Marijuana Tea

Before you boil your precious marijuana buds in hot water to have a Marijuana Tea please be aware:

THC, the active ingredient in Marijuana, is not soluble in water. (Gottlieb,1993)

It does not work to make Marijuana Tea from Marijuana buds, leaves or stems because most of the good stuff will stay in the weed and not go into the water.

Are there alternatives?

THC is soluble in alcohol, fats and oils.

You could for example make cannabutter and use it for baking marijuana cookies or marijuana brownies.

You could also make an alcoholic drink instead of Marijuana Tea.

Marijuana Alcohol

The following recipe has been taken from the book:

Place 2 ounces of Marijuana (all parts may be used) in a one-quart mason jar. Completely cover the grass with heated vodka or a similar mixture of pure grain spirits and spring water.

Cap the jar and keep it in a moderately warm place for at least five days. Check it to ensure that all the grass remains submerged. Strain, and save the liquids in a bottle.

Resoak the mash in fresh Vodka for another five days or so. Strain the liquids and combine them with the first strainings.

This time, cover the mash with distilled or spring water and let it soak for another five days but no longer than that.

On the final day, heat that jar in a pan of boiling water for 45 minutes. See that the jar cap is loosened before heating. Strain the liquids while hot and add them to the other liquids.

Filter the combined liquids through a conical paper coffee filter. Because of the large amount of fine debris suspended in the liquids, it will be necessary several times to replace clogged filter papers with fresh ones.

If any murkiness remains in the filtered liquors, bottle them and let them stand undisturbed for a week while the sediment settles and the liquid above it becomes clear. Siphone the clear liquors off of the sediment.

Put these liquors in a clean mason jar with a slightly loosened cap and heat in a pan of boiling water for about 15 minutes or until the liquors warm to about 180°F (80 °C).

Add Honey until the desired sweetness is attained.

Pour the liquids through a funnel into a clean bottle. The taller and more slender the bottle, the better. Allow it to stand for several month, the longer the better. More sediment will precipitate.

Carefully, as not to disturb the sediment, siphon the clear liquids into a clean bottle. You could Label it 'Creme de Gras'.

One or two cordial glasses won't get you drunk, but if you are willing to wait fifteen minutes, it is guaranteed to make you high.

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