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Tincture questions

YYCannabis

YYCannabis

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I’m going to try my hand at making a tincture with Everclear. I have some very good trim to use.
1) Should it be decarbed and ground up?
2) Fan leaves...I have some that have coated stems. Can I use the whole leaf? Or just the stem?

Cheers
YYC
 
Decarb, do not grind. Use the whole thing. I double bag in 250micron MaxLoom bags to contain material. Tinc is the best.
 

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Doesn't it kind of depend on what you want it to do? Decarbed vs not. Each will give different results. Some trichomes will vaporize in DC. Yeah?
 
Farmall YYCannabis - I combine etoh/cannabis after minimum 18hrs. in freezer, shake vigorously for 1 minute every 2hrs. over 8hrs. Remove and suspend over mouth of jar and let bag drip dry. Bags are MaxLoom stitchless
 

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Anything that is made to be an eatable mj product should be decarbed. I didn’t like the ethanol flavor in my tincture. I ended up boiling it all off and infusing mine in some PPG. Thought it tasted much better this way.
Good luck!!
 
I always decarb my trim befoe I cover it with EC. I try to disturb the trim as little as possible so the trichomes are integral--not ground up. And then I let it soak. Sometimes some weeks, sometimes months. Depends on if I'm being lazy or not.

I strain the tincture through almond milk bags (which I wash in dish soap and cold water, I leave soaking) and put it in amber dropper bottles (and some larger strorage bottles.)
 
YYCannabis While you may run the risk of introducing more than tasty(yuk) chlorophyll by adding the fan leaves, I do it when mine are truly coated with trichs but trim off sections of the leaves that don’t contain any. I have had really green alcohol wash as a result of extended contact with Everclear and was aggravated enough to say “f this” and left it in the freezer for another month. Then one day while looking through the freezer, I found the Erlenmeyer flask and it’s wash contents had turned a fabulous golden color...the waxes and sediment had settled out and it turned into a really fine extraction. As an edible component, you may not really care to much about the chlorophyll content where it won’t matter.

my initial introduction to tinctures was thru alltatup who is a supremely qualified alchemist and then, by exposure to extracts via alcohol. I’d learned how 3-5 minutes washes can work to my advantage by minimizing exposure to chlorophyll. On those micron bags...check Amazon. The sell quite a few different ones and then go read some tincture stuff at extractcrafter dot com.
 
alltatup. For any reason, I cannot think I can drink almond milk. Milk alone was never a strong draw either. This could be genetic...like some people with cilantro (which I love).

Years ago, I brought home some mini water melons that were YELLOW inside. Smelled great, tasted great but because of the yellow fruit, did not go down well MENTALLY . Milk has those same mental elements for me. Yes, I know it is the stuff funny ducks are made from 🤪
 
You can also strain with cheese cloth then filter with 2 coffee filters together. The top coffee filter will collect kief that can be dried and smoked later.
 
YYCannabis - 120 micron will do fine, as that's about the diameter of a trichome. I wouldn't go smaller. I use the 250 to allow for easier etoh flow through while shaking and drip drying. Just personal preference.
 
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