Great article !
I regularly make all kinds of infusions.
Two important things that I will mention is that if people are using a mason jar to decarb in a pressure cooker or boiling water, is that they should buy a "tempered" glass mason jar, just for this purpose. There is a difference and a tempered glass jar will cost about $8-$12. It's safer and I wouldn't want anyone to lose an ounce of good plant material because the glass broke and contaminated it. I prefer to use a sealable stainless steel container when I do my decarb in a pressure cooker.
You do have to modify the gasket by cutting a small notch in it with an xacto-knife/blade . This doesn't let the stainless steel container seal 100% completely. This will let you release the lid once you take it out of the pressure cooker. If you don't do this step, the lid will be next to impossible to pry off. The benefit of decarbing in a pressure cooker is that it almost completely contains the smell and you get an even decarb after 40 minutes of pressure cooking.
Here's one bud, after being decarbed using this method:
The other critical piece of information that I can add, is that even with the best decarb and extracting methods to make infusions at home, the left-over plant material contains approximately 48% activity...so I never throw any plant material out. I combine it right into another edible and will make cookies or squares with it.
Thanks for sharing this important info. So many people don't know that they must decarb, first, if they want to make a truly active edible. :)
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