Making Hot Tincture. 325 seems Way Too Hot

so i am following a "hot" method that i found in a thread to make tincture. it says to bake the bud at 325 for 5 minutes. i had my bud in the oven for only a couple minutes and it looked liked some shit that just came out of my vaporizer. i would think that this would have caused me to lose a lot of the thc, what else was all that smoke? any thoughts or experience?

I would never do that again!. Never heard of the "HOT" method and I would stick with the "traditional" routine and go with that. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

it actually sounded pretty reputable when i was reading the thread about it but after i had already cooked it i read a few more pages and saw that the recommendation had changed to 225 for 30 instead.

Personally, I follow the recipe from cannabis alchemy. Preheat oven to 250F, put in herb and turn the oven off. After 15 minutes take it out.

Robert Paulson said:

so i am following a "hot" method that i found in a thread to make tincture. it says to bake the bud at 325 for 5 minutes. i had my bud in the oven for only a couple minutes and it looked liked some shit that just came out of my vaporizer. i would think that this would have caused me to lose a lot of the thc, what else was all that smoke? any thoughts or experience?

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Was it a recipe from that Tupac looking guy eric the ruler?

Negative Rep said:

Personally, I follow the recipe from cannabis alchemy. Preheat oven to 250F, put in herb and turn the oven off. After 15 minutes take it out.

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Then what? I have never heard of this method before. Seems like you'd just have some hot weed at that point lol

I made it with the "hot" method. Did 325 for 5 minutes followed by simmering alcohol bath for 30 minutes. Never done it before until now. Made it with diesel grain alcohol. Used about 2ozs of bud and some trim. 52 grams in 10 ounces of alcohol.
It makes me hungry and a bit tired. Not was I was looking for really.
I bet it will be great in some jello shots.

I was pretty disappointed with the final product. If i ever do this again i will definately use cooler temps in the oven. I think i will stick with just making butter. the butter i make is super potent, much better than this tincture. i'd rather eat a chunk of butter than take a sip of everclear too.

ya you did it wrong here is my tried and true method, spent about 2 years doing green dragon atleast 3 times a week. made it more than 100 times this is a tried and true perfected method:

Below is a write up I made a while back:



I have refined the recipe throughout years of research and years of trials

best strongest way to do it is take your buds about 8 - 9 grams to one of those 350ml bottles of everclear
so you take 8 gram grind it to dust, put it in a mason jar, put the mason jar with weed in it in the oven at exactly 225 deg f for 45min to 1 hour
this decarbs your weed 100% to make it all active
then take the jar and let it cool or it will shatter when you pour evercler in it
you can cool it fast with a fan if in a rush like i always am
then take a pot of water and put it on the stove just under boiling
fill up the correct amount of everclear into the jar of weed
leave a shot of ever clear in the bottle
take the jar put it in the pot of water and let the everclear boil, it boils at 170 deg f which is below the boiling point of water in your pot,
never leave it unattended and stir always. you can burn your house down its not a game so have a fire extingusher ready and watch it the whole time.

I am not responsible for any damages do this at your own risk.

let the everclear boil lightly for 30 min
remove the jar,
dump the contents of the jar in a mesh coffee filter the reusable kind and strain out the weed,
take the shot of evercler you left in the bottle and pour it over the weed in the filter to get any left over thc caught in the weed,

take your green dragon concentrate mix it with 35 - 50 % water to make it drinkable,

this will be very potent and tastes like complete shit so take it with a lot of chaser, beginners should not even take a half a shot at a time it may blast you into a nightmarish high for like 6 - 12 hours if you over do it,

this makes about 1 gram primo bud per shot, so half a shot is like eating 1/2 gram primo
im a pro and cant take more then 2.5 shots without freaking out
if you take too much and freak out the antidote is liquor or beer, it will make you calm down right away and allow you to enjoy the high.

tet1953 said:

Then what? I have never heard of this method before. Seems like you'd just have some hot weed at that point lol

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Marijuana produces THCA, an acid with the carboxylic group (COOH) attached. In its acid form, THC is not very active. It is only when the carboxyl group is removed that THC becomes psychoactive. When marijuana is smoked, the THC behind the hot spot is vaporized as the hot air from the burn is drawn through the joint or pipe bowl to the unburned material. The liquid THC and other cannabinoids have a boiling point of between 180-200* C (355-392* F). Before they turn gaseous, at around 106* C (220* F), the carboxyl group is released from the molecule as carbon dioxide and water vapor.

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More info: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2794.html

saving this one for harvest, never tried green dragon before