How to Make a Cannabis Tincture: Easy Cold Alcohol Extraction
Last Updated on August 9, 2023
Come learn how to make your own homemade cannabis tincture using a simple cold alcohol (ethanol) extraction method with our step-by-step guide. I’ve included plenty of photos to make the process as clear and easy to follow as possible. There is also a printable summary at the end – though I don’t think you’ll want to miss the extra tips in the body of the post.
Tinctures are a convenient, discreet, and easy way to enjoy your plant medicine. It’s kinder to your lungs than smoking or vaporizing, and offers more controlled and consistent dosing compared to smoking or homemade edibles. (I love that I can take just a few drops if needed.) You can use this homemade cannabis tincture recipe with any of your favorite cannabis strains, with CBD hemp only, or like we do – with homegrown herb!
What is a cannabis tincture?
A cannabis tincture is a concentrated alcohol-based cannabis extract, often referred to as “Green Dragon” among the cannabis community. High percentage alcohol is used as a solvent to extract the medicinal compounds (cannabinoids and terpenes) from the plant flower or “buds”. Though tinctures are essentially cannabis-infused alcohol, you do not get drunk since only a tiny amount is consumed.
Cannabis tinctures are highly therapeutic. Studies show that cannabis can be used to soothe a wide variety of physical and mental ailments, including sleep disorders, stress, anxiety, ADD/ADHD, muscle tension, joint pain, migraine headaches, inflammation, seizures, cancer, chronic pain and more. Cannabis tinctures can contain THC only (such as THC isolate), a blend of THC and CBD, or CBD alone.
When it comes to CBD, I always use my favorite certified organic full-spectrum CBD oil from NuVita. It’s federally-legal and is the most effective, potent and pure CBD oil I’ve ever tried. It does wonders for my anxiety, TMJ, and sleep issues! (Use code “deannacat” or this link to save 10% off) But if we want something with THC, we make our own tinctures using homegrown cannabis. It’s fun, rewarding, and a great way to save money!
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What type of alcohol to make homemade cannabis tincture?
It is best to use either 190 to 200-proof food grade ethanol (aka ethyl alcohol) or 190-proof Everclear alcohol for this cannabis tincture recipe. Both are strong natural solvents that will effectively strip and separate the desired cannabinoids from the plant material. We use this USDA organic ethanol. It is pure food-grade grain alcohol, and doesn’t contain any additives or water.
Lower-proof alcohol (e.g. 80 proof vodka) is a weaker solvent and also has a higher water content than ethanol, which can interfere with the extraction and tincture-making process. You technically can make homemade cannabis tincture with vodka or other lower proof liquor, but it requires additional steps that we aren’t going to cover in this article.
Do not use rubbing alcohol.
What type of cannabis should I use?
It’s important to use decarbed cannabis in this homemade cannabis tincture recipe. If you’re not familiar with decarboxylation, it’s essentially the process of heating cannabis to “activate” it (explained more below). When exposed to heat, raw forms of THCA, CBDA, and other cannabinoids are converted to their active forms of THC and CBD – making it psychoactive as well as more therapeutic. (It’s the same reaction that occurs when you heat cannabis via smoking or vaporizing, and why eating raw bud doesn’t get you high).
Aside from that, use whatever cannabis you prefer or have on hand! Choose a strain (or combination of a couple) with traits you personally desire from your homemade cannabis tincture. We use what we grow: well-rounded sativa/indica hybrids that also offer a good amount of CBD. Learn how to grow your own organic cannabis at home here, and shop for seeds here.
For the most therapeutic tincture, I recommend using strains with a well-balanced THC to CBD ratio. If you’re looking for daytime relief with less mental effects, choose a CBD-dominant strain. Yes, you can totally use this cannabis tincture recipe with CBD hemp alone!
Why freeze alcohol and cannabis for extraction?
This homemade cannabis tincture recipe uses a cold ethanol extraction method, also referred to as quick wash ethanol extraction or “QWET”. Freezing the cannabis makes the trichomes detach from the plant material more efficiently. When mixed with cold ethanol, the desirable cannabinoids and terpenes readily extract and combine with the alcohol – resulting in a stronger, better tincture.
