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How To Make Canna-Oil – What’s Involved?

Byking_adm on April 12, 2021

More and more people are starting to infuse their foods with cannabis. The high experience from cannabis edibles is a little different in comparison to smoking weed. You’ll also feel the effects of cannabis for a longer period of time than with just smoking cannabis. It tends to take a little longer for the high to kick in, and the effects tend to creep up when you least expect it. Because of that, you’ll want to begin with a smaller dose and wait to see how you’re affected by it. If you’re making your own cannabis edibles, you’ll want to exercise some caution when you’re doing so you don’t make a super potent edible that you later regret. Canna-oil (cannabis oil) can be used for many different things. People like to use it when they’re making desserts, frying up vegetables, making their eggs, and even in their salad dressing. If you enjoy peanut oil, why not try adding cannabis into the mix? Learning how to make canna-oil isn’t overly complicated, and following a recipe is the best place to start.

What’s The Recipe For Canna-Oil?

You’ll need a couple of things to get started:

• Around one cup of weed (if it’s not super potent you can use less)
• One cup of your own preference of cooking oil (many people like to use olive or coconut oil because of the milder taste)
• Strainer (a cheesecloth also works)
• Grinder to grind up the cannabis
• Slow cooker, saucepan, or double-boiler

What Are The Directions?

Your first step is to grind up all of your weed. Some people like to use the whole cannabis plant, while others just like to use the flower. It all boils down to your preference. Keep note that any plant matter that’s a tiny enough size will end up in the product, so you won’t want to be grinding your cannabis until it’s all powdery.

Start to mix together the oil and weed in your slow cooker, double-boiler, or saucepan. Set it to low heat for a couple of hours. Doing this will decarboxylate your weed, and that’s what activates the THC without completely scorching the THC right out of the weed. 

You can either use a slow cooker and set it to low heat for around 5 hours, put it in a double-boiler on a low setting for about 8 hours, or just let it sit in a saucepan for three hours, ensuring that you’re stirring it often. Weed is the most prone to burning in a saucepan, so you’ll need to keep an eye on it and continually stir it around. To prevent the chances of burning, you can add in some water. Make sure that the oil doesn’t reach or go higher than a heat of 245 degrees Fahrenheit.

After that, you can strain the oil and put it away. Once that’s done, you can get rid of the remaining plant matter if you don’t plan on using it with any other cooking or baking ideas. Your canna oil will be safe to consume for about two months. If you want to prolong the life of it even further, put it inside the refrigerator.