Advice on making a tincture

[Truth Seeker]

Hi everyone!
I'm trying to make my first tincture and I'm doing a vodka one and an MCT oil one.
Everything I read about the MCT oil one says you have to heat it but I read on a blog if you just let it sit for
a few months the MCT oil and decarb bud doesn't have to be heated as time will do the job?

I'm also just leaving the vodka jar with the decarb herb unheated and plan on shaking it here and there.

I know this isn't the best process but it saves me from having to slow heat MCT oil for hours and the alcohol one should work fine shouldn't it?

 

[ClearBlueLou]

Hey, truth seeker!

I have no experience with using MCT; technically, a tincture uses alcohol.
Also technically, an infusion in vodka would pass.

There are drawbacks to a plain infusion, chief of which is that the vodka is typically less than 50% alcohol, which means more than 50% water. Water-soluble components of your herb are considered disposable, since the alcohol will dissolve the resins etc. As the water evaporates more slowly than the alcohol, it’s become common to use grain alcohol instead of vodka. Grain alcohol runs 95% alcohol (190 proof) to vodka’s 45% (90 proof), so there is little risk of picking up chlorophyll in the water.

The technique used is known as a quick cold-ethanol wash, or QWET. If you secure-search for QWET and “Grey Wolf” you’ll find a great deal of useful practical information about the tech and about cannabis tinctures

 

[ClearBlueLou]

Water-soluble components of your herb are considered disposable, since the alcohol will dissolve the resins etc. As the water evaporates more slowly than the alcohol, it’s become common to use grain alcohol instead of vodka.

I wasn’t happy with this when I wrote it but couldn’t figure out why, but then I did:
The water will carry flavor components and other compounds you might not like, *and* it will greatly reduce the strength / potency of the mix, so it makes sense to minimize the water, to make it easier to remove the water without hurting your harvest of good stuff. THAT is the rest of why QWET has replaced soaking weed in vodka as a method.

doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with doing it that way

 

[Truth Seeker]

Thanks for the heads up! I don’t mind actually having a weaker tincture and I’ve seen recipes to use brandy too! Brandy might be tasty!

 

[shredder]

Whether it's technically a tincture or not, I think it is, hemp oil and a concentrate makes a great tincture.

No alcohol burn, no herb particles floating in it. I've found rosin tinctures taste better than RSO tinctures.

I use 2 grams rosin per I fluid oz of organic hemp oil. Mix under gentle heat and stir until clear. I use them in a eye dropper bottle. A dose is a dropper full.

Decarb if you want, but I haven't found any difference.

I use it under the tongue, or on bread/pancakes or anything that absorbed the oil. Coffee or hot tea works too and acts quicker.

I have a cold now and I'm relying on tinctures and cannabis caps to stay medicated and they work well.

 

[david8613]

I just picked up a magical butter machine and I want try to a grain tincture. But i have a question between making tincture or cannabutter with coconut oil and sun flower lecithin which would be more potent using the same amount of avb.

I have experience making cannabutter with coconut oil, using the pressure cooker method worked really well.