Cannabutter

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Jwheeler1187

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Currently I've made cannabutter twice. I had no issues with the process, except the yield. I used 1 cup of butter to infuse my flower with and only got 1/2 cup in return. Do you lose that much butter during infusion? Did I not squeeze my cheesecloth enough? SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!
 
Hydrotech364

Hydrotech364

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Jwheeler1187 said:
Currently I've made cannabutter twice. I had no issues with the process, except the yield. I used 1 cup of butter to infuse my flower with and only got 1/2 cup in return. Do you lose that much butter during infusion? Did I not squeeze my cheesecloth enough? SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!
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I usually extract the contents of the flower using butane and then add that to the edible or butter.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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You might not have squeezed the remains out enough. That was always one of my least favorite parts. I also never loved how the butter tasted like plant.

So I started doing similar to hydrotech. Rather then butane though I do qwiso extractions. I needed something I could do safely at home in my house, so butane wasn’t an option. Really you can make any sort of concentrate and dissolve it in the butter or oil directly. It also eliminates the plant tastes and only leaves the terpenoids from the concentrate.
 
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Rayi

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If you infuse your butter in a mason jar in a crock pot with no water in the jar you can use hot water to run over the butter when straining. There will be less extraction of things you don't want. In the fridge overnight and drain water in the morning. It will increase yield. If you really want to get fancy you can gently remelt the butter add warm water and put in the fridge overnight. Drain in the morning. The butter will be a lighter green with no perceived loss of potency. I say no loss of potency because someone would want proof of potency. Anyway never extract with water. It will extract too much chlophyl.
 
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Jwheeler1187

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Thundercat said:
You might not have squeezed the remains out enough. That was always one of my least favorite parts. I also never loved how the butter tasted like plant.

So I started doing similar to hydrotech. Rather then butane though I do qwiso extractions. I needed something I could do safely at home in my house, so butane wasn’t an option. Really you can make any sort of concentrate and dissolve it in the butter or oil directly. It also eliminates the plant tastes and only leaves the terpenoids from the concentrate.
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So does it require a lot of serious squeezing to get all the butter out?
 
Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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Hydrotech364 said:
I usually extract the contents of the flower using butane and then add that to the edible or butter.
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when you do this, do just add the whole slab to the pan of butter?
I have some extra 20-25gr slabs I made with some older trim. I'd really like to infuse it into butter or coconut oil.

I get the physics behind it, and know I've got some research to do, but I'm curious about temps, ratios and this particular technique.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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Tangerine_ said:
when you do this, do just add the whole slab to the pan of butter?
I have some extra 20-25gr slabs I made with some older trim. I'd really like to infuse it into butter or coconut oil.

I get the physics behind it, and know I've got some research to do, but I'm curious about temps, ratios and this particular technique.
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Literally just heat the butter or oil and mix in the extract until it melts together. Just like making regular canna butter but without the plant taste and way less time needed since you already did the extraction.
 
Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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Thundercat said:
Literally just heat the butter or oil and mix in the extract until it melts together. Just like making regular canna butter but without the plant taste and way less time needed since you already did the extraction.
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That easy? Well shit. I could've had this done weeks ago.
Infusing is the same with coconut oil I too?

Off to read up on edibles. I have some half inch gummy bear molds and I'm shooting for a target micro dose of about 20-25mgs per
 
Rob Roy

Rob Roy

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Jwheeler1187 said:
Currently I've made cannabutter twice. I had no issues with the process, except the yield. I used 1 cup of butter to infuse my flower with and only got 1/2 cup in return. Do you lose that much butter during infusion? Did I not squeeze my cheesecloth enough? SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!
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I don't use cheesecloth.

Certainly a harder squeeze will get more butter but temperature of what's being squeezed is important. I usually wash my big hairy hands well and brave the highest temps I can stand, then I exert maximum pressure with my bare handed super simian grip on the infused weed.
The butter is in a more liquid and flowing state at the higher temps as opposed to collecting and stubbornly adhering to the wet weed at the lower temps. Remember butter acts like an oil and likes to stick to stuff when it's in a liquid state.

In the event choking the hot wet weed spinach isn't your thing, consider using a decent potato masher and a good sturdy metal colander placed over / supported by the container / pot you'll use for the liquid to solidify and stratify in. Then, mash away!

When doing it that way, I maneuver the weed in the colander to get maximum drippage and only do a workable size piece at a time. If I think there's still more butter to be had and the weed has cooled a bit, it's not a bad thing to reheat all the pre squozen weed grenades (is "squozen" even a word" ?) and do a round two. Add a bit of water if needed for the reheat. Also it's not necessary to reheat for long the trichomes have probably already been infused in the butter, you're trying to release the butter from the weed at this stage rather than release the trichomes into the butter.

Good luck.
 
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Thundercat

Thundercat

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Rob Roy said:
I don't use cheesecloth.

Certainly a harder squeeze will get more butter but temperature of what's being squeezed is important. I usually wash my big hairy hands well and brave the highest temps I can stand, then I exert maximum pressure with my bare handed super simian grip on the infused weed.
The butter is in a more liquid and flowing state at the higher temps as opposed to collecting and stubbornly adhering to the wet weed at the lower temps. Remember butter acts like an oil and likes to stick to stuff when it's in a liquid state.

In the event choking the hot wet weed spinach isn't your thing, consider using a decent potato masher and a good sturdy metal colander placed over / supported by the container / pot you'll use for the liquid to solidify and stratify in. Then, mash away!

When doing it that way, I maneuver the weed in the colander to get maximum drippage and only do a workable size piece at a time. If I think there's still more butter to be had and the weed has cooled a bit, it's not a bad thing to reheat all the pre squozen weed grenades (is "squozen" even a word" ?) and do a round two. Add a bit of water if needed for the reheat. Also it's not necessary to reheat for long the trichomes have probably already been infused in the butter, you're trying to release the butter from the weed at this stage rather than release the trichomes into the butter.

Good luck.
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Excellent point, I forgot about the temp of the butter. I always do it while it’s as hot as I can handle. I even got some rubber dish washing gloves at one point to dissipate some of the heat and keep my hands from being an oily mess. All that stopped once I started using concentrates though.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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Tangerine_ said:
That easy? Well shit. I could've had this done weeks ago.
Infusing is the same with coconut oil I too?

Off to read up on edibles. I have some half inch gummy bear molds and I'm shooting for a target micro dose of about 20-25mgs per
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For gummie bears I wouldn’t fuck with making butter or oil. Most normal recipes for gummies don’t call for it. People make canna gummies with it and so those recipes mention it but regular gummies don’t.

Sooo for gummies instead of making butter I just dissolve the extract into 1-2 tablespoons of Everclear. Then at the end of the gummie cooking process I add the alcohol/extract while the sugar is still nice and hot. The alcohol Evans off almost instantly and leaves the oil getting mixed into the sugar. Then take it off the heat and pour into molds.
 
Buttery Hash

Buttery Hash

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With my process 4 cups of clarified butter + 2 ozs of decarbed broken down buds + 1/4 cup of sunflower Lecithin = 1lb of pretty and potent cannabutter...
 
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Jwheeler1187

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Buttery Hash said:
With my process 4 cups of clarified butter + 2 ozs of decarbed broken down buds + 1/4 cup of sunflower Lecithin = 1lb of pretty and potent cannabutter...
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That is some really good looking butter. I've done it a few more times since than and have came out with a better end result. I use 1 oz decarbed flower and 2 cups butter. I get a decent butter out of it.
 
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