Tincture Recipe
There are as many tincture recipes as there are brownie recipes. I've tried several and this one is the easiest and gives me a great end product.
Decarb. 250F for 30 minutes is the norm. I like the lower temps and longer cook. 210-215F for 60-90 minutes, depending on the moisture in the bud.
I use a toaster oven. Paid $5 at a second hand store. Toster ovens have less temp fluctuation due to their small size.
This batch went 75 minutes.
I used untrimmed flowers and sugar leaves, all covered with trichromes.
Once decarbed remove the stems and place in a coffee filter
and close with butcher string or stainless steel wire.
Place in jar and add alcohol
For flower I use 2 gms to 1 oz alcohol. Since this has leaf I doubled the amount of dry to 4 gms.
Pretty clear when added
but within a few minutes the color darkens as the alcohol strips out the chemicals that make up the plant.
This was only 15 minutes.
I understand the majority of chemicals we want are removed within the first 20-30 minutes. I will start using this before bed, only removing a little allowing the soak to continue until it's used up. It will become darker as the chlorophyll is removed and the taste will develop.
You can shake it or not. The alcohol will do it's job either way.
You can place in the fridge or freezer, some believe freezing before, during and after gives a better product. I've tried it and found no discernable difference.
I've made many a batch but this seems to be the easiest and takes little time.
Doseing. Unless you have a tolerance go easy. A drop or two under the tongue, let it absorb and give it a few minutes. I use two dropper fulls, 1ml and never get high but it has stopped the muscle spamisms in my legs. If I go without a few days they start again.
While it doesn't get me high I've found that using while smoking the high will last much longer. I've taken 7-8ml in a day in the past, used in a mixed drink and still I don't get high off of it. Now my neighbor wants to cut it as for him it's too strong so it's me and not a weakass tincture. My wife, who does not smoke took it a few times for pain and she was still flying after sleeping 8 hours. The coconut caps did her in as well and she won't use either now.
A second soak works but use half the amount of alcohol. The resulting tincture will be weaker.
