How to Make Amazing Weed Tea: Marijuana Recipes

From medicated brownies to cannabis-infused pasta sauce, there are so many different ways to get high while indulging in tasty food. One of our recent favorites as the weather cools down is to make weed tea. A discreet and tasty means for marijuana use, medicated tea allows you to make the most of your shake and stems so you're not wasting precious weed. Since it's a liquid, you can also adjust the dosage to your liking so you can have the exact high you desire. Whether it's a morning pick-me-up, afternoon boost, or a chill evening indulgence you're seeking, marijuana tea is always a good choice. In this article, we'll walk you through the important steps necessary to make this delicious beverage and give you a recipe to make a tasty brew.

First Step: Decarboxylation

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You may be wondering, does weed tea get you high? It definitely can get you high if it is prepared the right way. In order to attain its psychoactive effects within the tea, you will also need to put your cannabis through a decarboxylation process. The decarboxylation process is the magic behind turning marijuana into a potent additive to food. Before heating, marijuana contains tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), which aren't psychoactive and medicinal by default. When the marijuana plant is harvested and starts to dry out, THCA and CBDA gradually transform into their counterparts, THC and CBD. However, this transformation is only partial and you won't get the pharmacological or healing effects if you just let the plant dry out naturally. To maximize the effects ina tea that gets you high, decarboxylation is needed, in which you toss a flame into the mix for the full release of THC and CBD.

Next Step: Infuse Cannabis With a Fat

Although not water-soluble, the THC compound is soluble in lipids, which are essentially fats. Therefore, you can enhance the amount of THC that has a chance to seep into your system by incorporating fats in your weed tea. The decarboxylation process will activate cannabinoids from the marijuana, but using infused fats in your marijuana brew will assist the THC compound to become even more readily absorbed by your body so you can feel that euphoric high. If you want to make a cannabis tea that is THC-soluble so you can get all the effects of your strain, then you will need to use fats from cream, butter, or milk, or even alcohol and water. The addition of lipids to your tea will allow THC to bind itself to the fats and enhance absorption since it helps with bioavailability.

Our favorite ingredient to use to bind the THC with fats is cannabis coconut oil because coconut oil is an extremely multifaceted and easily accessible foundation for making heavy-hitting marijuana creations. This is because of the high saturated fat content within coconut oil itself, thus it is more than capable of extracting up to 82% of cannabinoids.

Making Cannabis Coconut Oil

First, pour 3 cups of water into a saucepan and toss in a half-cup of coconut oil. Let it melt and bring the mixture to a boil before throwing in a gram of pot (or more, depending on how much of the psychoactive effects you want). Allow the cooking marijuana to simmer for about 15 minutes for thorough infusion. Once that is complete, strain the contents through a coffee filter to remove all the solids. When making your cannabis coconut oil, 0.5-1.5 grams of stems and shake is a safe dose to begin with. However, first-time users should experiment with the dosage to hit their optimal amount. If you are still unsure about how to dose the cannabis when making the cannabis coconut oil, you can even use an online dosage calculatorto better decide.

How to Make Weed Tea

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The effects of cannabis tea typically manifest quite slowly. Users report that they normally begin feeling the effects within 30 to 60 minutes of consuming the medicated drink. Nevertheless, this all depends on your metabolism, tolerance to THC, the potency of the marijuana selected to make the tea, as well as other factors.

There are a few methods you can use actual cannabis to make tea, but we've found one of our favorite recipes that we use on the regular. Here you'll learn how to make cannabis tea as well as even how to steep tea for the desired experience.

High Masala Chai

The two main ingredients of masala chai are cinnamon and black tea, which have been shown to have healthy heart effectsby lowering bad cholesterol. We recommend you begin with a smaller dose of marijuana, then gradually work your way up the dosage ladder.

Ingredients

• 0.5 - 2 grams of cannabis

• 8 cloves

• 8 cardamom seeds

• 4 black peppercorns

• 2 1/2 cups water

• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil

• 2 cups dairy-free milk

• 2 cinnamon sticks

• 4 black tea bags

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 240 degrees Fahrenheit. as you break down your weed. Add them to a bowl with the coconut oil and cover it with foil. Place the bowl in the oven for 30 minutes. Once done, strain the coconut oil cannabis with a cheesecloth and set it aside.
2. Place the cardamom seeds, cloves, and peppercorns into a resealable plastic bag. Crush the assortment of spices with something hard, then transfer them to a medium-sized saucepan.
3. Add in milk to the pan along with water, ginger, sugar, and the cinnamon sticks, bringing them to a medium-high boil. Reducing the heat to low, stir in the coconut oil cannabis. Add in the black tea bags and cover the saucepan, allowing it to steep for 5 minutes.
4. Once it's time to remove the pan from the stove, all that's left to do is to strain the cannabis-infused masala chai into cups. Enjoy!

CBD Tea

As the name suggests, CBD tea is the same thing as weed tea except it's made by steeping flower from a high-CBD strain of the marijuana plant and does not get you high. If you're wondering how to make CBD tea, you can use the same recipe for cannabis tea mentioned above for CBD tea as well, except the ground marijuana flower will be substituted for a ground CBD strain instead. The binding agent is also an extremely crucial ingredient for CBD tea because CBD is not water-soluble like THC, meaning it needs to attach to a binding agent to make it into the bloodstreamso you can get the medicinal benefits. If you're looking for high quality CBD to add to your tea, look no further than our friends at CBD Infusionz!

Do you know how to make a marijuana infused tea? Got any yummy weed tea recipes to share with us? Comment below, we'd love to hear from you!