Use the technique I used with the Med GOM 1.0. That's PsyCro's olive oil extraction, but it can be done with coconut oil for a faster hit of euphoria if this is for recreational use.
The basic formula is 400 grams of plant material to 500 ml of oil.
- Chop the plant up into small buds.
- Blend the oil and the plant material together. PsyCro tells me he does this in the pot with an immersion blender. He starts with the oil and then adds the plant material a little at a time until it's all incorporated. In his directions he mentions that he uses the immersion blender because it was the only way he could get that much plant material into that small quantity of oil.
- Place the container with the mash into an oil bath. I used canola for the high heat tolerance. Learn from my mistake and use metal or Pyrex for the container that holds the plant material. We don't need a repeat of this:
- Bring the temperature of the oil up slowly. The water in the plant will begin to boil out. When it's finished doing that you need to keep a close eye on the temperature of the mash. Check the temperature of the mash every five minutes from the beginning for the first run. Next run you'll have a better feel for what you're watching for. You'll see the bubbles change from water boiling off to decarboxylation bubbles. I did a lot of stirring during the two hours, but it was mostly out of curiosity.
When you hit 212 degrees F start the timer. From this point it'll be two hours.
- Get the temperature up to 225 degrees F and keep it close to that. If it gets too high turn the heat off and remove the pot until the temps stabilize.
- At two hours you're done. Add lecithin at a rate of 1 TBS/cup of oil. Refrigerate overnight, bring to room temperature and fill your capsules.
I'm pretty sure that's everything. It's really a delightfully straight-forward approach. I think it may be my favorite oil so far and I see great potential for it.[/QUOTE]
The basic formula is 400 grams of plant material to 500 ml of oil.
- Chop the plant up into small buds.
- Blend the oil and the plant material together. PsyCro tells me he does this in the pot with an immersion blender. He starts with the oil and then adds the plant material a little at a time until it's all incorporated. In his directions he mentions that he uses the immersion blender because it was the only way he could get that much plant material into that small quantity of oil.
- Place the container with the mash into an oil bath. I used canola for the high heat tolerance. Learn from my mistake and use metal or Pyrex for the container that holds the plant material. We don't need a repeat of this:
- Bring the temperature of the oil up slowly. The water in the plant will begin to boil out. When it's finished doing that you need to keep a close eye on the temperature of the mash. Check the temperature of the mash every five minutes from the beginning for the first run. Next run you'll have a better feel for what you're watching for. You'll see the bubbles change from water boiling off to decarboxylation bubbles. I did a lot of stirring during the two hours, but it was mostly out of curiosity.
When you hit 212 degrees F start the timer. From this point it'll be two hours.
- Get the temperature up to 225 degrees F and keep it close to that. If it gets too high turn the heat off and remove the pot until the temps stabilize.
- At two hours you're done. Add lecithin at a rate of 1 TBS/cup of oil. Refrigerate overnight, bring to room temperature and fill your capsules.
I'm pretty sure that's everything. It's really a delightfully straight-forward approach. I think it may be my favorite oil so far and I see great potential for it.[/QUOTE]
