I made about 15 "00" capsules last night. I took 3 of them total and my friend took 2. I used the crock pot method and let about 2g bud cook for about 2 1/2 hours. I'm not sure how well they work, but I had a strobe light effect with my vision and the tv kept on getting closer. I ended up passing out because I was so tired about 30 minutes after it started getting good.

Thanks for the guide flame!

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Sticky this already!

Sounds like they work pretty good to me Dr. Hashman....

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wow man thanks for putting the time into writing that up for us, im going to try that

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im ready to try the minute my caps arrive from ebay! ive got a g of some pretty dank bud and plan to make about 8 caps

Alright, last question!
Would this coconut oil work?

Nutiva - Coconut Oil - Organic Extra Virgin - 54 oz.

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Yes but 54 oz.....that'll last you the next ten years and I'm not sure how long it stays good for.

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Hi guys

Some great input, questions and answers here, good job!

That's a good point. One of the difficulties with canna cooking is wide variance in THC strength from one bag of bud to another.
The way it's calculated is to provide as close to a standard dose amount as possible without (hopefully) making it too complicated.
As a rule of thumb, most half decent bud will have somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of THC.
With hash and kief (but not soap bar) the amount is generally somewhere between 15 and 25.
So hopefully, the use of an additional 50 percent of bud (stems and seeds removed as they just add weight and dilute the overall THC content) will (mostly) give a similar THC percentage.

I couldn't have said it better! Whenever you expose weed to high temperatures, even for short periods (i.e. in a microwave), you end up with quite a strong smell (due to vaporising the terpenoids, THC, CBD), which not only 'give the game away' as to what you're up to, but is slowly loses you potency all the while.
The crock pot temperature is below the THC vaporisation point (so no worries there), and the immersion of weed in the oil, helps prevent the odours escaping and traps the active ingredients.

Lol! I know that one.
The time to really worry is when you actually 'think' your in the TV! Also, is it just me or do they seem to get so much louder?

I'm lovin' the 'first-hand' user experience reports, it really helps to 'fine tune' the process, and gives 'first-timers' a hand in getting started.

P.S. Good luck with caps Klondike (8 from a gram should be bang on).
P.P.S. Aliigetshyphy 54 oz of coconut oil for $22, holy cow that's great value!
You could start a production line with that that amount lol.
If it helps the 'use by' date is generally a couple of years or more.

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troubleshooting please??

i used about 10g of ghee to 1g of powdered dank, had the water just barely boiling underneath for at least 3 hours, cooled in freezer. it was looking light green as a solid; i cut it in half and ate one half with a piece of bread, assuming it would be about half a gram's worth thc. 3 hours later, no subjective effect that i couldn't blame on placebo.
what the hey?

Hi treefingers

Sorry to hear you had some problems.
The two things that I think might possibly have had a bearing are the colour, and the amount of oil used.
I would have been tempted to suggest using about half that amount of Ghee (around 5 grams), as the ideal scenario is to get a concentrated dose into the system.

The other thing that sounds like it might well have played a part is the colour.
It shouldn't have been a 'light green'. Even if you just mix the powdered bud with oil (without cooking) it it should still be fairly dark. Once cooked it's normally a very dark green.
MVP has a good photo of how it should look in his 'Brownies cooked right' thread.

Water bath double broilers are trickier when it comes to keeping the temperature just right (above 80 degrees celsius, but below a 140). I'm wondering if I might have to amend the instructions slightly if others are having a problem with this bit of kit. Let me have a think about that one, and I'll get back to you.

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Here is the link for Brownies for Beginners ... done right in a couple of hours

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on the ghee's label it says only 15% saturated fat...how could this be if it is pure clarified butter? isn't it supposed to be almost all saturated

Hi Tree

Yes, something sounds wrong there. Typically regular butter is around 55 to 65 percent saturated fat, and clarified (ghee) should be between 85 and a 100 percent. So 15% is unheard of in my experience.
Could you post up more details about it, i.e. the brand name and list of contents?
P.S. Did you strain the butter? If not it might still be rescued.

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15% is probably the daily percentage value of one serving size. On the nurtitional facts. Meaning something can be 100% sat fat but a serving size might be only 15% the daily nutrition.

Ok I am interested in this and am going to go for it today!!!
I emptied some Vitamins out and have 12 empty gelatin capsules!
I just got some coconut oil and it is 60% saturated Fat 8)
and got 1.5 of some dank
Crock pot is all ready!
- My only concerns are the following. If I was to spill some oil on the gelatin capsules would it dissolve on me?

- Im planning on making the caps today but not using them till Friday, How long will these be active??? I heard that u shuld eat space brownies few hours after being baked! What about A few days for these capss!!!

Hi Gorlax

You'll find that coconut oil remains in liquid form for quite a while as it cools. I tend to wait until it's just a little above room temperature before I use mine to avoid the capsules melting.
If in doubt though you can always put it in the fridge, wait for it to set hard (like candle wax) and then scrape up little 'pellets' of oil/butter with the tip of a knife to add to your capsules.

I've experimented and tested these after storing them in the freezer and fridge for periods of several months and have seen no loss of potency, so a few days is absolutely fine (storing in the fridge will prevent the oil getting warm enough to turn runny, and prevent any possible 'leakage'.

Good luck, and don't forget to grind the weed finely and use all of it (sediment included)!
Cheers
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Ok Sounds good! I was thinking about the gelatin melting because it melts when saliva hits it let alone oil!!

FYI: Coconut oil naturally becomes solid at approx. 75 degrees F... If it cools too much and becomes solid, I put the container in nice warm/almost hot water to bring it back to a liquid state...

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Yes i Did notice that! it wuldnt come out of bottle and I was like WTF then I Squeezzzed it really hard and it came out as a thick paste!!