Another Tincture Thread - Try it, You'll like it

No guarantees, @FurociousMeow, but that's the way I'd approach it. If it works then please comeback and let us know. If it doesn't work, too. Thanks for dropping in with a new thought. Now you've got me curious.

 

Well, I finished the chocolate syrup a short while ago and added a dose to some milk and it has not disappointed. Plus, this is the third time a syrup dose has been effective this week. Really nice. This is what I've been looking for. More when I can.

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Why do they take 1.66g and 1.58g out of your allotment if they're just half gram cartridges? To answer your question, no, I've never tried a 1:1 in any form but I don't use cartridges anyway. I don't trust them although one company here has just brought a live hash rosin cartridge to the market and they are really good...for a cartridge. I'd like just the hash rosin instead of a cartridge but it's all too expensive for my budget.

It sounds like you've got it going there. It is fairly easy to see how to incorporate the syrup into so many things. Having been a cook I have no trouble applying it to a variety of recipes. I've already started that. I've bought a pint freezer ice cream/sorbet maker and have big plans for that.

I really like this syrup. I made some hot chocolate with the chocolate syrup this evening and it is kicking my butt again. I had been having problems with syrup, healthwise, but now that I know about it I can change my diet around that day to accommodate it and it's only a tablespoon. Since I'm not processing oils very well due to the cirrhosis, this is a great way for me to dose.

I have the post on the chocolate syrup almost ready.

Good luck with that knee. In a collision between a concrete wall and a knee, the wall will always win. Trust me on that.

 

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Easy Chocolate Syrup using the infused 210S syrup

I had about 4oz of syrup left and I decided to use it all to make some infused chocolate syrup. It's really quite simple. Just the syrup, dutch/alkali cocoa, vanilla and a dash of salt.

First, because it was so thick coming out of the refrigerator, I had to warm it up to work with it and then I transferred it to the mixing cup.

So far so good. Now I added the vanilla. I didn't measure but it was around a teaspoon for the four ounces of syrup.


I added the dash of salt and then added a heaping teaspoon of cocoa.

Now I'm ready to mix it up but first I want to stir the cocoa into the syrup so that it doesn't blow all over the place when I put the immersion blender in it. It took about 5 minutes to get it all mixed up and smooth.

I then put a tablespoon in a glass of milk plus cleaned the mixing tools. The milk was cold and it did take quite a while to get it fully mixed but I did it. Because of the volume of cocoa the potency is going to be less than the original 210 syrup. But it still worked like a charm.

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Do you mean the Source Turbo? @Jay_R_1787 has one and was posting about it a few pages back. He seems to like it. I've been meaning to ask him a couple of questions about it but keep spacing out. You do realize that it is not an extractor, don't you? You need to do that yourself before you use the Source to concentrate it. He was making some rso with it. I'm not sure you can use it for oil but you can make CBD rso then use that for your oil. It will get all the alcohol out of it and reclaim that probably better than the ISO-3. You'll also retain more terpenes since you'll use less heat with the vacuum. You could still extract with the ISO-3 then reduce it to rso or tincture a lot quicker with the Source.

I've known a few people over the years who have had them and put them through heavy use. A friend offered me his old one last year because he was getting the newer, bigger one but I had to pass on it since I no longer have the resources to make use of it. It would be nice if it decarbed like the ISO-3 does however many of the products it is used for, except for rso, don't need to be decarbed. Plus, I hear that it can be pretty loud which might not go over so well in my senior community.

 

A note on the syrup. Because I used 2g of shatter with just 6oz of syrup, the unflavored final product tasted heavily of shatter. Not a bad taste, though, if you like the taste of cannabis (not chlorophyll). I liked it but it was dominant. I don't expect most people to use 2g and that taste is going to change depending on the source of infusion.

All the different infusers have their own distinct flavor. RSO is different than shatter/wax which is different from GD. @Tokintb12 puts some effort into removing any cannabis flavor but most of us aren't going to those extremes due mainly to lack of opportunity. We expect cannabis edibles to have that little bitterness, especially with higher potencies so I don't mind. We're using it in things that provide their own flavor so it's not that big of a deal.

I must say, though, that the shatter flavor came through the dark chocolate, too, just a little to let you know it was there but when added to milk, that was gone and it made a delicious drink. I'll probably use the rest of it for some chocolate ice cream and see how that works. I'm sure it will be delicious with a touch of cannabis.

 

OOOOOH, Yummy! Chocolate Ice Cream!



It's a soft-serve like a Frosty but sure tastes better and feels soooo goooood!​

I swear that I didn't use pepper in my ice cream but that might be interesting. The graphic above is the only one for this. I was trying to do too many things at once but there's not much to it anyway. It's mostly just mixing the 210s syrup into the base of what you're making and let the ice cream maker do the rest of the work.

I've always made ice cream with an electric freezer that uses ice but it always made too much for a single person. I've never explored sorbet or other types of frozen treats like that but @Tokintb12 piqued my interest with his sorbets using the syrup. Sorbets are better than ice cream for me so I bought this little freezer ice cream/sorbet maker. It makes a soft serve product like a slushy or a Frosty but it will harden if you place it back in the freezer when it's finished. It works surprisingly well.

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I had a little over half of that 4oz jar of chocolate syrup and I used that to infuse one cup of ice cream mix. This gadget will only hold one cup at a time which is perfect for one person and two doses if you have the will power. You have to place the cup in the freezer for at least 24 hours before you can start the freezing process but it only takes about a half hour for that. It comes together quickly.

So, I made the classic vanilla recipe without the egg but used the chocolate syrup instead of sugar. That was 2/3 cup of whipping cream and 1/3 milk. Adding the chocolate added a little extra but it didn't affect the process. Because the syrup was so thick, I heated the milk/cream mix before I added it and stirred until it all blended in then used my frother to whip it creamy and smooth. Because it was warm, I placed it in the freezer for a couple of hours while I had dinner. You need to have everything as cold as you can get it.

When I was ready to proceed I took the freezing cup our of the freezer as well as the separate mix. I quickly added the vanilla I had initially forgotten and started the paddle churning. You need to hold on to the base of the cup during this process because as the mix thickens it takes more effort for the paddle to churn and that will start turning the whole thing. That could cause accidents.

It took about 20 minutes but then I put it back in the freezer for 30 minutes to cool it down a bit more. I started it again after that and ten minutes later I had a really delicious soft serve chocolate ice cream. So delicious that i couldn't stop slurping it down until I had eaten over half of it. I then realized what I had done. There was over 600mg in that cup of ice cream. I had a really good night, let's say.

I'm really pleased with this syrup and am already planning for the next batch. I got about 8 servings with my tolerance level with 2g of shatter that cost me $15 each on sale so that's a pretty good deal.

 

Greetings, graffitiboyz240, and thanks for joining our discussion. I only wish it was under better circumstances. First, whoever recommended a 50mg dose for a new edibles user is not your friend. You should have started with 10mg. D8 is another issue. It's a synthetic cannabinoid that's made from CBD.

My suggestion for your anxiety and brain fog is to get back on the horse but not until you're ready. If you have access, you may want to purchase some 5mg CBD gummies and take one in the morning and evening. Those should help in a couple of days. When your head starts feeling right then I suggest you you do a few tokes of some good bud but not necessarily high potency. A good 1:1 THC/CBD might be good. The CBD will help with the anxiety.

Another good thing to do is just maybe get out and take a walk or do some other activity when you're feeling that way. Clear your mind and just get into the activity. Good luck.