I want to give Sphere's tek a go, which was also Gibran's method of choice.
However, every reference I can find for the tek does not list the quantity of acetone to use when doing the initial 60 second chilled pulls. Does it matter? Is there an ideal quantity of acetone to work with to make the extraction easier or most efficient?
Other question: the above thread cites a loss of actives if one uses IPA to clean the chlorophyll from the from the salvinorin. However, as IPA chills, it becomes less soluble to salvinorin. Has anyone experimented with chilled IPA to wash away the chlorophyll after extracting? Is there a temperature to which you'd recommend chilling it? I would be willing to run two separate experiments and share to compare yields - theoretically, shouldn't chilled IPA minimize the loss of yield when washing this way? Again, from all the past threads I've managed to find, it looks like no one has tried this.
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Now I have a hypothesis. I'm quite fond of cannabis, and a lot of cool advances with cannabis (live, solventless, rosin, troches, etc.) have been made in regards to what one can purchase legally where I live. And every day I look at my salvia plants and wonder why has no one adapted some of these innovations to salvia? It's all about the trichomes, right?
In my experience with salvia, quidding fresh leaf produces an experience superior to dried. And many have hypothesized about other salvinorins or highly fragile compounds that may contribute to this effect. Assuming 10g fresh = 1g dry, I also need MUCH less fresh than dry to experience effects. Fresh is less dysphoric and more colorful. I really think there's something more than just salvinorin A to the quidding experience.
For a long time, in addition to dried leaves, I've also been collecting fresh leaves and freezing them. I would like to run two extractions, one of dry and one of fresh. (I will tinker first with the dried leaves because I have an abundance, before potentially wasting fresh.)
Liquid live resin cannabis carts are superior to distillate because the whole plant is first flash frozen. The end result is a product with absurdly higher terpene content. I want LLR salvia lozenges.
I've conducted other experiments with salvia with ethanol and had variable results, likely due to temperature of ethanol while tincturing because that affects salvinorin's solubility. I also had active lozenges that degraded in potency after a power outage spoiled the entire contents of my freezer. There seem to be a lot of variables in the salvia experience and I'd like to solve as many of these mysteries as I can.
I don't have a rosin press, but that would also be cool to play with. Some growers create top shelf solventless rosin by agitating the plant matter in an ice bath. I have no idea if or how this could be emulated in a home kitchen. But I may roam the planes forever as an angry ghost until someone can try all of this with salvia.
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If anyone could weigh in on the two chem questions above, I have endless amounts of salvia to experiment with. She is incredibly generous with her leaves. Thanks and I will report back!
However, every reference I can find for the tek does not list the quantity of acetone to use when doing the initial 60 second chilled pulls. Does it matter? Is there an ideal quantity of acetone to work with to make the extraction easier or most efficient?
Other question: the above thread cites a loss of actives if one uses IPA to clean the chlorophyll from the from the salvinorin. However, as IPA chills, it becomes less soluble to salvinorin. Has anyone experimented with chilled IPA to wash away the chlorophyll after extracting? Is there a temperature to which you'd recommend chilling it? I would be willing to run two separate experiments and share to compare yields - theoretically, shouldn't chilled IPA minimize the loss of yield when washing this way? Again, from all the past threads I've managed to find, it looks like no one has tried this.
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Now I have a hypothesis. I'm quite fond of cannabis, and a lot of cool advances with cannabis (live, solventless, rosin, troches, etc.) have been made in regards to what one can purchase legally where I live. And every day I look at my salvia plants and wonder why has no one adapted some of these innovations to salvia? It's all about the trichomes, right?
In my experience with salvia, quidding fresh leaf produces an experience superior to dried. And many have hypothesized about other salvinorins or highly fragile compounds that may contribute to this effect. Assuming 10g fresh = 1g dry, I also need MUCH less fresh than dry to experience effects. Fresh is less dysphoric and more colorful. I really think there's something more than just salvinorin A to the quidding experience.
For a long time, in addition to dried leaves, I've also been collecting fresh leaves and freezing them. I would like to run two extractions, one of dry and one of fresh. (I will tinker first with the dried leaves because I have an abundance, before potentially wasting fresh.)
Liquid live resin cannabis carts are superior to distillate because the whole plant is first flash frozen. The end result is a product with absurdly higher terpene content. I want LLR salvia lozenges.
I've conducted other experiments with salvia with ethanol and had variable results, likely due to temperature of ethanol while tincturing because that affects salvinorin's solubility. I also had active lozenges that degraded in potency after a power outage spoiled the entire contents of my freezer. There seem to be a lot of variables in the salvia experience and I'd like to solve as many of these mysteries as I can.
I don't have a rosin press, but that would also be cool to play with. Some growers create top shelf solventless rosin by agitating the plant matter in an ice bath. I have no idea if or how this could be emulated in a home kitchen. But I may roam the planes forever as an angry ghost until someone can try all of this with salvia.
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If anyone could weigh in on the two chem questions above, I have endless amounts of salvia to experiment with. She is incredibly generous with her leaves. Thanks and I will report back!
