The most efficient and effective canna caps recipe involves a MCT oil, some empty gel or vegetable based capsules, a supply of cannabis and to make things easier a tray for your capsules and a syringe to load them with the oil. With this relatively small shopping list you can turn your kitchen into your personal canna capsule factory! Simply follow this easy Haute Health canna caps recipe which is the very same we use when making our in house capsules available ready made in our online shop!
The first and most crucial ingredient to consider is of course the cannabis you plan to extract into oil and inject into the empty capsules. You can use just about any form of cannabis from raw flower, shatter, kief, hash or even a distillate. In fact if you start with pre-extracted cannabis oil you can skip the beginning of this canna caps recipe which is also the most complex portion!Â
If you are starting with kief, raw flower or leftover weed trimmings and plan to make an oil extraction first however then this next step is absolutely essential! You absolutely must remember to decarboxylate your cannabis! This is the most often skipped or missed step when people try to make cannabis edibles or capsules on their own and the end result is a product with almost no psychoactive potency whatsoever.
If you want to make capsules simply to enjoy the medicinal benefits of cannabis but want to avoid the buzz and experience of being high then skipping the decarboxylation process is actually a good thing! If you don’t decarb your weed before you make edibles or extractions you will end up with lots of THCA in your capsules or edibles which still has a wide range of benefits for the human body – it just won’t get you high!
If getting stoned is important to you and you just want to be able to fine tune your doses or dose discretely then make sure you don’t skip the decarboxylation step. There are special devices you can buy to decarb cannabis quickly and easily but these are not necessary for you to proceed. To properly decarb weed you should heat it gently in an oven at 220 degrees fahrenheit for about 45 minutes. This converts all of the THC content into a fat soluble form that is perfect for digestion in the human body and results in a much more powerful and full body psychoactive experience.
This is important to keep in mind when dosing with capsules or edibles as any canna caps recipe if followed properly should produce a highly potent and discrete pill. One downside of this method however is the slow and unpredictable onset time which can sometimes blindside even an experienced user. When taking your very first dose it is always a good idea to start slow and small and wait at least 2 – 4 hours before taking more.
The next step is to take your decarbed cannabis and turn it into an oil by infusing it with a MCT oil, MCT coconut oil is a very popular choice in both homemade and professional capsule and edible creating circles and we recommend it as well. Keep in mind you can skip both this step and the decarboxylation process entirely by just buying some capsules directly from a shop like Haute Health readymade for you or picking up some oil or distillate and simply using that!
Finally you will want to take your cannabis oil extraction and load it into your syringe so you can fill all of your empty gel or vegetable capsules. Once you have loaded up all of your caps and closed them shut you can tidy up the mess you are sure to have made and try out your first dose!
Make sure you have a clear schedule and are ready to spend some time indoors because you can’t be absolutely certain how hard it will hit until you try it!Â
If you’d like to make your own capsules at home we have some fantastic starting materials available to you! Shop our wide range of high quality cannabis suitable for all tastes and price ranges or skip the extra effort and get yourself some premade capsules or even some great THC Distillate or a Shatter Syringe – I recommend Gran Daddy Purple! – and load up some empty capsules! Or if edible candy is more your speed we have some delicious THC Fuzzy Peaches and some CBD gummy bears if you prefer your medication without psychoactive effects. Put in your order today!