Chai tea latte mix

No ideas anyone?

Originally Posted by goldfish914

No ideas anyone?

I'm guessing the process is similar to making most powdered teas, like this: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/mak...a-powders.html

Not sure about how to get active THC into the mix though, maybe it's heated beforehand to remove the carboxyl group, you'd have to heat it at a temperature lower than the vaporization point to prevent it from simply boiling off and it'd probably take longer.

This article: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2794.html indicates that boiling occurs at 180-200ºC but decarboxylation occurs at around 106ºC.

So I'd say heat the herb to 106ºC for a while, then follow the process in the first article with whatever other herbs you want included for flavor etc.

Also I have to ask, do you do Tai Chi while drinking your Chai Tea?

haha tai chi. not yet but maybe right now, just had the last of my tea mix.

i think decarboxylating the stuff will do the trick, that's the first step. did some research and 99.9% acetone will be the best tincture solvent. I have to get it online though. I plan on using the oil and splitting it with powdered cinnamon and powdered milk, and more spices, and grinding and splitting the stuff a little bit more to get a nice homogenous powder.

Originally Posted by goldfish914

haha tai chi. not yet but maybe right now, just had the last of my tea mix.

i think decarboxylating the stuff will do the trick, that's the first step. did some research and 99.9% acetone will be the best tincture solvent. I have to get it online though. I plan on using the oil and splitting it with powdered cinnamon and powdered milk, and more spices, and grinding and splitting the stuff a little bit more to get a nice homogenous powder.

I'm not sure where you live but Walmart carries pure acetone where I am, it's used to remove paint among other things, though I'm not sure if that's such a good idea. Acetone gives me a nasty chemical vibe. Wouldn't ethanol do better for a tincture because of the neutral PH? Otherwise sounds like it could work fairly well.

RAWR i hate this.... CHAI = TEA, Therefore Chai Tea = Saying Tea Tea.... one or the other, its Ethier Chai or Tea.... Masala Chai = Mixed-Spice tea. Milk can be used, but its not needed.....

Now that i got that out of the way...

did some research and 99.9% acetone will be the best tincture solvent.

Heres a little fact for you: Only meth Cooks use acetone any more. Ordering Acetone is a redflag and a good way to get the cops on to you.....

99.9% isopropyl alcohol is a much better choice. it is used in many industries, so it doesn't raise any flags and it is just as pure as Acetone or Hexane for Oil extractions (its 99.9% Iso /0.01% water). it is what commercial medical dispensaries use to make their oil. get Pharmaceutical grade, it comes in 1 gallon and 5 gallon containers.

Use this method to make your oil: Iso Extractions by _oakley_

After your oil is made you are home-free... all the hard work is done. and you can make, and drink your super-stoner chai (as i call it )

In a sauce pan, heat but DO NOT BOIL.
1/4 Cup Whole milk
1/4 cup light Creme

After mixture is heated and steaming, Heat up a blob of the oil (The size of a Pencil eraser is a Large dose, with good oil) and drop it into the diary mixture. BEAT the oil into the mixture with a fork or Egg beater untill the oil has fully disipated into the mixture. Add water AFTER the Oils have bonded to the dairy. add spices after water, and steep until desired

P.S: Your talking about making THC water soluble, which would be making a THC salt.... thats Chemicly impossible... MANY people have tried it, it just doesnt work... THC is only Fat soluble (IE, Dairy). the Lowest redux of THC is oil. Oil can be Dehydrated and "Powdered" but its Still not water Soluble.

Originally Posted by Corbat420

P.S: Your talking about making THC water soluble, which would be making a THC salt.... thats Chemicly impossible... MANY people have tried it, it just doesnt work... THC is only Fat soluble (IE, Dairy). the Lowest redux of THC is oil. Oil can be Dehydrated and "Powdered" but its Still not water Soluble.

THC is soluble in pretty much all organic solvents I would think, most commonly though alcohols and lipids.Iso-extraction is a very good alternative to acetone. Your recipe is sound but it doesn't generate the powder which I think is what he's after. And if you're going to do it that way why not just extract the THC direct into the fatty whole milk and save a step? Unless you're planning on doing a big batch of oil and using a bit here and there for multiple purposes.

maybe he could add the powdered milk to the ISO extraction? does powdered milk have fat lol IDK never used the stuff. if it does he could see what happens to the powdered milk when added to the ISO if it dissolves and looks homogeneous then let that evap and see if your powdered milk looks the same haha. Then the question is will thc bond to fat while suspended in alcohol

why not just extract the THC direct into the fatty whole milk and save a step?

Because rendering plant matter causes plant waxes, chlorophyll, Water soluble carbohydrates and other things to be rendered out of the plant matter. a Proper oil extraction can end up being 75%+ cannabinoids (THC,THCV,CBA,CBD and others). theer have been some oils tested (Such as pure gold) that have a 95% Cacannabinoid content

Your recipe is sound but it doesn't generate the powder which I think is what he's after.

Which is why i added the P.S. its chemicly impossible to render THC to a point where you can add water, and drink it..... it just doesn't work that way. you have to sauce the THC to bond to a Fat or Solvent (Dairy, or Alcohol..). from there you have to render down the substance (Alcohol leaves oil, Dairy leaves dairy fats). from there you would have to dehydrate and "Powder" the substance.

Doing all of that still doesn't change the fact that cannabinoids are NOT water soluble. you NEED to make a dairy tea or a tincture to cause the THC to bond.

THC + an Ester group (Via Acid) / purified by column chromatograph = TAC (TetraAlkylCanabinol) .... But unless you have a Masters degree, good luck...

tetrahydrocannabinol = NOT water soluble.
tetraalkyl cannabinol = Water soluble.