PianoStan
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This thread has become rather long, and the formulas are already posted, but I'll put a quick (for me) answer to your questions here.How exactly do you calculate the amount to put into the food if you don't know the thc percentage of your buds? I'm not really sure how to do it even if I did know. My wife really likes edibles and be cool to surprise her with some homemade ones. But I wouldn't want to mess her up too much. She can only eat about 25mg at a time. I can only get edibles in the shops. It's a 3.5 hour round trip for me to even get her some. Be cool to not have to do that anymore to.
Can you share the gummie recipe?I go by the dictated value on the strain to start. I mostly use buds from a strain that are 20-21%.
For example.
THC advertised at 20%.
I deduct 5% for decarboxylation.
So 15% is my median value of infused oil.
My 2 recipes for gummies put final dosage @ 4.4-5.2mg for my “5mg” gummy drops, and 15.5-18.5mg for my bears.
So far, the accuracy feedback from end users claim it’s pretty darn perfect for dosage values.
A buddy of mine has a huge tolerance level. He ate THREE of my “17.5mg” bears and was whittled up for 4 hours pretty good. An accurate 48-55mg dose was what he consumed. He says he’s had many 100mg edibles that didn’t even hit him nearly as hard.
I eat one of my 5mg gummy drops, and I’m feeling it. I ate a whole 17.5mg bear once. Yeah, I was fairly wrecked. LOL.
Thanks. Just trying to be helpful. We highjacked the OP's thread, and then put a TON of information out there. It's hard to read through all of that, but easy for me to fire off a few words.Really kudos to Pianostan. I can’t tell you how many times I see regulars on various forums reply with “use the search function idiot”. That always irritated me, easy enough not to reply at all.
Stan always replies with class and very helpful info. Bravo!
Rule of thumb is 20% loss from decarb. Whether it’s smoking/cooking etc.Can you share the gummie recipe?
What’s the lag from mouth to mind?
Also why the 5% deduction for the decarb cycle??
Cookies in general are less dense than brownies. So they would have quicker digestion times. Before I switched over to tincture drinks, I used to make both brownies and cookies. I would make chocolate chip, peanut butter, and snickerdoodle cookies. The snickerdoodles were the lightest and least dense which would make them easier to digest. But all three types were really tasty and enjoyable. But they will still be dependent upon how full or empty your stomach/digestive tract is. And they will still take an hour or more to reach maximum effects.Well 1/2 a 25mg brownie was pretty good. Better than the gummy stuff. Also notice the ones made with the evaporated oil tincture smell/taste a little better than decarbed grindings.
Looks like the cool kids make cookies these days. From the stories doesn’t seem like they are controlling the strength very well. Are Chico chip cookies faster thru the digestive process?
Honestly, I looked at buying a dry vape oven a couple years back, but never bothered to get one once I went down the tincture-drink route. For how they actually work, you would probably be better off asking someone that actually owns one. I'm just not a super reliable source of information for them.One thing with digesting is what after a bout of cinco de Mayo Mexican and rumbly tummy. Not sure what the heck it is as I love authentic Mexican but I had a bad time with it this time and the jalapeño dip and salsa the last go around.
So bringing up the “oven” thing I plan on getting a vaporizer. No worries with stirring up belly aches and hopefully les smoke, cough and choke. Tried a water pipe with ice but that’s an arduous experience and still was choking on the smoke. So looking at something like the Pax Plus vape there is apparently some dosing pellets you can pack before hand and preload, then load and go.
There is also a half pack lid but not sure what this delivers vs the standard lid with/without a pill capsule. Don’t smoke too much as mentioned so wondering and the wife uses a different strain then I. What makes sense?
Any others I should look at? Can you take a few hits, then the next day continue to use the same, or one session and done (clean and refill).
One thing I don’t want to have to do is spending 15minutes clean up after vaping. I prefer to deal with that another time when ready to use it next go.
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