it as possible so you can make edibles.
Purity of final product is a factor of what goes in and how well you filter what comes out. And if purity is critical than dont make butter from straight cannabis, first concentrate it.
StareCase
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No - the decarbing part is done after only 45 minutes in a 220 degree oven. It's steeping the decarbed weed in melted butter that takes hours. Since you asked, here is how I learned.
In the fall of 2019, a late October weekend became Cannabutter-palooza. One of the more enjoyable benefits of Mrs. Starecase being gone for a ladies weekend. (Yes, she did come back) So it was some NCAA College football then some NHL hockey on the Saturday followed by the usual fall Sunday NFL blitz - all while making six different batches of cannabutter.
- Two batches steeped for 1 hour - one batch using 14 grams then one batch using 28 grams.
- Two batches steeped for 2 hours - one batch using 14 grams and one batch using 28 grams.
- Two batches steeped for 4 hours - one batch using 14 grams and one batch using 28 grams.
All of the batches were made with flower from the most recent cured Red Diesel strain so there was no difference in the bud used. I did not mix and match different flowers. Each batch was made with 1 lb. of Nielson butter so there was no mixing and matching of the butter used either.
Decarbing was done in the same Pyrex casserole dish ... the bud were cut apart using the same scissors ... steeping was done in the same saucepan ... on the same burner on the stove ... the casserole dish, scissors and saucepan were all washed between batches. That might seem a little over the top - but I wanted to maintain complete uniformity of all aspects so that it was a fair test. And I was a bit stoned too!
Of all the 6 batches, I found that the butter that went through the 4 hour steep with the 28 decarbed grams worked the best. Cannabutter-palooza 2019 was how I learned.
ComfortCreator
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If you grind the bud up, it will decarb in 30 minutes. If you feel that keeping it whole and cooking it for 4 hours makes a better result than go for it!No - the decarbing part is done after only 45 minutes in a 220 degree oven. It's steeping the decarbed weed in melted butter that takes hours. Since you asked, here is how I learned.
In the fall of 2019, a late October weekend became Cannabutter-palooza. One of the more enjoyable benefits of Mrs. Starecase being gone for a ladies weekend. (Yes, she did come back) So it was some NCAA College football then some NHL hockey on the Saturday followed by the usual fall Sunday NFL blitz - all while making six different batches of cannabutter.
- Two batches steeped for 1 hour - one batch using 14 grams then one batch using 28 grams.
- Two batches steeped for 2 hours - one batch using 14 grams and one batch using 28 grams.
- Two batches steeped for 4 hours - one batch using 14 grams and one batch using 28 grams.
All of the batches were made with flower from the most recent cured Red Diesel strain so there was no difference in the bud used. I did not mix and match different flowers. Each batch was made with 1 lb. of Nielson butter so there was no mixing and matching of the butter used either.
Decarbing was done in the same Pyrex casserole dish ... the bud were cut apart using the same scissors ... steeping was done in the same saucepan ... on the same burner on the stove ... the casserole dish, scissors and saucepan were all washed between batches. That might seem a little over the top - but I wanted to maintain complete uniformity of all aspects so that it was a fair test. And I was a bit stoned too!
Of all the 6 batches, I found that the butter that went through the 4 hour steep with the 28 decarbed grams worked the best. Cannabutter-palooza 2019 was how I learned.
It is not a hash making process where you will get lots of impurities if you grind it. It is a quick grind to turn it into shake so it can dissolve. Can be eaten as is or baked into any number of items.
The longer it cooks, the more terps get burned off. I have oven baked it, baked it for hours, double boiled for hours, let it simmer forever...30 years of making them and I have never found a better process.
weedstoner420
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I make coconut oil instead of butter and have been decarbing right in the oil the last several batches I've made. I actually read about it on here somewhere...just heat the oil/bud mixture up to 240F, keep it there for 45 to an hour. I use a meat thermometer to check the temp but you can basically tell when it's done because bubbles will start to form, and they stop when it's fully decarbed.
I want to say you retain more terps doing it that way too but I have no evidence to back it up.
I want to say you retain more terps doing it that way too but I have no evidence to back it up.
ComfortCreator
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I like this way too. Maintaining the temp can be challenging.
weedstoner420
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My crockpot on high seems to hold it around 250 so I just go with that. Works out well enough for me...
Dank Bongula
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I've never known anyone to not at least break the bud up into small nugs for decarbing.