Decarbing hash in a microwave ! Newbie first time

Don't use a microwave........ever.

 

I've never de carbed hash, always a first time tho

 

Its decarb when you lite it up and smoke it, or put in any hot foods .
Why ARE YOU wanting to decarb it ?

 

An easy way to decarb on the stovetop is put the herb in a pint jar with a hole for a thermometer in the lid. Use a pot, with a second thermometer, to heat up MINERAL OIL. Not water. You can heat the oil hot enough to decarb, well over the 242 F. After the oil reaches temperature put the jar in and when the thermometer in the jar says 242 just give it 40 minutes. The jar will help hold the terpenes in and the hole with the thermometer will let moisture out.


This is one of my stovetop setups. The whole thing is about temperature control. I get the mineral oil to the right temp and adjust the burner to hold it. On my stove it is the smallest burner turn down to low. Mineral oil is better to work with than veg oil. It's a lot cleaner.

 

Baking hash in a cake is decarbonating the hash

 

I have done flower decarbed in a micro wave, chicken too,
the chicken gets done at 30mins @ power level 6 in a 1.3Kw box

so I do the herb 10mins @ power level 6, starts to toast turn it down

you are converting the current THC - A to THC
but I argue that cooking it, does destroy the normal trics anyplace
much of this act is now lost in 'stoner science'
we need some lab tests on this tho

good luck

 

Welcome to the City.
You really need an Oven.
Hit the local Thrift Stores or Box.
You want a small, glass door, thermostatically controlled, Toaster oven.
Kitchensmith Toaster Oven - Stainless Steel : Target
Target $25.00
You shouldn't need to pay much more then that.

If block Hash you'll need to decompress it before you decarb. Heat (Flame, Oven or Microwave) until soft then fluff with fingers expanding it.
Decarb expanded Kief-Hash the same as Buds 240 F for 40 minutes.

Tools


Buy an oven thermometer to insure your in the correct temp range as many are not well calibrated.

Yes you need to decarb as the inside of baked goods is nowhere near high enough or long enough to get the job done.

Oils.
While any cooking oil will act as a carrier really only one works in half the time as all the rest.
Coconut oil and your feeling it in 45 minutes or less. Everything else takes 2 full hours to get cranking.
MCT is just refined overpriced Coconut oil. Save your coin.

Lecithin
This acts to improve Bioavailability and you get more stone from less Hash it also improves duration and your hammered all day long.

The Recipe.
5 grams of Decarbed Kief or Hash or powdered buds.
1 tablespoon Coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon Lecithin
Heat 220 F for 20 minutes
Freeze (optional improves mouth feel)
Heat 220 F for 20 minutes (optional see above)
Done.

This can be used directly in capsules or blended with additional cooking oil for your recipe.
This will get you the most bang from your Hash.

I do Capsules with it.
A small stainless steel cat food dish is what I process in after a glass one shattered and spilled 15 grams of hash and oil into places it'll never be gotten out of

Dosing.
Buds = 15% = 150 milligrams of THC per gram
Kief-Hash = 50% = 500 mg per gram.
10mg is the usual state single dose amount and not a bad place to start.
So each gram of Hash is 50 doses.
Make a sheet brownie as they are the easiest to divide up for individual doses.
Use 1 gram and cut into 50 pieces.
Eat 1
Wait 1-2 hours
If not stoned.
Eat 2 more
Wait 2 additional hours
If not stoned
Eat 4 more
Wait again
If not.

Keep doubling and waiting between until it works. It will work at some point. It always does.
Now if you overshoot and are a bit to stoned.
An eyedropper of CBD (that you bought beforehand).
Inhaling the aroma of freshly ground black pepper.
Or just hold on and ride it out.

Cautions.
Smoking additional Cannabis while edible stoned will kick the edible in the ass HARD and you'll suddenly be way more hammered then you planned. Take heart as that wears off as fast as smoking usually does.

Large meals when highly stoned on edibles can have unpredictable results and I've had some sudden intense stones as I finish that 2nd plate of holiday food.

10 years I've been making and taking this every day as pain control and I doubt you'll get a better education as all I use is dry ice Kief. I need my meds to be as kick ass strong as I can get per drop and this gets it done the best I've found.

Decarb the Hash
Mix with just enough cooking oil to make mud / paste.
20% Lecithin (optional)
Heat 220 F for 20 minutes
Done.

BNW

 

I've always been under the understanding that once the thc is bound to a lipid it becomes a lot more difficult for it to change forms or decarb.
So you should decarb before mixing with fat and baking.

 

Correct. An open air (uncovered) decarb is best. I've made the mistake of missing the decarb and trying to "Fix" it before capping. Total fail. Even after a multi hour cook it lacked any real punch and had no staying power.