Furthermore, keeping the mixture at a very low temperature helps reduce the amount of undesirable compounds in your tincture, such as lipids and chlorophyll. It’s a chemistry thing, but basically the freezing temperature influences the polarity of the lipids and chlorophyll so they’re more likely to stay bound to the plant material (and therefore get filtered out) rather than combining with the ethanol.
When done right, the resulting filtered tincture wash will be clear and golden in color rather than cloudy or green.
Supplies Needed to Make a Homemade Cannabis Tincture
- 8 grams of decarbed cannabis
- 6 ounces of 190 to 200-proof food grade ethyl alcohol (ethanol) or 190 proof Everclear
- Freezer-safe glass containers, such as wide-mouth pint mason jars or half-pint jars with lids.
- Small unbleached coffee filters, like these ones
- Cheesecloth
- Digital Scale
- Dropper bottles to store your finished tincture. We like these 2-ounce amber bottles; the droppers have mL markers on them for accurate dosing.
Yields: 2 ounces of homemade cannabis tincture
Please note that this is a two-day process, though ingredients are just sitting in the freezer for 97% of that time.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1: Decarb your cannabis
To decarb cannabis, start by tearing up the buds into fairly small pieces. Then spread it out evenly on a baking sheet. For THC-dominant strains, heat the cannabis in the oven at 250°F for 25 to 30 minutes. For high-CBD strains, bake it for 40 to 50 minutes at the same temperature. (It takes slightly longer for CBDA to convert to CBD than THCA to THC does.) If you’re using a well-balanced THC:CBD strain, meet in the middle at 30 to 35 minutes. See this article for a more in-depth look at decarbing cannabis.
Don’t want to stink up the house? Consider using an Ardent Nova device for an easy, nearly odor-free decarboxylation experience. We just got one recently and love it!
Note that your cannabis will decrease in weight slightly during the decarb process (as it gets more dry). So, start with a few extra grams so you’ll end up with the 8 grams needed for this cannabis tincture recipe. Or, bake plenty so you have enough leftover to make homemade cannabis oil or topical salve!
Step 2: Freeze Cannabis and Alcohol (separately)
Use a scale to weigh out 8 grams of decarbed cannabis. Add the cannabis to a freezer-safe glass container with a lid. We like to use a wide-mouth pint glass jar. (Even though it seems more than large enough, the extra room in the jar makes it easier to shake compared to a half-pint jar.) Next add 6 ounces of ethanol to a separate freezer-safe container. Do not mix the alcohol and cannabis yet. Put both containers in the freezer for at least 24 hours.
Step 3: Combine Cannabis and Alcohol (First Wash)
After the initial 24 hours (or longer) is up, remove the cannabis and alcohol from the freezer. Pour ONLY HALF of the cold alcohol (3 ounces) into the container of frozen cannabis. Add a lid and shake vigorously for 5 minutes. Wrap the jar in a kitchen towel if it’s too cold to comfortably hold.
This process extracts the cannabinoids and terpenes from the plant material, and is considered the “first wash”. We’ll do two rounds total.
Now return the cannabis-alcohol mixture as well as the separate remaining 3 ounces of plain alcohol to the freezer for an additional 2 hours.
Step 4: Shake and Strain
Once the two hours are up, it’s time for another shake – and then we strain! Remove the jar of mixed cannabis and alcohol from the freezer, and shake it again for an additional 5 minutes. (We don’t need the jar of plain alcohol at this time.)
Next we’re going to strain the tincture through two mediums: cheesecloth first to filter the larger plant material, and then a finer coffee filter to further remove unwanted lipids and other residue.
First set up the coffee filter straining station. We find it easiest to set a small coffee filter in the top of a separate clean pint glass jar, fold it over the rim of the jar, and then screw on a lid ring to hold it in place. The cannabis tincture takes a while to seep through the filter, so holding it by hand isn’t fun.
Next, put cheesecloth over the jar that contains the cannabis-alcohol mixture (we use the ring trick again) and slowly pour it through the cheesecloth and into the coffee filter jar. See the photos below.
Now return the jar of remaining cannabis to the freezer while the first wash liquid is straining through the coffee filter (about 10 minutes).
Step 5: Second Wash & Strain
Now it’s time for the second and final wash. This step helps extract any final remaining cannabinoids from the plant material into your homemade cannabis tincture.
