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Edibles Distillates: The Best Way to Cook with Weed

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Are you ready to take your weed cooking skills to the next level? You’ve probably heard of butane hash oil (BHO), but did you know that there are other ways to cook with marijuana? edibles distillates are another alternative way to cook with cannabis.


While they might not be as potent as BHO, distillate has a much higher concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes. These compounds have been extracted from the cannabis plant into a liquid form known as distillate.


What Is Distillate?


The distillate is the term used to describe the liquid content obtained from the flowers and stalks of the cannabis plant. The best part about distillate is that it is highly concentrated with cannabinoids and other plant compounds. Whether you are consuming it as an oil or smoking it, distillate has a lot going for it as a weed-smoking medium.


How to Make Edibles Distillates


When you purchase weed, you are purchasing a compound known as cannabinoids. These are the compounds that make up marijuana and are responsible for causing the “high” that marijuana smokers experience. While smoking pot is great as a social activity and can be an effective way to get your daily cannabinoids, you might want to step away from the lit window and into the world of cooking with weed.


Why Use Edibles Distillates?


There are many reasons to use edibles distillates for cooking with weed, but the most common one is to save time. With BHO, you have to acquire your CBD and THC from separate sources and then have them mixed to form what is known as “BHO.” With distillate, you simply need the extract from the plant and the compound that makes up the flavor in question – no mixing or flavoring is required.


Beyond saving time and energy, though, there are a few other reasons to use distillates for cooking with weed. The most notable one is that you get to taste the flavor of the plant itself.


BHO vs. Edibles Distillates


As they mentioned above, there are many ways to cook with weed. One of them is to use BHO, which is the concentrated form of cannabis that is created when you boil the leaves and flowers of the plant. BHO is stronger than just plain old-fashioned weed because it contains additional additives such as tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC for short).


THC is the compound responsible for causing the “high” that users experience after smoking or ingesting marijuana. While it’s true that THC-rich distillates have more cannabinoids per volume than BHO, it’s important to understand that they don’t have the same effect on the body as full-blown THC does.


The Best Strain for Cooking with Edibles


When it comes to which strain of cannabis is best for cooking with edibles, there are a few factors you need to take into consideration. First, know your background. As we mentioned above, you don’t want to start cooking with THC that’s more than a few days old. If you are not experienced with cooking with weed, you could end up getting a lot of burned fingers.


Second, know your tolerance. You don’t need to consume a ton of weed to get the effect from high- THC strains. A single serving of baked goods or brownies can contain as much THC as you would need for a day of weed smoking. Third, choose your setting well. While you don’t want to smoke weed in your bed.