Extraction how much lecithin

[Mañ'O'Green]

I use 2 tsp. in a 4.5 oz chocolate bar. I just add it to the melted chocolate just before adding the decarbed rosin.

 

[VitaMan]

I use 2 tsp. in a 2.25 oz chocolate bar. I just add it to the melted chocolate just before adding the decarbed rosin.

I have been using canna coconut oil with dark bakers chocolate and 1 tsp of lecithin. Have to keep them in the fridge, it melts almost instantly when it touches my tongue!

I imagine the consistency would be much better with rosin, not to mention the flavour!
...someday I will get a press...

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I have been using canna coconut oil with dark bakers chocolate and 1 tsp of lecithin. Have to keep them in the fridge, it melts almost instantly when it touches my tongue!

I imagine the consistency would be much better with rosin, not to mention the flavour!
...someday I will get a press...

Ooops 4.5 oz. chocolate bar!

The flavors are truly amazing.

 

[Burnt_Supper]

I use a teaspoon to 1/3 cup oil in my gummies. I put the already infused oil with the lecithin in a double boiler and wisk the shit out of it. I proceed with my recipe from there. Makes a BIG difference in onset and potency IMO.

 

[Builder0101]

Lecithin SUCKS! No experience making chocolate or cookies or anything but for gummies it Sucks.
Horrible texture and flavor. I threw an entire batch out made with Lecithin. Xantham Gum is awesome for gummies. Lecithin, Guar, Xantham are emulsifiers. They help incorporate oil into water.
If you are making an oil just as oil drops you need no emulsifiers.

 

[Burnt_Supper]

I suggest egg yolks if you find the lecithin taste unpleasant. I use sunflower lecithin and don’t notice any taste difference but to each there own. The reason you’re using lecithin is for absorption of thc, it just so happens to be an emulsifier. You don’t need an emulsifier to make gummies. If using unrefined coconut oil they will set up with out.

 

[Idiot-sativant]

Isn't it just an emulsifier to attach THC to the fat molecules. Guar gum is popular too. I know they make gummies look a lot nicer! More solid colours. Maybe a well emulsified gummy would have more THC per gram than a less mixed one? Interesting if it can help your body absorb as was mentioned here too. I never get much higher than 10mg per gummy using flower anyways, too much mass to cover in too much oil so I never notice small dosing increases after eating 8 gummies at a time.

I always use an emulsifier, corn syrup, and high bloom gelatin and they look and feel store bought. I would use 1tsp at a time powdered evenly across the surface until you see those shades of colour while mixing turn into a solid colour.

 

[JaPinkman]

Lecithin SUCKS! No experience making chocolate or cookies or anything but for gummies it Sucks.
Horrible texture and flavor. I threw an entire batch out made with Lecithin. Xantham Gum is awesome for gummies. Lecithin, Guar, Xantham are emulsifiers. They help incorporate oil into water.
If you are making an oil just as oil drops you need no emulsifiers.

Yep......I just about totally ruined a 3 oz batch yesterday because I tried to use Lecithin. If you are using the water method of infusion where you infuse into butter and then separate off the water, don't even think about adding Lecithin. It will emulsify the entire thing and render it almost useless. I did finally figure out if you heated it back up to about the temp of boiling then it would then separate out but it looks really weird and I'm not looking forward to eating it.

 

[VitaMan]

Yep......I just about totally ruined a 3 oz batch yesterday because I tried to use Lecithin. If you are using the water method of infusion where you infuse into butter and then separate off the water, don't even think about adding Lecithin. It will emulsify the entire thing and render it almost useless. I did finally figure out if you heated it back up to about the temp of boiling then it would then separate out but it looks really weird and I'm not looking forward to eating it.

Lecithin is a great additive for a variety of reasons, but you are right. It will emulsify oil and water so it is not suitable at this stage of that technique.

My best oil infusions have been done slowly in sous vide and no water touches the fat. I think lecithin has helped a bit but I am trying to get as many phytonutrients as possible from my weed, and I don't mind a bit of chlorophyll.

Mostly, though, lecithin greatly improves absorption when you eat the oil. Back in the day I made hash capsules and I heard about lecithin, so I added it to some already prepared oil and I was astounded by the increase in potency. I have used it ever since.

That reminds me...its been a long while since I made bhang chai!

 

[JaPinkman]

Lecithin is a great additive for a variety of reasons, but you are right. It will emulsify oil and water so it is not suitable at this stage of that technique.

My best oil infusions have been done slowly in sous vide and no water touches the fat. I think lecithin has helped a bit but I am trying to get as many phytonutrients as possible from my weed, and I don't mind a bit of chlorophyll.

Mostly, though, lecithin greatly improves absorption when you eat the oil. Back in the day I made hash capsules and I heard about lecithin, so I added it to some already prepared oil and I was astounded by the increase in potency. I have used it ever since.

That reminds me...its been a long while since I made bhang chai!

I wanted to use it for all of the same reasons, I just didn't think it through. I'm curious though how you do use it.?
My previous batch was a 1/2 ghee 1/2 coconut oil infusion with no water. I was actually just using water to try and get more oil into the butter if that makes any sense. With just the butter/oil I can only cover one once of product with about one cup of oil. I wanted to try and get more oil into the butter by using water to help cover it. It actually did work the second time but the batch was contaminated some with traces of that Lecithin from the previous batch.