Grab the jar of cannabis that was in the freezer while the first wash strained (for about 10 minutes) and then repeat the washing/straining process from steps 3 and 4. Add the remaining 3 ounces of cold plain alcohol to the cannabis jar, add a lid, shake vigorously for 5 minutes, and strain through the cheesecloth and coffee filter once again – pouring it into the same filter and jar as the first wash.
Step 6: Reduce
After all the liquid has strained through the coffee filter into the jar, it’s time to reduce it by about half the volume. Excess alcohol will easily evaporate off, and the result is a more concentrated and effective homemade cannabis texture.
Do this by simply allowing the jar to sit out at room temperature with the lid off for several hours. We place the jar in front of a fan to help expedite the process. Note the volume of liquid in the container when you start (use a rubber band around the jar, or a glass marking pen). Keep an eye on it! Once it reduces by half, add a lid to stop further evaporation – or go ahead and bottle your final homemade cannabis tincture.
Step 7: Bottle and Store
Once it’s reduced by half, transfer the strained cannabis extract to a final storage bottle – such as these amber glass dropper bottles. Amber bottles are ideal since they reduce light exposure, which degrades cannabinoids. Store the bottle in the refrigerator for the best long-lasting quality. Congratulations, you just made a homemade cannabis tincture! Keep reading for usage and dosing information.
How to Use or Take a Cannabis Tincture
You can consume your cannabis tincture either under your tongue (sublingually) or mixed with a beverage (oral ingestion). Sublingual consumption will result in more immediate effects, while oral ingestion will have a slower onset but longer-lasting results. See the graphic below.
However, proceed with some caution! 200 proof ethanol is very strong, and I find it causes a burning sensation when applied straight under my tongue. To avoid that, I put a very small amount of water in my mouth first, squirt in the tincture, hold the diluted mixture in my mouth for a few minutes, and then swallow. Therefore my intake is mostly sublingual, but with a little oral ingestion too.
Strength and Dosing for Homemade Cannabis Tincture
When first trying your tincture, I suggest to start low and go slow. Without lab testing, it’s difficult to say exactly how potent a homemade cannabis tincture is. There are simply too many factors: the initial cannabinoid concentration and strain you used, how long and hot you decarbed it, the efficacy of your ethanol extraction process, and how much it was reduced at the end.
Start with a few drops, and then gradually increase the amount to find your “sweet spot” and desired results. (But wait a couple hours to see how you feel before taking more.) With this recipe, a quarter dropper is a fairly conservative starting point. I personally like to take .25 mL or a quarter dropper (though I’ve taken more just fine) while Aaron prefers about .5 mL or half a dropper. That’s just enough to take the edge off, relax our muscles, and help us sleep better without being too stony.
That was fairly simple, right?
Well folks, I hope this tutorial was easy to follow – and will enable you to successfully make your own cannabis tinctures at home now. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below. If you found this information useful, please consider leaving a rating/review and pinning or sharing this post. We greatly appreciate you tuning in today. Now go have fun making your own medicinal Green Dragon!
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Homemade Cannabis Tincture Recipe
Equipment
- 2 freezer-safe glass containers, such as wide-mouth pint mason jars or half-pint jars
- 1 small unbleached coffee filter
- cheesecloth
- digital scale
- Baking sheet
- freezer
- bottle for final storage, such as 2-ounce amber dropper bottles
Ingredients
- 8 grams decarbed cannabis
- 6 ounces 200-proof food grade eylth alcohol (ethanol) or 190-proof Everclear alcohol
Instructions
- Decarb your raw cannabis. Tear it up into fairly small pieces and spread on a baking sheet. For THC-dominant strains, heat the cannabis in the oven at 250°F for 25 to 30 minutes. For high-CBD strains, bake for 40 to 50 minutes and 30 to 35 minutes for a well-balanced THC:CBD strain. (I suggest starting with a few more than 8 grams since it will get lighter as it dries.)
- Add 8 grams of decarbed cannabis to a freezer-safe glass container with a lid, and 6 ounces of ethanol to a separate freezer-safe container. Put both containers in the freezer for at least 24 hours.
