I forgot to ask, by one stick do you mean 1/4lb of butter, or an entire 1lb of butter per 2-3 oz? I have about a pound of trim.
One thing I did try here is the addition of lecithin.
I really don't know how this'll work, in my head lastnight it made sense. the lecithin should absorb into the butter and help the THC absorb better, possibly absorbing THC as well itself.....
Then I realized that it's water soluable.....so I don't know if it's going to absorb THC then fall out of solution, or work to make a more potent, faster acting butter....
it's too late now so only time will tell.
Glee is great to use it has a higher percentage of fat than normal butter does therefore it has a greater capacity to trap the THC to it.
but don't put the trim in warm water before start reciipe ?
for kill the chlorophyle ?
I'm not sure you want to add an emulsifier like lecithin to the fat/water mix. We want the oil and water to separate. Lecithin will slow that process and might even block it, at least partially.
Just going off general concepts here - no direct experience.
I'm a little concerned that at room temperature the butter may be more watery. If this happens I guess I'll just do the flushes and then try and boil off any remaining water, then we'll see what happens with the potency.
As for the terpenes being lost, you obviously didn't read what I've been posting..... I don't want ANY taste or smell to remain if possible. This trim is the worst of the worst, and while it makes potent edibles, it's absolutely disgusting to smell or burn.
Currently sitting at 17C I'm going to scoopt it out into a pot and dump out the water.
I still need to do a wash on the plant material to extract more butter, but I'm trying to figure out the best way squeeze out 483g of boiling hot material. Cheesecloth is a little hot on the hands.
There should be little to no taste or smell, provided you've done things right. I am unsure as to why your mix looks so soupy - did you strain it through a metal colander and then put the mix in the fridge overnight? It should be a hard, flat, pancake of butter in the shape of the container you put it in. I added a few details to the original post, this may help you with the butter making process.
what do you mean soupy? It was still kind of warm in the first picture I took.
Everything is moving along smoothly so far, everything has separated like it should and I've squeezed as much butter from the plant material as possible by heating it in water in cheesecloth and wringing it out.
It looks like I should end up with 3.5lbs or more of butter....which is kind of counter intuitive since I only started with 3.5Lbs, so I'll probably have to do a final boil to remove any trace water.
Ok, ok I'm starting to see where I went wrong in my latest attempts at butter making and how it differs from my first experience of making weed cookies.
Its the ratio's, ratio's, ratio's.
Zach used 1.5 oz of primo bud and keif to 2 sticks of butter...
Terp used trim off a 2 - 4oz plant, probably primo bud, to 1 stick of butter...
Both terrific results.
I'm, about 4oz of some immature buds and leaves to a Lb of butter... results, sub-par.
I probably should have done a 4:1 or at the max 4:2 ratio of weed to butter with the stock that I had, I may have gotten the results I was looking for or very close to it.
Hmmmm....one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration...time to go back to the kitchen...
Stay Frosty My Friends
Raz
I'm curious how mine turns out then, 483g to 3.5Lbs of butter, or just about 4.9 oz per pound.
The trim I'm using is good as far as THC content, it's just it's smell and taste that's awful.
a bit off topic, but I just noticed that the board automatically italicizes certain words. like THC and trace