shishkaboy
Well-Known Member
Lets do some experimenting and really find out the minimum time/temps. so we can keep our flavors.
Any decarboxylation experience is welcome.
I had always made edibles by boiling the trim in water and butter on low heat for 6-12 hours, until I recently learned about decarboxylation. I even made a recent batch of brownies by just cooking some butter and water with the trim on a double boiler for 4 hours. It took about 2 brownies to notice an effect and they made you very sleepy.
Since I still had 3 sticks of cannabutter left and had acquired a non contact infrared thermometer, I figured I could cook the butter on low-medium heat till it reached 250 and hold it there for 27 min. After it reached about 250 it started bubbling for about 8 min., during the 8 min the temp went up to about 280 max and 245 min. I just waited until all the bubbles were gone.
This proved to me 2 things,
1)That there was actually THCA in the butter
2) I had been doing things wrong.
This all has led me to wonder how long it actually takes to extract the thca into the butter. I am setting upp tjis experiment in order to find out.
Since I have a fresh stick of butter and a about 10 grams of sugar trim, I plan on cooking the trim in the 1 stick of butter on a double boiler for 1 hour and then cooking the butter at 250 until it stops bubbling. Next I will recook the same trim in the same decarbed butter and re decarb it. If it bubbles again, I will know that more thc was absorbed. I can keep doing this to see how long/much it takes to full charge one stick of butter.
Here is a pic of the brownies with some decarbed chocolate on the top and strawberries with decarbed chocolate.
Any decarboxylation experience is welcome.
I had always made edibles by boiling the trim in water and butter on low heat for 6-12 hours, until I recently learned about decarboxylation. I even made a recent batch of brownies by just cooking some butter and water with the trim on a double boiler for 4 hours. It took about 2 brownies to notice an effect and they made you very sleepy.
Since I still had 3 sticks of cannabutter left and had acquired a non contact infrared thermometer, I figured I could cook the butter on low-medium heat till it reached 250 and hold it there for 27 min. After it reached about 250 it started bubbling for about 8 min., during the 8 min the temp went up to about 280 max and 245 min. I just waited until all the bubbles were gone.
This proved to me 2 things,
1)That there was actually THCA in the butter
2) I had been doing things wrong.
This all has led me to wonder how long it actually takes to extract the thca into the butter. I am setting upp tjis experiment in order to find out.
Since I have a fresh stick of butter and a about 10 grams of sugar trim, I plan on cooking the trim in the 1 stick of butter on a double boiler for 1 hour and then cooking the butter at 250 until it stops bubbling. Next I will recook the same trim in the same decarbed butter and re decarb it. If it bubbles again, I will know that more thc was absorbed. I can keep doing this to see how long/much it takes to full charge one stick of butter.
Here is a pic of the brownies with some decarbed chocolate on the top and strawberries with decarbed chocolate.
Your brownies and strawberries look delicious! I am going to have to watch your decarb video on my phone though, my computer keeps freezing it on me. 