- First Wash: After the initial 24 hours (or longer), remove the cannabis and alcohol from the freezer. Pour only HALF of the cold alcohol (3 ounces) into the container of frozen cannabis. Add a lid and shake vigorously for 5 minutes. Now return the cannabis-alcohol mixture as well as the separate remaining 3 ounces of plain alcohol to the freezer for an additional 2 hours.
- After two hours, remove the jar of mixed cannabis and alcohol from the freezer and shake it again for an additional 5 minutes. Then strain the mixture twice: first through a cheesecloth and then through a coffee filter into a separate clean container (as shown in this article). Return the jar of remaining cannabis to the freezer while the liquid is straining through the coffee filter (about 10 minutes).
- Second Wash: Grab the jar of cannabis that was in the freezer while the first wash strained (for about 10 minutes) and then repeat the washing/straining process from steps 3 and 4. Add the remaining 3 ounces of cold plain alcohol to the cannabis jar, add a lid, shake vigorously for 5 minutes, and strain through the cheesecloth and coffee filter once again – pouring it into the same filter and jar as the first wash.
- Reduce the liquid by half via evaporation. Simply set the jar out at room temperature with the lid off for several hours, or place in front of a fan to expedite the process. Note the volume of liquid in the container when you start. Once it reduces by half, add a lid to stop further evaporation – and/or transfer your finished tincture into it's final storage bottle.
- Store your homemade cannabis tincture in an opaque glass bottle in the refrigerator. We recommend 2-ounce amber dropper bottles.
- Consume the tincture either under your tongue (sublingually) or mixed with a beverage (oral ingestion). Sublingual consumption will result in more immediate effects, while oral ingestion will have a slower onset but longer-lasting effects. **Please see notes of caution and additional information on usage/dosing below.
Notes
- **Ethanol alcohol is very strong and may cause a burning sensation when applied straight under the tongue. To avoid that, I put a very small amount of water in my mouth first, squirt in the tincture, hold the diluted mixture in my mouth for a few minutes, and then swallow. Therefore my intake is mostly sublingual, but with a little oral ingestion too.
- Re: Dosage, start low and go slow. Start with a few drops, and then gradually increase the amount to find your “sweet spot” and desired results. (But wait a couple hours to see how you feel before taking more.) With this recipe, a quarter dropper is a fairly conservative starting point.
Deanna Talerico
Deanna Talerico (aka DeannaCat) is a garden educator and writer with over 15 years experience in organic gardening. She is a retired Senior Environmental Health Specialist, and holds a M.A. in Environmental Studies and B.S. in Sustainability and Natural Resources.
481 Comments
Will
I made this tincture and after the 2nd wash looked exactly like yours. I then reduced by half in the jar with a little fan but now it has a milky/cloudy look to it. Is this normal/ok?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Will, if you used a lower proof alcohol such as 150 proof or lower, that could be water that is left over in your tincture as it doesn’t evaporate as readily as alcohol does. If you used 190 proof or higher, it may have reduced too much, I recently let a batch evaporate all the way to be left with only full spectrum extract cannabis oil (FECO) and before it fully evaporated, there was a point where there was a thicker, clear liquid left behind.
If you used a lower proof alcohol, you may have to use some form of electric heat (you can only use electric heat here) such as an electric crockpot, create a water bath with hot water, place your jar in the water bath and heat it until the water evaporates off. Then you can either add in 2 ounces of lower proof alcohol or 2 ounces of MCT oil and mix thoroughly before adding to your dropper bottle. Hope that helps and good luck!
C J
For the most part it’s been smooth. I had to change the coffee filter like 4 times because it kept getting too clogged to properly pass drops through. Once I figured that out getting it into the jar was easy.
I will say, I feel like this recipe falls victim to the common practice in these blogs of making things look easier than they actually are to seem more appealing. For the most part it’s a great recipe but between the need for multiple filters and the long evaporation process (14 hours in front of a fan so far and still not done, “several hours” feels intentionally misleading) it could use some updating for transparency purposes. Criticisms out of the way this wasn’t difficult to make by any means. Just tedious and more time consuming than it appeared. If it works, that’s what’s important to me!
