making microdose cananbis chocolates- update
this was originally published December 13, 2019
MICROCANNA TREATS
2nd test batch should be happening this weekend or next weekend!!
If all goes according to plan, I'll let you guys know the dosage and price in case you need for your holiday plans!
UPDATES 4 BATCH II
1. for this batch I'm going to use the Pineapple strain which can be found in cali. I love this strain because it smells and kinda tastes like pineapple! It's also an active high for me. No I'm not running around with my heartbeat accelerated. It's more like I don't feel very heavy or lethargic. I'm talkative, imaginative, creative, and content. This strain is known to ease anxiety, stress, and depression. I love using Leafly's strain database to gain more insight about its' characteristics and how other people react to it. I'm beginning to log my personal experience with different strains in a database!
2. I'm adding lecithin to my infusion process. lecithin is a naturally occurring fat found in animals and plants that is essential to the body, it can be found in soybean, sunflower oil, and egg yolk. It's used in chocolate, pharmaceuticals, and supplements. why am i adding it to my infusion process? THC (and CBD) is fat soluble- so ingesting THC paired with a fat improves absorption (faster/stronger), which can have a positive impact on the type of high. (it doesn't make the infused oil more potent.) I cannot eat sugar edibles like gummies- my high is unpleasant and most of the time i get headachey. here's a more scientific explanation from THC Geek "Since lecithin contains phospholipids, the process of encapsulating the THC, and making it water-soluble and absorbable, can be completed prior to ingestion. This liposomal encapsulation process that lecithin facilitates, makes edibles especially potent, since the micelles that it creates serve as a disguise for the THC resin inside the body, allowing it to be absorbed more readily. As if that were not enough to merit consideration, lecithin also serves as a surfactant (a compound that lowers surface tension), helping distribute the THC throughout the body more quickly.”
3. Instead of decarbing the cannabis in my oven, which is so smelly cuz ur literally baking weed (sorry/ur welcome neighbors), I'll be using a decarboxylator! It's a contraption that is supposed to make the decarb process less stinky, easier, increase accuracy in the decarb and infusion, and utilizes allllll of the thc/cbd. As new kitchen tech comes out, there are new methods to decarb at home that isn't very smelly. But this time I'm borrowing this decarb from a friend, so I'm not sure if I'll invest in one myself or try out other home methods! Okay after all of this, you must be like "why the fuck are you decarbing/baking weed?" well we have to bake aka heat aka decarboxylate in order to convert THCA (which is found in the raw/cured not heated weed) to THC (after you vape/smoke a blunt you get high). So when we infuse cannabis into oils to create edibles or topical salves, we need to heat the weed to convert the THCA to THC in order to get to that high feeling and access all of the anti-inflammatory and anti-stress/anxiety/depression qualities.
