Real Cannabis Butter *how To*

I like your angle on making butter from scratch. Winning.

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 It's good to see that you have an interest in edible cannabis, and it's a good start!
 
 
 Don't forget that you need to activate or decarboxylate your cannabis before you begin. Otherwise you're wasting a ton of potency, especially during  such a brief extraction containing so much water, because the majority of your cannabinoids are not even close to active (the old fashioned, non-decarbed canna butters made similarly with water contamination, require at least 15 - 24 hours of continuous heat to compensate, and still don't come close to the potency of a properly made butter or oil!)!
 
 
 Another thing to consider is that regular vodka just won't cut it - it needs to be MUCH higher proof than standard drinking alcohol!  At 40%, that's a very diluted solvent. Cannabis glandular material resists pulling apart and tends to remain clumped when surrounded by so much water.. when soaking in a lower proof alcohol you're more water-washing or 'water curing' your herb, than performing a useful extraction. This means the alcohol certainly changes and deepens in color, but this is because it's pulling in loads of inert material, while most of your active potency stays behind.
You're thinking high proof Everclear, this is the 'vodka' people use when performing extractions. Worst case scenario Bacardi 151 can do the trick, but it will impart its own tannins and other flavors and colors, and it takes a bit longer to pull the same amount of material.
 
 
 
And for the same reasons, you want to avoid using cream.
 
 Again, your solvent won't work well when it's so diluted, stripping potency is one thing but producing a bioavialable solution is another entirely, making it all the more important that your solvent is relatively pure if you want the most efficient, and potent outcome. That aside, by opting for cream rather than butter, or ideally clarified butter, you're inviting even more unnecessary proteins and solids into the mix which (if it matters) will dramatically reduce the shelf-life of your butter, but worse, it can also rapidly cause the butter to taste 'off' even before it's actually spoiled.
 
 
Not only do we know that water-contamination is a BIG no-no when making edibles, and that water-butters are a (very wasteful!) thing of the past, but for the most success and efficiency the experts also go so far as to recommend using clarified butter, which is butter that has had its water content and milk solids removed!
 
 
 Even the best 'real' canna milks and canna creams, still begin with active cannabis and pure milk fat!
 
 
 Knowing this, you definitely don't want to start a canna butter with cream
 
 
 (When I was a teenager/young-adult, we toyed with making reverse canna creams that finished in butters and butter milks this way, just like the old churns... shaking cream into butter was something we did at scouts, there's even an old post on it in the CannaPharm with a few of my oldest edible photos! So I definitely know it's a lot of fun, and it feels rewarding making a 'reverse butter', but it's not really how a canna butter should be made   If you want to go to those lengths for fun, just make your butter from your favorite cream FIRST, clarify it, and then use that homemade clarified butter to make your canna butter!)
 
 
 Here is the original solvent transfer tutorial, instructing you how to successfully activate, extract, then transfer cannabis glandular material from a high proof alcohol extract, into a bioavailable oil or butter.
 
 
 It's the same process, beginning with a high proof drinking alcohol, extracting the glandular material, then transferring that potency to a pure oil source where it can form a bioavailable solution!
 
 
 
BadKat's Highly Activated & Bioavailable, Med-Grade Cannabis Concentrate (Edible & Smokable recipes included... similar to RSO/Phoenix Tears & BHO, but bioavailable & made with food grade/drinking alcohol)

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If video tutorials are more useful for you, here is the World Summit edition of the CannaPharm information....
 
 
 You'll be wanting Vol. 1 - & - Vol. 4. , but I'll also include the previews..... the extra time-lapsed footage of little seedlings germinating and growing over the course of a day, obscuring the little GrassCity hello sign in a matter of seconds is pretty neat to watch, too.  
 
 
 
Cannabis World Summit  : BadKittySmiles Headlines!
 
 
 
 
 Both Rick Simpson and I were the headlining 'star speakers' of the Cannabis World Summit, the Summit is an annual, 10-day, free and informative event, available to all members of our community who are interested in cannabis, in its medical applications, and in what the major players in the community are up to.
 
 
  Nine of the ten days featured three or more speakers for each day, Rick and I were asked to share the Big 4/20 day of the Summit alone due to the volume of content we provided the community, and to our track records with treating and even curing cancer, as well as other illnesses, with our medical oils! My medical oil video tutorials, Rick's interview, and his documentaries can be found on Day 5 / 4-20-2013, along with some bonus footage from Rick.
 
 
 
 
 Here ya go!
 
BadKat's CannaPharm : The Cannabis World Summit Edition...
 
 
BadKat's CannaPharm "The Cannabis World Summit Edition, Vol 1: Decarboxylation" by BadKittySmiles
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEa9a1riXl8
 
BadKat's CannaPharm "The Cannabis World Summit Edition, Vol 2: Flowering & Revegetated Clones" by BadKittySmiles
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMKeEwMSgb4
 
BadKat's CannaPharm "The Cannabis World Summit Edition, Vol 3: Hash Machine Demo" by BadKittySmiles
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shrUhcPLqb0
 
BadKat's CannaPharm "The Cannabis World Summit Edition, Vol 4: Medical Grade Oil" by BadKittySmiles
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v6wKwQO6Ko
 
BadKat's CannaPharm "The Cannabis World Summit Edition, Vol 5: Powerful Topical Bone Bars" by BadKittySmiles
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spHr1m5ZQA0
 
BadKittySmiles World Summit Preview.. Medical Grade Canna Oil, Hash, Edibles, Cloning and more!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rffzSeSfeuM
 
BadKittySmiles - GrassCity!!! - Cannabis World Summit - Comment to WIN FREE SIGNED BeeLine Hemp Wick!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbclJ5wZKk
 
 
 
 
 Have fun!

 

^ awesome

 

But its not a high enough alcohol % is what I think she was getting at. Normally iso wash in this case is substituted for everclear because of the extremely high alcohol content. Vodka is 40%, Everclear is 90%..

 

Alcohol does not decarboxylate.
Also Everclear is 95% alcohol.
In my experience 40% alcohol should be avoided at all costs.

 

They don't decarb readily or quickly in alcohol.
 
Nor does it in cream, the fats interfere with the decarb process since the solvation processes overrule them.
 
Should be done separately.

 

Perhaps you should read some before posting a ridiculous recipe.

 

Where do your directions say anything bout separate decarbs?
 
You even said it would fully decarb in the cream, which it wont...