Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ...
by grawprog on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:04PM
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It's also being used as a solvent to make high quality cannabis concentrates and extracts in place of butane or alcohol that's more commonly used now. I haven't tried them, but I know the CO2 extracted products are being used more in edibles as toxic solvents aren't used in the extraction process.
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Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ...
by h2odragon on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:56PM
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Such extracts are too pure imo. Especially for edibles, I'd rather have an ethanol extract that got a run of related chemicals and some other stuff that came along for the ride... aka "flavor".
Super pure extracts that then have added back flavorings, or even blended concertos of specific chemicals, miss the charm and much of the value of taking the "light oils" off the plant. Flower is hard to fake, home extracts are easy to do, and who knows what's in that commercial oil, really?
Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ...
by grawprog on Friday October 25, 2019 @05:21PM
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Ah yeah, the terpenes in the strains do more than add flavour too. Different terpenes in different strains have been found to have different effects in combination with the cannabinoids in the strain. I doubt re-adding terpenes and flavouring after the fact has the same effect. I suppose I have tried CO2 extract, I have tried the prefilled oil carts with the added flavour. I don't like them. The high from them feels weird and the taste isn't great.