Can I boil cannabis in water to make infused tea?



A viewer wants to know if boiling cannabis in water is a good way to make an infused tea. Spoiler alert, no it isn’t. Here’s why and …

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  1. You are mistaken! I decarb my weed, boil water, pour it over the cannabis, mash it with a potato masher, and strain the resulting fluid. Repeat the process a few times (use as little boiling water as possible) and you will be left with a tea that kicks ass. I usually drink some milk afterwards to help with absorption of the THC, CBD and everything else that the tea contains. I drink this about an hour before bedtime, and it helps me sleep the sleep of the innocent. DO NOT BOIL the cannabis, it will degrade the THC.

  2. I save dried leaves and small buds, crush them up, place them in a ziploc and freeze. For tea, I add a heaping tsp of the crushed marijuana to about 6 ounces of water, boil it for about 30 seconds, then let it set for another two minutes, strain it, then add honey as a sweetner and drink as a tea before bed.

    It makes me sleep soundly and wake up pain free.

  3. ✌🏼just stumbled across this during a deep phryed W&B,,and Realized what You said!!( in my own way) If i put marijane in the Hot bath tub with me and soak like a soup,,the THC will be attracted to my Fat and i should turn into a vegetable👁🙏🏼thank you💋

  4. Okay, but… doesn’t it MELT at boiling water temp
    And not evaporate thc
    Meaning that you’ll still extract the oil, they would be floating on the top of the water
    Because essential oils are derived from boiling plants, chilling the water, and then collecting the film on top, which is the oil which is non-water soluble just like in the case here

    Wouldn’t the heat be a sufficient extraction even if the water isn’t? I believe if you did it for about an hour it would also be decarboxylated also

  5. Sherri thank you for your content once again your knowledge is vast and I love to watch your videos you always have great advice and you always explain things so well. Honestly you probably save my ass a couple of times. You have a lot of fans out here at least I'm one of them when you cook with advice from a Champion you create legendary meals. I've made tea a few times like this and it never seems to hit me the same. One of my favorites to make though is Cream of spinach the garlic really hides the marijuana flavor so I don't even filter out the marijuana I just grind it to a fine dust and put it into the spinach butter. If you keep the spinach a little wet and let it cook out for about 20 more minutes it really helps the potency.

  6. Cheri, I was giving a lot of trim which just includes the leaves and stems. I separated the leaves and stems and use the leaves for infusion in making edibles. Now I have a trash bag full of stems I cut them in pieces which made my hand very sticky. I know you said “I should use gloves” but I didn’t at the time. Question to you is….what should I do with the stems and if I could use them how would I go about it? Thanks

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