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Psilosopher
Hi everyone.
I'm not overly experienced with the practice of making cannabutter, I whip some up occasionally to put all that ABV (already been vaped weed) I've been saving to good use.
I see that not everyone agrees on the duration at which the butter should be heated to extract all of the goodies though. Last time I made some I put my stove on medium instead of low (not a great practice) and mixed 30 grams of ground vaped bud with 2 sticks of butter (250g) and heated it while stirring for an hour or 5, maybe 6. The weed to butter ratio was about half of what is usually recommended at the bare minimum, but I figured I'd make mine a bit weaker since I had little experience with edibles at the time. I ended up not baking anything with the butter, but simply adding a small scoop of it to a mug of hot coco or simply melting it into other meals. I found the dosing was a bit precarious since a tiny teaspoonful was already enough to get me uncomfortably high at times, though once I was used to eyeballing it I found my sweet spot. I really can't imagine anyone eating edibles with multiple grams worth of pot per serving :shock:
Today, I'm making a fresh batch using the same ratios, but this time preparing it using lower heat for a longer duration, and adding water which is supposed to prevent the butter from scorching too easily and also separate some undesirables from the goodies at the end, as it can be poured off after the butter hardens in the fridge.
My main question though, is that a lot of people seem to disagree on the length of the butter extraction. A lot of sources say butter should be heated at least 24 hours, whereas I seemed to have good results last time with only 5-6 hours, which is considerably less. Since it was already quite potent to my tastes while I used half of what was advertised, I can't imagine much was left unextracted. I'm planning on doing around 12 hours at least this time. Would it be worth it to let the mixture sit overnight after those 12 hours and melt it again the next day to go for another 12 hours? I don't have any automatic tools to do this, so I pretty much have to watch and stir the mixture the entire day, which makes it a bit of a hassle.
Does anyone prepare their butter in less than 24 hours, and if not, is there really such a big difference in potency?
I'm not overly experienced with the practice of making cannabutter, I whip some up occasionally to put all that ABV (already been vaped weed) I've been saving to good use.
I see that not everyone agrees on the duration at which the butter should be heated to extract all of the goodies though. Last time I made some I put my stove on medium instead of low (not a great practice) and mixed 30 grams of ground vaped bud with 2 sticks of butter (250g) and heated it while stirring for an hour or 5, maybe 6. The weed to butter ratio was about half of what is usually recommended at the bare minimum, but I figured I'd make mine a bit weaker since I had little experience with edibles at the time. I ended up not baking anything with the butter, but simply adding a small scoop of it to a mug of hot coco or simply melting it into other meals. I found the dosing was a bit precarious since a tiny teaspoonful was already enough to get me uncomfortably high at times, though once I was used to eyeballing it I found my sweet spot. I really can't imagine anyone eating edibles with multiple grams worth of pot per serving :shock:
Today, I'm making a fresh batch using the same ratios, but this time preparing it using lower heat for a longer duration, and adding water which is supposed to prevent the butter from scorching too easily and also separate some undesirables from the goodies at the end, as it can be poured off after the butter hardens in the fridge.
My main question though, is that a lot of people seem to disagree on the length of the butter extraction. A lot of sources say butter should be heated at least 24 hours, whereas I seemed to have good results last time with only 5-6 hours, which is considerably less. Since it was already quite potent to my tastes while I used half of what was advertised, I can't imagine much was left unextracted. I'm planning on doing around 12 hours at least this time. Would it be worth it to let the mixture sit overnight after those 12 hours and melt it again the next day to go for another 12 hours? I don't have any automatic tools to do this, so I pretty much have to watch and stir the mixture the entire day, which makes it a bit of a hassle.
Does anyone prepare their butter in less than 24 hours, and if not, is there really such a big difference in potency?
