Dave Groomer
Well-Known Member
I cook up my pot in coconut oil in a crock pot that's on a variac so I can raise the temps up higher than the crockpot is designed to go.
That way I can get it hot enough to decarb in the oil and not lose terpenes. Around 235F it starts to bubble as the CO2 molecules are driven off and I let it get to around 260F or when the bubbles stop whichever happens first. Then I cool below 212F and add some liquid sunflower lecithin and steep for a few more hours before filtering into mason jars. Spread on cookies or by the spoonful it don't taste bad at all.
Not into gummies. That's a stoner kid type thing to me but I can see the appeal.
Same with dabs. We did that back in the 70s and now it's the 'new' thing! lol
Most of the pot I consume is cocobudder but I like a pipe hit for a quick response.
Making it into oil of unknown strength then dissolving into something to make something else is too much like work to me and really more likely to degrade the medicinal qualities thru over-processing.
To each their own tho.
For people medicating that need to travel, gummies are a much easier solution to Coconut oil. I have made a lot of both for different people with different conditions. Transporting a bottle of gummies is much easier then transporting a jar of infused oil.