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Best Way to Decarb Kief

January 2, 2022 by Kevin Klein

Ever wondered the best way to decarb kief? Decarboxylation, also known as decarbing, is a vital part of the process used to make marijuana-infused edibles potent and long-lasting. In the simplest terms, decarbing occurs when you heat raw cannabis buds, leaves, or stems. This activates the chemical compounds in cannabis. Kief, also known as dry sift or pollen, is a critical part of the cannabis plant. This powdery substance holds the plant’s essential and therapeutic oils. When using kief for cannabis edibles or concentrates, it’s important to decarb it for maximum potency and effectiveness.

What’s Decarboxylation?

The decarbing of cannabis occurs when the chemical components are heated. This happens when users smoke or vaporize dry herb. When lit or vaporized, a chemical ...

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How to Make Cannabutter at Home

December 1, 2021 by Fred Hernandez

Whether you are craving a homemade edible or need long-lasting relief, you can easily make cannabutter at home to create a wide range of edible infusions. No matter your cooking skills, this cannabutter recipe is super easy to follow.

What Is Cannabutter?

Cannabutter is a marijuana-infused butter that can be used as a supplement or replacement to regular butter in your favorite sweet or savory recipe. Whether you want a non-intoxicating CBD edible or potent THC relief, cannabutter can be the foundation for your cannabis infusion.

What You Need to Make Cannabis-Infused Butter

Cannabutter can be made at home using various procedures, each with different equipment and ingredient requirements. Check out our educational resources to learn how to make vegan cannabutter ...

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Your Guide to Weed Edibles Plus 3 Easy Recipes to Try

July 20, 2020 by Chef Mary Lynn

Here is a guide to weed edibles and a bonus 3 easy recipes that you can try out at home. Edibles have come a long way from the days of the basic hash brownies to the current dynamic market with an eclectic mix of canna-edibles. Data from Arcview suggests that the value of the weed edibles market will hit $4.1 billion by 2022. This just goes to show that increasingly more people are choosing to eat their weed and not smoke it. Weed edibles have been showing up in family dinners, weddings, yoga classes, and class reunions among others. What is making this weed category popular across different age groups?

Benefits of Weed Edibles

Here are some of the top reasons why weed edibles are all- the - rage: Versatile: you can infuse so many different foods and ...

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How to Make a Marijuana Cake for a Birthday

July 5, 2018 by Chef Mary Lynn

No matter if you're 21 or 75, if you or the person who is having the birthday loves marijuana then an infused birthday cake could be the best gift ever. If you're interested in baking a marijuana cake, then we have the recipe that includes the ingredients and instructions to get it done the right way. If you love chocolate, you could use the recipe below to make the bet cannabis-infused cake packed with the top psychoactive marijuana strain that is your favorite. You can make the marijuana cake as sweet as you would like, using less or more sugar. Make sure, though, you use canna-butter instead of regular butter. It will make quite a difference.

The Decision

What is your decision going to be? You have to decide whether to infuse the marijuana cake batter and the frosting or ...

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Mistakes to Avoid With Cannabis Cooking

April 26, 2018 by Jessica Myers

There are specific cannabis cooking methods that you should avoid when making your edibles, marijuana butter, cannabis oils and other products. In this article, we will mostly stick to cannabis edibles, more so because they are getting very popular and hot items on the cannabis market. Let us look at these one at a time. Too Much Grinding One of the mistakes that you should avoid with cannabis cooking is to grind the plant material too much, especially when you are making canna-butter or extracting cannabis oil. Some online websites that carry cannabis recipes will often say the opposite is true. But, this is the furthest thing from the truth. You should never grind marijuana so that it is too fine, especially, if you want good tasting cannabis edibles. When you over grind the ...

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How to Cook With Pot

January 23, 2018 by Jessica Myers

If you live near a local marijuana dispensary and have access to an inventory of cannabis products, then you may not have to cook with pot in your home. You can select any of the many edibles that you would find on the shelves of a local marijuana dispensary. Many of the products on those shelves have been pre-made and pre-packaged for easy accessibility to medical cannabis patients. It should be mentioned, though, that many of these cannabis products have in them high fructose corn syrup, sugar and other ingredients, which are not so healthy for the consumer. And so, there are many medical cannabis patients that prefer to cook with pot and make their own marijuana products. And this is understandable.

Consume at Home

When marijuana is ingested, it takes up to an hour to feel ...

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How To Bake Pot Brownies

January 23, 2018 by Jessica Myers

You don't have to be a marijuana enthusiast to know what pot brownies are. They are a form of cannabis edibles that when ingested can give you the same high intensity that you would get from smoking a joint or inhaling from a vaporizer. However, with edibles, it takes longer to feel the high. Once you ingest the pot brownie, you would start feeling high after thirty minutes to an hour. The brownies pass through your digestive system and your bloodstream before reacting. Pot brownies are tasty and may entice you to eat more than you should. You could find yourself having an intense high in such a way as to experience paranoia. So do be careful with your consumption amount.

Do It Yourself

If you do not reside close to a weed dispensary, then you might have to put your hands to ...

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Steps To Making Cannabis Butter

November 30, 2016 by Chef Mary Lynn

What To Consider Before Making Cannabis Butter Cannabutter is when butter is infused with cannabis. This is one of the most common and easiest ways to make medicated edibles. Cannabis butter, if done properly, will be one of the best ways to make edibles. It can be tricky, though. You have to know the different steps of how to make cannabis butter. Cannabis has to be heated at reduced temperatures for several hours, if it is to change from its acid state to psychoactive state.

Recommendation for Making Cannabis Butter

It is recommended that you simmer the cannabis in your slow cooker or on your stove. The temperature has to be between 200 and 250 Fahrenheit. Of course, it would have to be cooked for a longer time. Doing so will ensure that the cannabis doesn’t get ...

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