Extraction Made my first tincture...

[The Medicine Man]

I've been getting a lot of requests from patients and potential patients to do edibles, topicals, and tinctures. Well, I made my first tincture over the last week using just dry leaves. Figured I could try to extract the other cannabinoids and see how it worked out.

I soaked 6 ounces of pulverized leaf in a half gallon mason jar filled almost to the top with 100 proof vodka. Let that soak in the fridge for 4 days and today I boiled everything off. I ended up with maybe 2 tablespoons of finished tincture. I had to see what it tasted like, 'cause it smelled interesting, and one lick of the spatula was enough. Probably would equate to 3 drops worth. Yea, that'll knock someone out. I'm not a small guy, not too large either, and wowee. Figured I'd share with ya'll.

 

[AutoBlaze]

How was the taste?

 

[skinwins]

151 rum or 151 everclear does a much better job of extracting, the everclear taste much better, sounds great i make gals of the stuff, my patience's love it, the 151 everclear is strong, my glycerin tincture taste much better but is not as strong and takes a lot longer to make

 

[The Medicine Man]

Taste is OK... everclear is illegal in my state (but cannabis isnt....) so next time I'll use 151 rum for sure. The effect is killer though, so that's what's important.

 

[skinwins]

everclear 151 proof is legal in most states, but the high alcohol one is illegal here too

 

[The Medicine Man]

I did add a touch of honey, but not enough. And... it's almost gone so for the next batch I'll definitely try something else to add. Mmm, grand marnier.

 

[Piel]

I usually use 96% medical grade alchohol and reduce it by 1/2 or 2/3 which makes the taste less "alchoholic". I blend with orange juice and it goes down fine, tastes a bit like grapefruitjuice (I use freshly pressed juice). Amaretto is also good.

 

[Hopper]

How do you use it? It it to go down the digestive route?..Or under the tongue?

 

[surffreak23]

Just chiming in because most edibles do nothing to me as far as a buzz is concerned but if I drop an alcohol tincture under my tongue and hold it there for 30-40 seconds it works much better. A great masking taste is anise seed and stars soaked along with the cannabis in the alcohol... That is unless you hate black liquorice...

 

[The Medicine Man]

I put it under the tongue. If its a thick one then I let it sit there for a while and then swallow the remainder.