Lifestyle & Culture, Recipes
Are Decarboxylators Now the Best Way to Decarb?
Feb
Decarboxylating THCA is crucial in order to end up with THC and is a vital process in every edibles recipe. In short, it’s the process of activating your THC at which point it’s capable of producing its well known benefits. We go way more into depth about decaboxylation in another article but for the sake of this article we’ll assume we all know what it is.
Most will decarb in the oven but recently decarboxylation machine companies have been popping up and they’re saying this is a no no. According to them ovens will decarb weed but in a less efficient manner than a decarboxylator – their machine designed specifically to do the same exact thing but better. They claim to have real science which they will be making publicly available that shows their product decarbs THCA (flower, kief, anything) more efficiently than a general heating device.
Apparently, temperatures in our ovens can fluctuate greatly. This increases the likelihood of our precious THCA getting damaged before converting to THC – bad news! By having a more concentrated heating device with more precise settings and structure to support its function we end up with a more potent and higher quality end product according to the manufacturer.
So are these machines the wave of the future and now the new best way to decarb? There’s certainly a strong argument for it but were you aware that there’s also a way to decarb without using heat at all? That’s right, these machines are promising but since heat has potential to be harmful to THC you may also want to consider decarbing without heat. It’s important to note that heat speeds things up significantly but even without it we can still concoct a killer tincture. Learn more about decarbing without heat here.
And if you’re really into decarboxylating I highly recommend the following recipes:
Heatless Bud Tincture – at the bottom of the page
