I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or just not using enough weed.
I’ve tried making cannabutter before but it’s a ton of work and all I get is a mild buzz. I’m experienced smoker with high tolerances but people have said that this shouldn’t be a factor with edibles because the active ingredient is different when it’s processed by your liver. This doesn’t seem true on my experience.
I don’t care about taste - I just want to get high. Yesterday I made ‘firecrackers’ with 1g of grinded bud that I had decarbed in 120C (240f) for 40 minutes. I had it covered with foil and was monitoring the temperature with electric thermometer. I then sprinked this on top of a cracker with peanut butter on it and covered it with another one. Again - after an hour I realized I was somewhere at [3] which I could’ve achieved by just smoking a joint with half of that amount of weed.
What gives?
Make cannaoil capsules. That way you can find the dose that works for you. I had a similar issue when making edibles in the past. Now I just eat however many caps I think it will take.
Dosage is not really the issue here. It’s that I have no idea what’s the correct way of making them and not lose half of the THC in the progress. For decarbing the weed for example, when I ask 10 different people how to do it I’m getting 10 different answers.
Cooking is more art than science. Everyone’s experience with learning how to cook with cannabis slightly differs. So does their understanding of the process in general.
So yeah you’ll hear 10 different slightly different ways to do things like decarb. Is it 230f or 240f? 45 minutes or an hours? Nobody really knows the exact perfect digits, i think. I believe the world works in averages. So the details tend to not matter as much as some think. Pick the method that seems best for you with the appliances you have on hand and do the best you can. If you keep at it and do the process over and over you’ll nail the extraction better each time.
I personally trust this guide video for making cannabutter. The tek was developed by a real weed cooking scientist and the resulting butter made was sent to be lab tested for active thc.
It won the competition over other tested teks with highest thc. So thats some points for legitimacy in my mind.
I can vouch that if you follow the decarb step in that guide you will end up with nicely activated herb. Here’s the text version in case you don’t want to watch a YouTube vid.
For what its worth, I began with cooking butter over a stovetop in a saucepan with decarbed herb. Its very hands on and you need to watch the simmer.Then I did the crock pot tek with coconut oil with this method and I’m telling you its the way to go. Never messing with a sauce pan again just turn the crock pot on low and stir every hour.