WV Whitewater
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If you are starting with dry material, the decarb won't take quite so long as if it were fresh or frozen. When using dry, I do 240 deg f for close to an hour. You will get a feel for it, it will be brownish and quite dry. As for the boil portion, if boiling in a water butter mix, just simmer (real low boil- just tiny bubbles) for about three hours. No need to do 8, it is a long enough process as it is. By the time you clean up, you will have spent about 5 hours, but well worth it. I think the rule of thumb is about one oz of plant matter to one pound of butter. Definitely check out the link I posted previously, but add the decarb step to the beginning, and you will make some fantastic butter. If you really want to dial your method, and don't want to use all your plant matter at once, try doing a half ounce of weed into a half pound of butter. I did two pounds of butter last run, but I kind of have my tech dialed. The only thing I really want to improve is I want a mechanical press of some kind to squeeze the butter from the plant matter. It also helps if you run a bit of clean boiling water through your squeezed plant matter to rinse it out, so you extract all the butter from the weed. I rinse mine two or three times after the initial squeeze, you just need a larger container for the cooling stage of things.
I hope this helps!
I hope this helps!