school me on decarbing and tincture

[Ckbrew]

This is part of a set of lab glass and instruments. They fit together in many different configurations, there are more parts than are being used here. By changing the setup I can filter, concentrate, recover solvent, make tinctures, oil infusions, decarb cycles and more. It takes advantage of physical parameters such as temperature, pressure, agitation to facilitate extraction clean and efficient.

[grouchyoldman]

Cool Beans! Is that your own design?

Does your setup perform the same function as the Source Turbo by ExtractCraft?

-Grouchy

[Ckbrew]

Not really a fan of gadgets like this, but if it works for you go for it. Decarb has been covered well in previous posts. As far as the burn goes, that is the ethanol. Remove the ethanol, remove the burn, or dilute it with something. Once you concentrate your extract, your product can be used to make other products like butter, coconut oil, MCT oil, chocolate, bacon grease, suppositories, glycerine tincture, gummies, and so on. If you concentrate and let the ethanol boil off, this is a fire hazard, and will get expensive. That is why I prefer a system that will recover the ethanol. This is what I use:

[grouchyoldman]

What those more experienced guys said.... OR, maybe concentrate it down by boiling off some of the alcohol (carefully) then mix it with a carrier like coconut oil for your preferred potency.

I'm a complete novice in tincturology, but that's what I'm trying to do with my first batch. In fact, my first try resulted in a pleasant tasting oil that has absolutely no noticeable THC effects! Damnit!

Perhaps one of our Concentrate experts can offer more specifics/troubleshooting?

[MagicMike66]

I just put my lightly ground buds in the oven at 120c for 30 mins. Works every time. Makes your house smell amazing in the process

[YYCannabis]

I enjoy a hot beverage as my mix. In particular, a French vanilla mix. If you add your tincture to a really hot beverage, a lot of the alcohol will evaporate in the first few minutes. 👍

[Puglover1]

Put it in a drink? Kool-Aid, juice, apricot or mango nectar ... something to dilute the burn, the tincture will still work. Chug it down.

[quirk]

I'm with bboyfromwayback. I use yogurt and throw in .5 gram decarbed bud to kick it up a notch (36mgThc/cup). It's my whole plant approach to healthier living.

[bboyfromwayback]

We mix it into rice pudding or regular pudding cups. 1-2 droppers depending on strength of your tincture. My wife prefers chocolate pudding, says she can’t taste the tincture that way.

[Dieselgrower]

so I made my tincture,see why they say green dragon!! i drop under the tongue burns but the wife dont like it , pretty hot! . whats a good mixer? I did 2 cups of 190 and 40 gram s of bud? something to take off the burn

[bboyfromwayback]

That makes complete sense👍🏻

[quirk]

YYCannabis. The reason I don't grind before decarb is because I want the trichomes dissolved in my tincture, not left in my grinder.

[Dieselgrower]

ok cool. good info thanks

[bboyfromwayback]

Should be, just keep the temps low. The MB decarb box came with more instructions and a chart that I haven’t seen anywhere else that made sense. They have you do a dry run first to calibrate your oven, that’s when I realized our oven runs hot (about 35 degrees over) which cause me to over cook my first batch. 1oz of BB that high grade test at 23% thc and it completely blows your head when smoked turned into CBD. It’s great to just chill out I guess but I was hoping to keep the same buzz with the tincture. If you have a grill or bbq thermometer I’d use that to do a dry run first to see what temp your oven actually runs at then adjust accordingly when you decarb

[Dieselgrower]

cool thanks, so worried to just burn up 2oz of bud. am I save with a counter top oven?? just the wife and I no little ones just furry children so smell is no issue.