Decarbing at 100 degr. Celsius (212 F) for different lengths of time. my personal findings

[theDOSgod]

This might be an interesting way to decarb. It provides constant temp, and with it sealed up it would trap any smells (if that’s anybodys concern).

I’ll try this next week if i remember.

[Purple-N-Hairy]

@theDOSgod

I’ll try this next week

[Pigeonman]

@Purple-N-Hairy

vacuum seal the buds and use something to hold the bag under the water.

I just use mason jars lol

[Rogue]

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Be free.

[cannabissequoia]

Have you tried eating it raw/fresh?

Several years ago I was de-larfing in mid/late flower & realized it was such a waste to toss trichomes in the dirt… …so I ate about a 1/4 oz of peak-THC flower & it wasn’t pleasant to chew & get down… buuuut I still think it produces a short duration extreme intensity high.

I’m curious about others & hope y’all will step up to the challenge.

Thanks @Rogue

[Rogue]

You can throw some raw bud in the mix too, ofcourse, mash it all up!

[EpiKatz]

We do cookies for sleep but this last batch I put in a lot more from the, misc. bag of weed I never was sure what it was, and after about an hour feeling first effects. In bed about two hours later we gasping for breath from laughing which makes everything hilarious. An hour or who knows when, we gently began the glide back to bed and into a wonderful dreamy sleep.

[Rogue]

It’s such a wonderful herb…

[Purple-N-Hairy]

@Pigeonman

I just use mason jars

So to be sure we’re talking about the same thing, I was talking about vacuum sealing buds in a vacuum bag, and then using something to hold it under the water in my SousVide Supreme machine. A sealed Mason jar with buds in it will float, so something would still have to be used to hold it under the water.

I’m thinking the advantage of using the vacuum sealed bags is that I can quickly and easily pack a few ounces into it, and empty it just as easily after decarbing it.

To make it even easier to empty the bag and not get anything stuck to the sides, I can line it with parchment paper before putting the buds in. AND, I can use the same bag and parchment paper over and over.

[Foreigner]

@Purple-N-Hairy

was talking about vacuum sealing buds

I do this. I use a strainer to hold it down.

No need for the parchment, at least with butter it slides right out

[Pigeonman]

@Purple-N-Hairy

A sealed Mason jar with buds in it will float, so something would still have to be used to hold it under the water.

I do use mason jars submerged in the water bath and a sous vide unit and I’m doing this with MCT oil.

What I end up doing to avoid a float is to use the appropriate size jar to contents where the contents fill the bulk of the space in the jar. After I put the jars into my pot with the sous vide machine and then slowly fill the pot with water until it just about reaches the “float point” and then turn on the machine and let the magic happen.

So far it’s working great with 1 quart jars with 2c MCT oil : 14g Flower.
I just got a new digital convection oven so I’m gonna oven decarb spot-on accurate before the oil bath for the next batch(s).

[shag]

I am not a big extract guy, but I remember something about sealing the bud and using lower heat to preserve the terpenes too.
Just something to consider with this process.

Have fun and Good luck
Shag

[bunny]

This thread has a wealth of scientific information, just happened to come across decarbing at around 100 C. Has some nice graphs.

s42238-021-00098-6.pdf

Evaluation of thermo-chemical conversion
temperatures of cannabinoid acids in hemp
(Cannabis sativa L.) biomass by pressurized
liquid extraction

Don’t worry about the liquid extraction under pressure, actually a fraction of a psi.

[Rogue]

Eating 1/3 teaspoon of 1 hr 44 min (Crème de la Chem),
and 1/3 teaspoon of 2 hr 10 min (Mr. Nice NL5xAfghan) is working best for me currently.

Only this, before breakfast and I’m focused and inspired all day long without short term memory nonsense, fully funtional, get shit done properly kinda vibe.

Overflowing with useful inspiration as well.

I haven’t slept so well in years…
Amazing for insomnia.

[Rogue]

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Three doses today, just now before breakfast. 1/3 a teaspoon each: Raw dried bud (unknown) 1 hr 44 min decarb at 100 C (Crème de la Chem) 2 hr 10 min decarb at 100 C (NL5xAfghan) To be continued… 1st impression: Feels like adding the raw bud really kicked things up a notch. Chest feels expansive. Vast inner space. Tremendous clarity. 2nd impression: It’s again a very new feeling and experience. Perhaps a little too intense. Will stick to combining bud from only two decarb times. Next com…

[Rogue]

Delta-9-THC vs 11-Hydroxy-THC . Eliminating Tolerance . Healing

I notice more and more people not responding to edibles so I thought I’d share what I know works for me without building tolerance and maybe it will help others. First of all, when ingesting cannabis via your lungs or skin you get Delta-9-THC straight into your blood, which is unnatural to begin with. So your system is flooded with a molecule your liver prefers to upgrade to 11-Hydroxy-THC. It can’t do that efficiently because the Delta-9-THC is already present in your blood all over your bod…

[Ris]

I was experimenting with different times and temps for decarb. I wish i had seen this post a year ago… would have saved me so much time. Very detailed explanation.

[Rogue]

@Rogue

3 hrs

Very sedative.
Heavy sleepy feeling but doesn’t necessarily improve sleep.

Probably not a good idea to operate heavy machinery.

(Could it be that the THC to CBN ratio is 1:1 with low levels of THCa?)

Take the molecular speculation with a grain of salt, I would be very grateful if those with the opportunity (lab) to do so, study this thoroughly.

Forgot to mention 3 hrs decarb is a strong muscle relaxant, could potentially be very helpful for people with spasms and hypertension, but use in moderation, it’s a very unpleasant feeling when ingesting too much, to the point where you bump into doorways and lose some control of your body as if drunk on alcohol but without the nausea.

[Rogue]

Rogutopia . 2023 . What A Wonderful World

[IMG_0039] 2 hours and 10 minutes at 100 degrees Celsius. The bud was in the empty cooking pot on the left with the lid on, being slightly smaller, it was then put on top of the bigger one on the right which is full of water. The white ring on the bottom is mineral deposit from the water. Cleans off easily with a little bit of vinegar.

[Rogue]

I’ve been using the terms “sous vide” and “bain-marie”, then recently I discovered “double boiler”.
So that’s another term that’s used for this method. Just to clarify.