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most liquor stores in MD do carry it. taxed to the gills, but it's available.

oldie, firstly, you are way ahead of the game for even asking questions! anyway, the problem is that simple syrups are water based and will not leach out the actives from ABV. The compounds that we are after are not soluble in water. the stuff that makes ABV taste nasty is water soluable. no...

no problem panda- please share your results with us!

Weedemon, what Hal said and varietal honeys are quite a treat - normally the stuff in the stores is clover or wildflower or orange blossom honey, the most common 'oddball' flavor that i've seen is blueberry. we are not talking about honey that has been flavored, we are talking about honey that...

cutepanda, thanks! the sticky in the bag is basically wand hash. my assumption is that it contains a full spectrum of actives. if you just use the bag, i suggest using either use two bags for one recipe or make a recipe with a smaller yield. that being said, my tolerance is pretty high so YMMV

Nuphile, honey is itself a very mild solvent just because it's 70 or 80 percent sugar in a aqueous solution. adding some PGA to that equation would of course increase the transfer of goodies just because of the nature of the plant we are dealing with. To make herbal honeys, you just steep the...

they might if you can get your blends right. keep in mind eo's do lose scent very quickly, especially the cheaper ones so sea salt would probably not be the best medium.

Hal, i've considered it, i also had a blog, but never seem to be able to keep up with stuff like that. Too many other things going on. Maybe in the future. Not really sure about the risks involved either. should i even worry about it? Focusing on building a new business with my husband right...

medme, you are correct on the honey, but once you add water and other contaminants to it i would think shelf life drops to maybe six months. I make an elderberry syrup that ends up being 25% honey 75% water (herbal decoction, actually) and it will keep at least that long in the fridge. in...

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djonkoman, try this Irish breakfast - truly tea that will put hair on your balls - too strong for me tho loose leaf, but a tea ball or cloth teabags work, you don't need the fancy brewer. http://www.adagio.com/black/irish_breakfast.html You will not be able to get a good cup o tea with bags...

stored cool dark and dry, most herbal tinctures will keep for years. the "official" shelf life is 1-3 years, but you sometimes hear about ones that are very old, like 10-15 years, but still pack a punch. Some will lose potency, other will gain it as the alcohol evaporates. that being said...

if you have a real tea shop, by all means try the local place first always - unfortunately, all the tea shops around me are really coffee shops that sell stale tea. even though i'm in a major metro area. my first experiences with loose leaf tea were lackluster until i found a better source...

sorry guys. :uhoh: lwein, when you do go to teas, try Adagio teas, i can pass you a coupon and they have a good points program. and that have that fancy schmancy brewer. we experienced some serious overload at first, but now it's back down to a large mug of coffee (h&h & sugar) in the am and...

Centralia PA may be worth a look for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania the town was abandoned after a mine fire that is still burning from what i understand. Never been there but have seen friend's pics.

crawdad, exactly - aint a bed of roses, but i'm going to make me work FOR me dammit! i've been fighting it for too long!

i mean, why not? they already have intermittent explosive disorder. http://www.psychiatryonline.com/content.aspx?aID=11056&searchStr=intermittent+explosive+disorder the more shit that they make up, the more chance big pharma has to make a drug for it. and who gives docs who sell (prescribe)...

medme, i answered your question in the other thread :)

they will mix, and it will be sweeter, but the honey will of course weaken your tincture. plan accordingly to how far you evaporate it down after straining.

baurman, if you do over evaporate and end up with sticky goo, it's easy to thin it out again by adding back some fresh PGA drop by drop. this is a very precise way to control dosage strength if you are tincturing, say 25g of ABV and want five doses out of it at 5 ml (teaspoon) a dose, so...