BNW

 

I do have a "home lab". When I do serious oil making it's done in the lab on a temperature controlled hotplate. The 242F and 40 minutes are ballpark averages. Ovens and toaster oven have a lot of variation in temperature

Set the hotplate to about 250F with the stirr bar at about 100 rpm. As the oil heats heats you will see some smaller bubbles, about 1/8 inch. That will be alcolol evaporating. Next comes larger bubbles. That's the water. About now the oil will be so thick it won't stirr so I add about 10% MCT. Now comes th CO2 bubbles. They are smaller. Once those bubbles are gone it's fully decarbed.

To decarb in the oven I put 2 large cast iron skillets in just to hold heat. I use quart jars with lids in the oven. Useally 4 at a time about 1/2 full and laying on their sides. 3 have loose lids and the other has a hole for the thermonitor. After decarb I tighten the lids and they vacuum seal with most of the turps still in the jars.

I use MCT but coconut oil works.

 

Like your article about edibles.
I have done once cookies without mesure. Doing well. I usually get a little piece at breakfast time. Everything’s ok. I have been an old hash smoker until 30 years ago I stopped. Can you please send me a recipe for cookies and why use lecitine? What about olive oil using?
Thanks from Spain


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While any cooking oil works (Olive Oil) they all take a full 2 hours before you feel anything. Only Coconut oil works in 45 minutes.

Lecithin acts to supercharge the Oil. You get more stone from a smaller amount.


Decarb Buds or Hash 240 F (115 C) for 40 minutes uncovered in an Oven.
Grind buds to dust.
Mix with just enough Coconut oil to make paste.
Use 20% Lecithin to Oil.
Heat mixture 220 F (104 C) for 20 minutes
Done.

This can be used by the drop as it is or blended with the oil any baked good calls for.

Buds 1 drop = 1mg
Kief-Hash 1 drop = 3mg.



BNW

 

I've been following you for a couple mounths now. One thing I don't quite understand is the second heating and I think I've seen where you do it twice. You are the only one I've seen promoting heating it again. I think you know something I need to find out about. I have always decarbed only once but I have noticed that if I don't watch the color reallywell I can sometimes get the CO2 bubbles on the hotplate while drying out the alcolol after distilling. When that happens I do go ahead and cook the bubbles out. I have allways heard that additional heat breaks down the THC that's why I was wondering why.

 

The freeze and second heat is more a mouth texture thing. The Oil has a slightly "Sand in my Sandwich" sensation if you let the Hash capsules melt in your mouth which I often do as they are tasty as can be.

Freezing the Oil seems to shatter the remaining Trichome husks and soften things and it gets much smoother afterwards.

Now multiple heat and freezing cycles (4 or more) adds a bit of laid back to it and makes it a better sleep aid. The straight oil tends to make me on the hyper amped up side and if taken to late in the day it will keep me awake half the night with my brain a spinning. Best taken for breakfast and it has all day to wear down.

Decarb 240 F for 40 minutes uncovered
If buds grind to dust next
5 grams Kief or Hash or Powdered Buds
1 tablespoon Coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon Lecithin
Heat 220 F for 20 minutes
Freeze (optional sand in mouth removal)
Heat 220 F for 20 minutes (optional see above)
Done.

BNW

 

Thanks. That makes sence now.

I've never used just plain kief or powered bud. I take my oil on a fig cookies. I make a hole that holds about .5 gram in it and chew on it for a while then chase it with tea. It doesn't say much for the fig cookie but it does kill a lot of the oil taste.

I don't want to rob the op's thread but I do have one mor question that he might want to know, too. When I make oil from bubble hash I get about 8 grams of oil per 14 grams of hash. Since there is only about half oil in hash would you double the coconut oil and lecithin for RSO?

 

Triple batches.
3 tablespoons Coconut oil
2 teaspoons Lecithin.



15 grams of Decarbed Kief in each dish.



Stir between each eyedropper fill to keep the Kief particles evenly suspended and distributed in the capsules.

I'm not understanding what you mean when you say your only getting 8 grams of Oil from 14 grams of Hash. Are you straining it?

BNW

 

@DancesWithWeeds


I make Tincture from the bud scraps left after I shake the Kief off. This will get reduced in a still to recover the alcohol and leaves me with a tray of Tar with water suspended in it left from the 190 proof alcohol tincture.



I'll add a eyeballed matching amount of Coconut oil and scrape and blend the tar and oil as the oil will soften and loosen the tar from the pan.



Transferred to a working dish it'll get baked at 250F until all the bubbling and foaming stops. At point I know all the water is gone and now I'll add the Lecithin. 20% by oil volume and process an additional 20 min at 220 F.

Now it is ready to fill capsules with. Any trace of water in the oil will melt the capsules destroying all the hard work. If you add the Lecithin before cooking off all the water it will emulsify the water and oil and we do NOT want that.

BNW