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Ethanol Extraction
09Mar2019
I am going to try out the 2 main methods which are : Steam Distillation and Ethanol Extraction
This post will show why I chose the Ethanol Extraction method for making the smell of Cannabis/Tobacco.
BUDAPEST
Steam Distillation
Ethanol Extraction
FOOD INGREDIENTS
The smell of dishes always makes me think of HOME, they are usually the smell of garlic+ginger
PLANTS-BASED
Tobacco Leaf and weed are plants-based ingredients, the Ethonal Extraction Method fits
OILY-smell
Will try to add fried peanut oil into alcohol before trying distillation// Chinese Dishes are also looking for freshness, the control of heat(火候)
FOOD INGREDIENTS
The smell of dishes always makes me think of HOME, they are usually the smell of garlic+ginger
HONG KONG
NOTES
- dropper
Ethanol Extraction = essential oil + alcohol base
WHY
In order to make the cannabis psychoactive, the leaf have to be decarboxylated.
Boiling water (100C degrees) is not a high enough temperature to make this change.
HOW
The thermally unstable THCA transforms when provoked by heat.
Steam Distillation>
Decarboxylation is "the process of removing the carboxylic acid group from a cannabinoid, a change that enhances its ability to interact with the body".
Some comments from online forums suggested that to bake the leafs at 240F degrees for about 40 minutes// Also adding oil to absorbs the THC.
<Ethanol Extraction
ESSENTIAL OIL
Before Step One, I should heat up the leafs first.
Instead of baking them, I'd try frying them.
THE BASE
-Alcohol and cannabis tend to potentiate each other
67% of the THCA will convert to THC in an ethanol extraction.
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-There's actually cocktails with cannabis blended
SUMMARY
Pan fry cannabis leafs
Used fried leaf to produce the essential oil
Soak fried leaf in alcohol to create the base
Add essential oil into base
Refferences:
1. Weedmaps.(2019). THCA and THC: What’s the Difference? Retrieved from
https://weedmaps.com/learn/cannabis-and-your-body/difference-between-thca-thc/
2. BONNI GOLDSTEIN, M.D. (2017) Know Your Medicine: THCA. Retrieved from
https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/know-your-medicine-thca/