Used to be quite the edible chef. I think it's technically possible to fully saturate the coconut oil, but I don't think it's functionally possible. I once made edibles that had 1/8th of wax per dose and those definitely hit like 1/8th of wax. And for the record, especially back then, I had the edible tolerance to tell the difference between doses when they're that high. Even now, after a year and a half long break from weed/edibles, I have to take a 200mg edible every night to get sleep, and that doesn't even always work. If I want consistentcy, I have to take about 600mg and at that point I'm not even high, just a little sleepy

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My understanding is you probably won't practically saturate something like coconut oil.

I used a sous vide cooker. Id grind the herb and put it in a mason jar and decarb it around 180f for an hour or two, shaking the jar occasionally. Then just add the oil to the jar and set it to 195f, simply because that was the max setting. Id leave it in there for at least 6 hours, but I think that majority of the infusion happens in like the first hour or two.

The main idea here is theres certain temps where cannabinoids start breaking down so the sous vide prevents that. You're not only getting a large portion of the THC but also most of the ones that only occur in trace amounts. Also the mason jar in the water keeps the massive skunk aura contained.

My sweet spot for general consumption was 2 grams of herb to 1 cup of oil. I never went too crazy with the oil since it was easy enough to just eat another brownie or cookie. If I was making a personal batch or some for serious medical use id double that amount, but i genuinely never felt that it was practical to go much stronger. The quality and strain matter a lot too so it's very much a trail and error thing.

I did find that i could substitute the oil directly for peanut butter to make weed peanut butter. A very tasty and convenient way to become way too fucking stoned.

Honestly just extract it with high proof ethanol first. You can completely evarporate the ethanol or keep a little bit for an extract.

If you want to consume it directly you probably want to heat it up so the substances break down a bit first.

edit: don't use denatured alcohol. you want to use something made for human consumption

While the specialists are here: I'm looking to switch away from oil as a medium: I need something a bit thicker, more viscous, and crucially it must be able to be mixed with color and flavor. I'm thinking I'd have better luck with one of the many industrial candy precursors with names like "paraffin sorbitol", but don't know where to start. I basically need a neutral-to-sweet translucent slime with good absorption, any comrade got a lead?

Okay I'm a chemical engineer and not a chemist so the engineer part is probably influencing this response heavily but I don't think it's that useful of a calculation.

What certainty do you have of the THCA content of your weed? Yield of THC? Composition of the oil? Yield of transfer?

Don't worry I'm not just going to run my mouth lol: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1208/s12249-022-02385-8

There is a pay wall but you can get the info from the abstract.

Well if you have four grams of distillate and one gram of coconut oil you would just end up with a THC/oil suspension right? I don't think there is a saturation point. You just need enough fat or alcohol to get your metabolism to carry it into your bloodstream. I like to just eat a bowl of something fatty then swallow a little ball of cold oil.

Damn some of you are pros here, i just fry some weed in sime olive oil and then use that oil in salads lmao

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Lying machine and its sources:

The dissolve rate and extraction efficiency of THC in coconut oil typically ranges between 60% and 85%, with most calculations using an average midpoint of 73%. Because THC is highly lipophilic (fat-soluble), it binds exceptionally well to the medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) abundant in coconut oil.

https://thesocialleaf.com/choosing-between-cannabis-butter-and-cannabis-oil/

https://www.seaweeddelivery.com/blogs/news/cannabis-infused-coconut-oil-potency-storage-use

https://noids.wiki/cannabis-oil-extraction-efficiency/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8803256/

Assuming you're working with wax, budder, pre 'liquid diamonds' THAC crystals, 90%+ THC concentrates etc and not flower