![]() To microwave your weed, simply place whole buds in a microwave-safe bowl with a small microwave-safe plate on top of it. ![]() Microwaving weed to decarb it is not only quicker and easier, it keeps the weed vibrant and green and imparts much less toasty taste. You can heat the weed in a very lowly-lit oven (around 240✯ for up to an hour), but I greatly prefer the microwave method pioneered by Warren Bobrow, the author of the excellent, seminal book Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails, and Tonics. I’m not a scientist, so I’m not going to try to explain what decarbing means on a super-technical level, but long story short, it’s a chemistry thing that happens when heat is applied to the dry herb, and it allows all the of amazing, super-fun parts of the THC molecules to bind to the alcohol molecules better. Most experts agree that at this point in the weed-infusion process, you need to decarbolize the pot. As I just said, liquor is extremely flammable and you should keep it the hell away from uncontrolled fire. And if you have a gas stove, you’ll also need a hot plate, or a friend who doesn’t mind you using his or her electric stove. A cheap candy/deep-frying thermometer is also helpful, to make sure you keep your tincture at the proper temperature (so that too much alcohol doesn’t evaporate off). ![]() You’ll need a microwave, some cheesecloth, and double boiler-which is kind of like a saucepan stacked on top of another saucepan. Now that I’ve got that out of the way, on to the fun stuff. “Fiery drug death” is not how you want to go down. Work in a well-ventilated area and do NOT improvise. Before you even think of making weed-infused cocktails, you should know that you should NEVER infuse liquor over a gas burner or near any other open flame, under any circumstances. No, seriously-alcohol, and even alcohol fumes, are extremely flammable. And especially if you’ve ever made weed butter, infusing liquor with weed is relatively easy to do…as long as you don’t burn your house down. Marijuana and alcohol go together like driving fast and rolling down the windows. ![]()
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