ones catapotamus has cut up all the extra cacti. freeze thawed 3x, and cooked 3x in water, strained and cooked off all the water, i did not like how sticky it was in the crock, so decided to dissolve it in a "tincture" starting with warm water but was going to also use ethanol or vineagar to preserve the tincture...originaly ethanol seemed ideal...but then i started debating with myself about it...so what do you think ethanol, or vineagar? will most likely be a 50% dilution thing with the water content unless there is some urgent reason that would be not good...
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tincture that resin
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If its just in water its not a tincture, its a decoction 
If alcohol is the preservative its a tincture.
For glycerin its a glycerite.
and for vinegar its... what the hell? Is there a word for that?
For vinegar its vinegar
Look at the practical side of it. What volume will you have to consume?
Tinctures are usually so concentrated that only like a teaspoon of 20-40% alcohol is consumed. You cant do that with cactus decoction. Will you be drinking a cup of 20% alcohol? More? Would you want to do that in that scenario?
What about vinegar. If you really dilute 5% vinegar by half will it still prevent spoilage? How much would you be drinking, a cup? Would you want to choke down a cup of half or full strength bitter vinegar that resembles something a yak with a sinus infection sneezed out?
Sugar could be an option. Honey and real syrup doesnt spoil unless some just awesome yeast finds it (I learned the latter when I worked with a super sugar tolerant champagne yeast and my syrups grew yeast hats :lol: ). Look up instructions for dandelion flower syrup and just ignore everything prior to when they have their flower decoction in hand.
You could always try your preservation idea on just a fraction of the material and keep the rest in the freezer pending your results.
If alcohol is the preservative its a tincture.
For glycerin its a glycerite.
and for vinegar its... what the hell? Is there a word for that?
For vinegar its vinegar
Look at the practical side of it. What volume will you have to consume?
Tinctures are usually so concentrated that only like a teaspoon of 20-40% alcohol is consumed. You cant do that with cactus decoction. Will you be drinking a cup of 20% alcohol? More? Would you want to do that in that scenario?
What about vinegar. If you really dilute 5% vinegar by half will it still prevent spoilage? How much would you be drinking, a cup? Would you want to choke down a cup of half or full strength bitter vinegar that resembles something a yak with a sinus infection sneezed out?
Sugar could be an option. Honey and real syrup doesnt spoil unless some just awesome yeast finds it (I learned the latter when I worked with a super sugar tolerant champagne yeast and my syrups grew yeast hats :lol: ). Look up instructions for dandelion flower syrup and just ignore everything prior to when they have their flower decoction in hand.
You could always try your preservation idea on just a fraction of the material and keep the rest in the freezer pending your results.
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