A touch of icy lemonade along with the bits of cannabis makes the drink more soothing. It doesn’t only hit you up to take away the thirst, to save you from hydration, and to keep you still savor the prompt of cannabis on a hot day. Cannabis lemonade or more highlighted as THC lemonade is a drink that will suffice the bad days and hot days.
THC lemonade is a savory drink where the main ingredients are the cannabis itself that has a high content in THC compound and of course the name it screams which is the lemonade. Consequently, THC lemonade won’t let you choose between wanting a lemonade or just smoking cannabis when in fact you can mix them.
THC Lemonade
Marijuana drinks especially THC lemonade is a very refreshing drink to pass any unfavorable circumstances that you are facing within the day. If you want to give your lungs some break after smoking too much cannabis, then resorting to THC lemonade will do the honor.
The substitute to smoking cannabis can also be in the form of edibles yet you need to follow some long process that’s quite smelly or messy, add also your effort, time, and the cost of some things. And in contrast, marijuana drinks are not hard to make and you can enjoy the time you are making it.
Per its name, this soothing type of drink is made out of lemons and cannabis that has a high content of THC.
Method 1 (THC Lemonade using Unprepared Cannabis Tincture)
First Phase: Making Cannabis Tincture
Ingredients and Tools:
- 90 percent grain alcohol (Pure; can use a stronger one than this)
- Blender
- Jar or container with lid
- Funnel
- Cheesecloth
- Funnel
- Measuring cup
- Dropper bottle or glass bottle (tinted)
- Cannabis: 3 to 4 grams buds //or// 8 to 10 grams leaves //or// 0.5 to 1 gram hash //or// 5 grams trim
First Phase: The Procedures
- You must grind your cannabis using a blender.
- The next step to do is decarboxylate ground cannabis. Decarboxylation is the process where you heat the ground cannabis at a temperature of 115 degrees Celsius for about 30 to 35 minutes.
- After the decarboxylation process, you must put now the decarboxylated cannabis inside the jar and start adding the alcohol. Fifty (50) ml of alcohol is already enough.
- Close the lid tightly and start shaking the jar with the mixed decarboxylated cannabis and alcohol.
- Let the decarboxylated cannabis and alcohol sit within the jar for around five (5) days for the cannabinoids to completely extract the cannabinoids done by the alcohol.
- If your five days are now done, strain the new mixture by using the cheesecloth to keep away the plant matter.
- Go around the process of straining once more if you think there is still some plant matter left.
- Lastly, place now your cannabis tincture in a bottle that has a funnel. You can preferably use the medicine bottles for babies as it has already that funnel type lid.
Method 1.1 (THC Lemonade using Cannabis Tincture)
Ingredients:
- 6-8 lemons (about 0.5 liters of lemon juice)
- 1.35 liters of cold water
- 200-250 grams of sugar
- 2-3 teaspoon of cannabis tincture
Second Phase: The Procedures
- Start making your THC lemonade by squeezing the lemons. You can use some electric juicer if you find it hard to squeeze every bit of the lemon. You must squeeze until the very last gold drop of the lemon.
- Get some clean glass pitcher that will hold the amount of your squeezed lemons.
- Next, put now the squeezed lemons and add some sugar along with water.
- Mix the lemons, sugar, and water carefully. You must ensure that not even a tiny bit of sugar should not be dissolved.
- You can stir it over and over until the sugar fully sits in and when you are satisfied with it.
- Now, start to add your cannabis tincture.
- Just like before, you must mix it properly so that all compounds will embrace each other.
- You must not forget that do not add too much cannabis tincture or do not go beyond your tolerance level. Be mindful of what amount you are putting in!
- After you’re done mixing it, you put in the refrigerator to cool it for some time or just drink it ahead. You can also put some ice but make sure to not drink it for too long as the ice may melt and may wash away the taste of your THC lemonade.
Method 2 (THC Lemonade using Cannabis Sugar)
Last Phase: THC Lemonade
Ingredients
- 3-4 cups water (for dilution)
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup cannabis sugar
The Procedures:
- Open your stove and set the fire on a low level.
- In a medium pot, sitting on the stove, mix both one (1) cup of water the one (1) cup of cannabis sugar. Let the cannabis sugar simmer together with the water until it no amount of grains from the cannabis sugar can be seen.
- After dissolving the cannabis sugar, take some time to let it cool.
- Check from time to time if your new mixture of cannabis sugar and water is already cool then start it by combining it with the cups of water for dilution.
- Along with it, you must also now add the lemon juice.
- Stir it well and over and over until you can finally tell that the substances are fully mixed.
- Little did you know that now you are already done making your THC lemonade? Now, Enjoy drinking it!
Conclusion
Nowadays, numerous individuals possess that imaginative juice flowing ideas of how to savor cannabis except on the methods of just smoking or vaping it. It sometimes starts when you want to explore a new taste but with all the skills of cannabis. As then, THC lemonade is now part of those newly cannabis-infused food or drinks.
Following some famous saying, you must make the most out of the lemons the life may literally or figuratively throw at you. Never also discard the idea of wanting to try some as this will lead to new experiments, new outcomes, or new tastes. As then, THC lemonade as the new cannabis drink will help you cool down the hot atmosphere of your sentiments.