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi C J, we are sorry that a few of the steps went differently for you than what we experience. Yet, our evaporation process does take us only a number of hours. After making batch after batch at different times of the year, it is always the same amount of time for us. We also suggest using two coffee filters, one for each of the straining steps, but yes, it does take some time for it to drip through the filters but we haven’t had to use more than one for each step. Not sure if you used more cannabis than our recipe so had more plant lipids and waxes that clogged up the coffee filters? Anyway, enjoy your tincture.
Rainbow Springs Farm
Seems like the freezer method is a lot more work and steps than just longer alcohol extraction as one would do any herbal tincture ie…Vodka and the herb and extraction for a month.
Also, I just attended a Cannabis class and the person teaching also has a medicinal tincture company, emphasized that water is necessary as well as alcohol to extract the water soluble parts of the cannabis buds.
Thanks, and I love your newsletters…
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi, the freezer method is actually quite simple and fast compared to the longer extraction method, the quick method is helpful in reducing the amount of chlorophyl that is left behind in the tincture as well which can make your tincture taste less pleasant. So glad you enjoy the newsletters and we appreciate your support!
Ana
Hi! Is there any use for the leftover, alcohol-soaked cannabis, or should I just throw it out?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Ana, we typically just compost the leftover plant material as it isn’t as potent after the extraction but you can spread it out on a plate or baking sheet to allow the alcohol to fully evaporate. From there, you can use the plant material to make cannabis salve or other topicals, steep some in water as you would tea, add it to smoothies or other edibles. Hope that helps and good luck!
Riggio Frances
Quick question, I made FECO, can I use it to make a salve ? My husband has very bad back pain so I’m trying to figure out how to make a salve to help him. I know the FECO is VERY strong so I’m not sure how much to add or even where to start. Can you help me please ?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Riggio, we have a cannabis salve recipe you can find here, instead of making cannabis oil, you would just heat your oil (virgin coconut oil or virgin almond oil) and beeswax, once it is all fully melted, add your FECO and stir until it is fully combined, then pour into salve containers. If you followed our tincture recipe to make the FECO and used 8 grams of cannabis, that should be potent enough for your cannabis salve (if you follow our recipe per amounts), but it really depends on how much cannabis you used to make your FECO. As long as you don’t eat the salve or make sure that pets don’t eat it (or lick it once it’s applied to your skin), the more potent the salve is, the more healing benefits it will offer for your husband. Hope that helps and reach out if you have any other questions.
aaron
You mentioned extra steps for using lower proof alcohol, where can I find info on that?
I can only get 151 in my state anything stronger is illegal, so to get it I have to make a road trip which is not always ideal.
Also I did try using a warm water bath to try and speed up the evaporation process which led to what looked like black settlement forming on the bottom of the jar, looking closer it’s actually fatty like dark amber oily beads, do you know what this is or why that happened.
Thanks
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Aaron, it sounds like you took the extra step to evaporate the alcohol (and water since you used 151) by doing the hot water bath, the stuff that was on the bottom of the jar was like FECO (full-spectrum extract cannabis oil). If that was the only thing remaining in the jar, you can then add two ounces of alcohol or even MCT oil and mix it further to create the tincture you can then use by the dropper. Hope that helps and feel free to ask another question if I missed the first, good luck!
Val
Hello, I used everclear and did the extra step of evaporation leaving the FSCO tar all over my jar – I’d like to mix it into the remaining liquid, would a warm water bath do the trick? Like a double boiler? If not, what else would you recommend to mix it together better? And will it just separate again in the dropper regardless?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Val, looks like it evaporated a little too quickly for you there. The oil is incredibly sticky so yes, a double boiler would work to loosen it up some, I would be sure to use electric heat and once the oil is all the way melted, you can either add in 2 ounces of low proof alcohol (such as 80 proof or lower), mix it thoroughly before adding it to your dropper bottle or add 2 ounces of MCT oil, mix thoroughly and add to your dropper bottle. If the ingredients are mixed together well, it shouldn’t separate in the dropper bottle afterwards. Hope that helps and good luck!
Sharon
I have a question about the second wash. Once you have put the second round of 3oz alcohol in, are you supposed to freeze for an additional 2 hours again, or just start shaking right away?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Sharon, for the second wash, you just combine the remaining alcohol and cannabis, shake for 5 minutes, then strain. Good luck!
