There are several ways to make a tincture. Tincture : An ethanol(drinking booze) solution containing medicinal plant alkaloids. Cannabis tinctures are often called "Green Dragon".
Green Dragon can be used to make many things. Hard candies, jello-shots, etc. So let's get started on some Green-Dragon.
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Instant Dragon! This method is fast but does involves some risk including burning down your cooking location
this is to be done at your own risk.
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Ingrediants:
1. 1 Liter Everclear or 151 proof vodka preferably
2. 2 - 4 ounces plant trim OR 1 - 2 ounces of favored plant material
- Note: You can make smaller batches.
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Materials:
1. Mason Jars
2. Oven pan
3. Boiling Pot
4. Strainer/Cheese-clothe
5. Funnel
6. Cooking Thermometer
7. Fire extinguisher(Just in case)
8. Oven mitts or a safe way to grab a hot pan
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Directions:
1. Finely grind plant material(coffee grinder if you have it) and spread evenly onto baking pan. This loosens the
plant materials cell-walls allowing for a fast full extraction.
2. Fill boiling pot with water so it doesn't reach half of your jars height. You'll need this ready for a later step.
3. Set boiling pot to boil(approx 180-200 degrees). The heating level is different for different stoves, so know yours.
4. Heat pan at 150*f for 15 minutes in oven. This also helps to remove excess water which degrades the Grain Alcohols
ability to absorb the goodies from your plant material. This also decarboxlyzes the THCA to THC.
NOTE: If your using a smaller recipe you won't need to cook it as long. What you should do is check on it frequently,
as soon as it's nice and dry(not burnt) remove it from the oven. You don't want to burn your plant material!
5. Remove pan from oven(use oven mitts don't burn your hands and then hunt me down).
6. Put heated plant material evenly into your jars(so that the plant takes up half the jar-space)
7. Fill mason jar's to the 3/4 mark with grain alcohol(DO NOT PUT LIDS ON THESE JARS).
8. Gently place mason jars into the boiling pot(aka water-bath) and allow to be heated for 30-35 minutes.
!!!Watch with care Grain alcohol is highly flamable!!!
9. Allow water and jars to cool!
10. Put cheese-clothe or strainer inside of the funnel
11. Pour jars through strainer/funnel back into the grain alcohol bottle or similar glass vessel. Be sure to squeeze the last drop
out of your plant material
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12. Place your now strained green-dragon into an air-tight bottle or jar away from light exposure and high heat.
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Warnings:
!In step number 4, don't cook the plant material for too long or to hot as it will burn your plant material. But if your stove is set to 150 degrees of a low enough setting you shouldn't be able to burn your plant product. This is just a precaution if your oven's lowest setting is rather high.
!In step 8 don't leave your boiling pot unattended and don't hang around all the fumes or heat to closely(DUH).
!KEEP ALCOHOL OVER 80 PROOF(40%) AWAY FROM OPEN FLAME.
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