filtering rue & mimosa brews through bubble bags

[concombres]

I just had a thought about filtering & decabting the sediment from brews (rue, mimosa, acacia, etc. not caapi).
Why not use a bubble bag setup the same way you would with bubble hash?
Start with larger micron & work down.
Some sediment may still be too fine & make it's way through, but it seems like it would be much easier to run it through cotton filters with the largest sediment particles removed.

I havn't smoked hash or marijuana in years so i have no problem buying & dirtying up a bubble bag kit for use strictly with brewing.

 

[DiMoiTou]

Bubblebags are kind of expensive... It's not like you need to collect various sizes (and specific sizes) of these brewing sediments.
You can simply use a cloth: an old t-shirt, a kitchen cloth... and then a cotton filter or coffee filter.

 

[concombres]

Bubblebags are kind of expensive... It's not like you need to collect various sizes (and specific sizes) of these brewing sediments.
You can simply use a cloth: an old t-shirt, a kitchen cloth... and then a cotton filter or coffee filter.

:?: the point was that bubble bags catch finer sediment much better than a t-shirt & allow for liquid to flow through while grabbing all but the tiniest particles, rather than restricting flow & needing to repeatedly be replaced like cotton.

Seems like the time saved may be worth the money, especially if your using it to filter brews on a regular basis.

 

[GOD]

The point is that those bags are expensive and that useing them for filtering brews will kill them = If you let the mixture drop through naturaly it will take ages and the mixture has a good chance of going off or at least being contaminated in that time . The bags will get ruined because one has to wring / squeeze them out = The holes get damaged = the filter doesnt work properly anymore .

One can buy filters like that from wine or screen printing shops that are MUCH cheeper . General advice = KEEP AWAY FOM " HIPPY " SHOPS as all the things you need can be got much cheeper from other sources . That includes grow shops and a lot of the things in " smart " shops . For example a kilo of P.Harmala costs about 10 euros in an asian goods shop and all / most of the things in a grow shop can be bought much cheeper from a garden center .

You want it clean ......... IF and when the foto upload function here gets fixed i'll post you a picture of what it looks like when its been filtered . Instead of doing what you sugest do as was said = Use a t-shirt or something similar ...... and then put the mixture in a container and let it stand in the fridge = The bits you dont want fall to the bottom and it clears up ...... just like when one makes wine .

 

[concombres]

The point is that those bags are expensive and that useing them for filtering brews will kill them = If you let the mixture drop through naturaly it will take ages and the mixture has a good chance of going off or at least being contaminated in that time . The bags will get ruined because one has to wring / squeeze them out = The holes get damaged = the filter doesnt work properly anymore .

One can buy filters like that from wine or screen printing shops that are MUCH cheeper . General advice = KEEP AWAY FOM " HIPPY " SHOPS as all the things you need can be got much cheeper from other sources . That includes grow shops and a lot of the things in " smart " shops . For example a kilo of P.Harmala costs about 10 euros in an asian goods shop and all / most of the things in a grow shop can be bought much cheeper from a garden center .

You want it clean ......... IF and when the foto upload function here gets fixed i'll post you a picture of what it looks like when its been filtered . Instead of doing what you sugest do as was said = Use a t-shirt or something similar ...... and then put the mixture in a container and let it stand in the fridge = The bits you dont want fall to the bottom and it clears up ...... just like when one makes wine .

I have a decent brewing method figured out already & it works well.
I do know what a clean brew looks like, i've added the egg white tek before reduction & filtered with a shirt & fridge settled many times before.

I'm looking for a better way to filter.
I do appreciate the advice on avoiding grow shops & hippy shops though.

& i figured the liquid would flow through the bubble bags fairly quick but then again i've never actually used a bubble bag set & i'm assuming you have.

 

[GOD]

I've never used a bubble bag i used a filter bag from a wine makeing shop . The mesh is especialy for filtering and is good for sieveing hash .

I've done it a lot . The grease and sticky stuff in the mixture line the inside walls of the bag and block it up just like coffee filters . Holding the top of the bag and twisting it to force the liquid through is very inafective and also pushes slime and fine bits through it as well = They get blocked very quickly .

After filtering its orange red and the consistancy / thickness is like good sherry . Maybe i'm perverse but for me it tastes like chocolate mixed with whisky and not bitter at all .

 

[DansMaTete]

IF and when the foto upload function here gets fixed

What is the problem with the upload function ?

 

[GOD]

" What is the problem with the upload function ? "

Uploading and posting fotos doesnt work reliably / consistantly . Sometimes it works but mostly it either doesnt or it messes the foto up .

 

[DansMaTete]

Ohh, i never had problem with that yet.

Do you know, there are 2 ways to post a picture : attached (upload from your PC) or inserted (link to the pic hosted on the web). Hope it helps.

 

[marz]

You can find a 8 pice kit of bubble bags for cheep just look around there are some good off brands...

 

[concombres]

I've never used a bubble bag i used a filter bag from a wine makeing shop . The mesh is especialy for filtering and is good for sieveing hash .

I've done it a lot . The grease and sticky stuff in the mixture line the inside walls of the bag and block it up just like coffee filters . Holding the top of the bag and twisting it to force the liquid through is very inafective and also pushes slime and fine bits through it as well = They get blocked very quickly .

After filtering its orange red and the consistancy / thickness is like good sherry . Maybe i'm perverse but for me it tastes like chocolate mixed with whisky and not bitter at all .

Sounds like it's no good for sludgey brews then :thumb_dow

The slime pushing through thing reminds me of filtering cactus sludge :lol:

I may jusy have to go with a vaccum filtrarion setup with a good quality electric pump when i start brewing again.