How to get properly high from home-made edibles?
How to get properly high from home-made edibles?
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or just not using enough weed.
I've tried making cannabutter before but it's a ton of work and all I get is a mild buzz. I'm experienced smoker with high tolerances but people have said that this shouldn't be a factor with edibles because the active ingredient is different when it's processed by your liver. This doesn't seem true on my experience.
I don't care about taste - I just want to get high. Yesterday I made 'firecrackers' with 1g of grinded bud that I had decarbed in 120C (240f) for 40 minutes. I had it covered with foil and was monitoring the temperature with electric thermometer. I then sprinked this on top of a cracker with peanut butter on it and covered it with another one. Again - after an hour I realized I was somewhere at [3] which I could've achieved by just smoking a joint with half of that amount of weed.
What gives?
Are you sure your oven is actually 120c?
It might be hotter and your cannabinoids are being vaporised?
Try making some hot cooca. No need to decarb, as the heat from making the cocoa does that. Also, it's liquid and fat-based, so you're gonna get all your cannabinoids nicely mixed in there.
The times I was the most high was when I made cocoa. Although I put in like 15x the amount I'd have smoked or something. Hash, bud, trim. (Hash I had made myself from my own plants.) I was young and the internet didn't have as good of a cannabis culture back then.
I only drank half and I was blitzed for a solid two days.
Too hot, you aren't cooking a steak.
This is for informational purposes only. For medical advice or diagnosis, consult a professional. High temperatures can degrade cannabinoids and THC, including:
- THCA: The acidic form of THC, THCA, is particularly sensitive to heat. It can degrade into CBN and CBD at temperatures as low as 50°C (122°F).
- THC: THC itself is more stable than THCA, but it can still degrade at higher temperatures. Prolonged exposure to temperatures above 100°C (212°F) can significantly reduce THC potency. It's important to store cannabis products in a cool, dark place to preserve their potency.
This is what I don't get. There's enormous differences in the instructions I'm getting when I try googling for instructions and I have no idea which ones to trust. This doesn't seem like the kind of question that there is no right answer to.
- Leafly.com -> 220F (105C) 30 - 40min
- weedmaps.com -> 250F (121C) - 20min
- Herb.co -> 240F (115C) - 30 - 40min
- wikihow.com -> 240F (115C) - 60min
- Dude on Lemmy -> 122F (50C) and never above 212F (100C)
Maybe you are one of those people like me who can't metabolize THC. I can eat a tray of hardcore brownies and feel a light buzz at best. I don't understand the bio-chemistry behind it, but we make fine tripsitters. Maybe that's just our very shitty superpower.
I guess that's possible but I do get high from them. It's just that my intention is to go explore the moon but I just end up staring at the launch pad. My GF has had very similar experience with them which is why I tend to feel like the issue is the edibles themselves, not me.
Maybe it's the recipe? After decarbing put butter and the weed into a pot, cook very gently for as long as you have time. Once you get annoyed from waiting, it's ready.
I did this a couple of times and then just normally baked brownies with it. 2-3 hours after a brownie with 0.1-0.2 g and I am flying to the moon.
How much and how often do you normally smoke? I typically roll around 0.4g in my joints and that'll get me at [4] at best so my tolerances are quite high.
My understanding has been as well that the THC needs to be infused with oil for it to work optimally and simply just eating decarbed weed would be inefficient. However the recipe I used this time insisted that just eating it with something fatty would be enough.
I admit the times I smoke regularly are over for a couple of years now. Tolerance is a thing, but my experience with edibles is that the effect is not as strong. The last time I baked the brownies I had 80% left because I expect them to be weaker. I gifted them to different friends who each smoke daily, they were very happy with the effects.
However, I think solving the THC in fat is the most important step of all. I baked a couple of times without decarbing before in the oven, I got high af as well. Try to focus more on the butter and be cautious with the heat (butter should very slowly make bubbles while cooking). I would be very interested to know how it goes.
Making edibles is definitively more effort than smoking. But it's more healthy and you can make a lot of butter and freeze it if you plan to consume this way long-term.
This is the way. Furthermore, this is also the first step in making homemade moon units: infused marshmallows — and there is no other s'mores after that. You've been warned. Have fun!