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CANNA SUGAR
After seeing Canna Sugar at a dispensary @ $10 for 30mg, I rebelled and decided to make my own. Now this is a bit of a risk because I have never used canna sugar before but I am interested in its versatility and portability.
There are a number of recipes around, but I settled on this one, which yielded me about 24tsp of product.
INGREDIENTS
If you already have your activated tincture, the process is really simple, albeit time consuming.
STEPS
I doubt that lower ABV booze will work for this, you may end up with more like a syrup because of the higher water content. But if you try with 151 rum, post your results!
POTENCY:
As always, unless you can afford lab tests, you have to work out a guesstimate.
I started with a strong tincture so that I can use less sugar per dose.
25grams of decarbed Gorilla Breath flowers at approx 18%+ THC, and 375ml (1.5 cup) of EverClear. Extraction was a simple cold soak for 4ish days.
I am assuming that I have extracted about 80% into alcohol, leaving me with approx 3600mg of THC.
Since I used 120ml of tincture, my recipe prepares a total of 1200mg of THC. Once the sugar was coated, I had 120ml of canna-sugar, or a little more than 24tsp.
1200 divided by 24 = about 50mg per teaspoon.
A few other notes:
I skipped my usual terpine step with my tincture because I really didn't like vaping this weed and wanted to get rid of it. Sous vide preserves some terps anyways.
When I added the liquid, it seemed that there was too much of it for the first few hours. I wondered if it would work faster with a bit less liquid, but now that its done I am happy with the product.
ideas for future consideration
Use a tabletop Still for part of the evaporation, to reclaim some ethyl and speed everything up?
Add a sprinkle of other botanicals like ground lavender for a pretty gift jar and/or additional medicinal effects?
After seeing Canna Sugar at a dispensary @ $10 for 30mg, I rebelled and decided to make my own. Now this is a bit of a risk because I have never used canna sugar before but I am interested in its versatility and portability.
There are a number of recipes around, but I settled on this one, which yielded me about 24tsp of product.
INGREDIENTS
- 120ml of EverClear tincture. Oil and Glycerine will NOT work.
- 100g of table sugar.
If you already have your activated tincture, the process is really simple, albeit time consuming.
STEPS
- Measure out 120ml of tincture
- Weigh 100 grams of sugar.
- Mix the sugar and tincture together well enough that tincture is adhering to all of the sugar crystals- the sugar will not dissolve in 94% alcohol, you will have a sludge.
- Spread the mixture in a THIN LAYER on a large glass casserole dish or similar, and wait.
- Stir thoroughly every 15-30 minutes, break up any clumps, and re-spread the mixture evenly on the surface.
- Repeat until dry.
I doubt that lower ABV booze will work for this, you may end up with more like a syrup because of the higher water content. But if you try with 151 rum, post your results!
POTENCY:
As always, unless you can afford lab tests, you have to work out a guesstimate.
I started with a strong tincture so that I can use less sugar per dose.
25grams of decarbed Gorilla Breath flowers at approx 18%+ THC, and 375ml (1.5 cup) of EverClear. Extraction was a simple cold soak for 4ish days.
I am assuming that I have extracted about 80% into alcohol, leaving me with approx 3600mg of THC.
Since I used 120ml of tincture, my recipe prepares a total of 1200mg of THC. Once the sugar was coated, I had 120ml of canna-sugar, or a little more than 24tsp.
1200 divided by 24 = about 50mg per teaspoon.
A few other notes:
I skipped my usual terpine step with my tincture because I really didn't like vaping this weed and wanted to get rid of it. Sous vide preserves some terps anyways.
When I added the liquid, it seemed that there was too much of it for the first few hours. I wondered if it would work faster with a bit less liquid, but now that its done I am happy with the product.
ideas for future consideration
Use a tabletop Still for part of the evaporation, to reclaim some ethyl and speed everything up?
Add a sprinkle of other botanicals like ground lavender for a pretty gift jar and/or additional medicinal effects?
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