JM
I used Everclear and have my tincture at the reducing step. It’s been sitting out for 12 hours and it hasn’t reduced at all. Any thoughts?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi JM, place the jar of tincture directly in front of a fan so there are ripples being created on top of the tincture, if it’s 190 proof Everclear it should reduce fairly readily. Hope that helps and good luck!
Marc Pinsky
Will tincture be more potent if you let the alcohol/cannabis mixture sit in the freezer for more than 2 hours before 2nd wash? or is there a diminishing return after more than 2 hours?
Is the left over washed cannabis good for anything afterwards or is all the THC basically gone from the sample after the 2 washes?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Marc, the extraction should be pretty good with only the two hour period, it could possibly increase with more time but I’m not sure it’s really worth the extra wait time. You’d be better off just using more cannabis in your initial tincture than the 8 grams we recommend but I would likely make the recipe as is to see if it meets your needs before you worry about trying to make it more potent. Reducing the tincture down to 2 ounces at the end also helps with increasing the potency of the final tincture.
If you want to use the washed cannabis afterwards, most of the cannabinoids will likely be stripped from the plant material but it could still be of some use, let the plant material fully dry out so there is no alcohol remaining and use it in tea, edibles or topical applications. Hope that helps and good luck!
Elizabeth
Hi, I was wondering wether I could dilute the final product with distilled water to avoid burning my mouth? If so what would you recommend for diluting? I have contemplated using VSOP remy Martin brandy to extract but I feel that the 200 proof pure would be a much better extraction, am I correct in this thinking? Also do you have an article on extracting with different alcohols?
Thanks 🙂
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Elizabeth, we don’t have another article for extracting with other types of alcohol and really, 190 proof or 200 proof food grade ethanol is the way to go, there is way too much water in the lower proof alcohols. I don’t recommend diluting it with water in the dropper bottle but it’s very easy to add a dose of tincture into a shot glass of water and you won’t experience the burn at all. I will typically just take a small drink of water and keep it in my mouth while I squirt the dose of tincture in as well, you can still taste some of the terpenes without the burn. Hope that helps and good luck!
Shayna Cohen
Is the alcohol Fl oz or oz ?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Shayna, it should be fluid ounces, measure using a liquid measuring cup.
Shayna
So I ended up proceeding before your reply and did oz not Fl oz. This has been sitting out lost 24 hours and has only budged a mm or two. did I ruin it? Help! 🙁
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Shayna, I haven’t measured liquid fluid ounces to ounces in weight so I am not sure how much alcohol you ended up using? Around 177 ml would be close to 6 fluid ounces, to get the alcohol to more readily evaporate, it works best to place the jar directly in front of a fan to create constant airflow over the top of the alcohol (you should be able to see ripples across the top of the alcohol) to get it to evaporate more readily. If you can’t get the alcohol to evaporate this way, using an electric slow cooker or electric stove, you can create a hot water bath which will evaporate the alcohol more readily, however, you can only do this using electric heat as it’s extremely flammable, also do so in a well ventilated room. Hope that helps.
Nick
Have you tried doubling the recipe? Do you forsee any problems with doubling? Thanks! First batch worked out perfectly
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Nick, we haven’t doubled the recipe but you can likely double the recipe just fine, during the filtering process, you may want to filter into two separate jars instead of just one as it will filter faster that way. Good luck!
Earth Mama Nicole
Hi guys,
Thanks for the great info. I’m just wondering if using a dehydrater for the evaporation step would work? And if so at what temp?
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
That’s a great idea! I would use around 135 degrees F which will create nice warm air which should aide in your evaporation but it won’t be hot enough to degrade the cannabinoids. Good luck and enjoy!
Cristabel
Just made my second batch, gotta say I love this recipe and it’s def a new way to make tinctures for me! I make herbal medicines and have only ever done tinctures the traditional way of lettin em sit for weeks. I love that I can go from dried flower to tincture in two days. I was surprised with how easy it was, how clean and not icky the final product tastes and how strong it is! I reduced it by about a quarter last time and didnt bother reducing it this time, I’m sure I have to use more than I otherwise would but I find it a bit more forgiving with dosing due to the decreased concentration. Thanks for this recipe!
Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat)
Hi Cristabel, so glad you enjoy the tincture and thanks for sharing!