What is the ideal color of cannabutter?

[frikn squirrel]

I've been making quite a bit of budder lately, all using various methods. One thing I noticed was the color differences. Some were very green, others hand a golden light green tinge to it, and still others were very brown. Different batches have been made with trim from different plants so the effects of each batch are slightly different.

In your experiences, what do you believe is optimal?

 

[PrivateAero]

idk what is best but if there is a brown hint to it its probably over heated or cooked to long

 

[geopolitical]

Any color you want frikin. In fact, if you get your butter direct from someone like I do, the color of it will probably vary throughout the year. Color of your end butter depends on:

Color of your starting butter (butter color varies depending on what the cow was eating, time of year, etc. Some countries they dye the butter, some they don't, just like with cheeses).

How much oxidative damage the butter takes before/during/after cannabis extraction. Exposure to high heat, air, etc can all speed the demise of mr butter. Your butter may be older than you think, or more heavily processed.

Color of the material you're dumping into it. Water cured bud is pretty brown & ugly, fresh trim is normally bright chlorophyll green, air/jar cured bud can be all sorts of purty colors. Many of these colors can leach into the butter.

Time you're processing the butter. Many compounds that help create color can be broken down by heat/oxygen/mechanical processing. Stirring your trim/bud vigorously is going to result in a different color than just dumping whole buds in a pan of butter and calling it good.

Filtering also changes the color of butter. Mechanically removing traces of plant from your butter will change it to a lighter color in most cases. Skimming & settling your butter into ghee also tends to fall (at least imho) under filtering.

 

[guest396]

it depends on what you used to make the cannabutter also, ie; bud trim popcorn light or dark variances to the a fore mentioned, did you use hash, butane, or iso? it just really depends. now i know what you mentioned, but this is an in addition

 

[Barn Owl]

Really doesn't matter what color it is. Does it work?

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Purple

 

[Hindu Killer]

The green color is chlorophyl....melt down agian strain again, cool etc....should get clear'er each time.

 

[RebelGrow]

melt again in clean water a few times and that'll clean the butter up a bit.

 

[Hydrosun]

Best color is no change, butter color. The way I like best is to use the 190 - 120mu hash and put it in a crock pot 40grms cooking hash to 1lb of butter. let simmer on low for 6hrs or so stir often enough and then pour into molds. 10grms of hash per stick is a lot but it REALLY does the trick.