There are many options to benefit from the properties of marijuana. Both its flavor and its effects can be experienced without having to smoke it, something that is a great advantage for all those people who are not used to this type of consumption. In this blog we have seen recipes for marijuana in cakes or potato tortillas. We also know that there are vaporizers on the market and that you can inhale it without having to smoke it. But if there is a simple and very relaxing alternative to enjoying cannabis with all its aroma and flavor, it is preparing a marijuana tea.
Properties of marijuana tea
Marijuana tea is used mainly for its medicinal side. However, it is an infusion that can be prepared with any type of cannabis, so if you use a variety with a high THC content, you will also be taking advantage of the psychoactive effects of the plant.
In this sense and from a recreational perspective, you must bear in mind that the effects of marijuana tea can take between 30 and 90 minutes to have a full impact on your body, so you should take it easy. It is also a time that largely depends on what your body mass is and how accustomed you are to the consumption of yerba, but as a general rule the effects take a little longer to appear than in the case of smoked marijuana and later are they can keep between 4 and 8 hours, depending on the variety of cannabis chosen.
Regarding the properties of marijuana tea from the therapeutic point of view, they are attributed practically the same as smoked cannabis:
- Reduction of anxiety.
- Decreased symptoms associated with depression.
- Analgesic effects that combat some muscle aches and certain chronic pain.
- Reduction of ocular / intraocular pressure.
- Appetite opening
- Etc.
Making marijuana tea
As with all the marijuana recipes that we are dealing with in this blog, there is something that is always repeated when preparing an item or drink with cannabis. And is that if we want to take advantage of all its properties, it is necessary for cannabis to go through a decarboxylation process. Or what is the same: you have to heat the marijuana to high temperature to extract its cannabinoids (THC and CBD), where it is hide all those wonderful properties of the plant.
In the case of making marijuana tea, we will carry out this process by previously heating the herb with a piece of butter or any other type of fat, something that we will explain next step by step along with some tips so that your tea is much more tasty and aromatic.
Ingredients to prepare a classic marijuana tea
- Half a gram of marijuana buds (you can also add leaves that have trichomes).
- A piece of butter (with half a tablespoon of coffee is more than enough).
- 15 g of natural tea (or a conventional tea bag, to your liking).
- A tea bag.
- Cup and a half of water.
- Sugar or honey (if you like sweet infusions).
Process
- Chop the buds and marijuana leaves. You do not have to do too much effort because you will not have to spray them at any time during the preparation of the recipe.
- Use a bowl to mix the chopped cannabis with the butter, making sure that this permeates all the pieces. ¿Why is it so important? THC will not dissolve on its own in hot water but needs to be attached to a fatty substance for the high temperature of your infusion water to have any effect on it. By mixing the fat of the butter with the buds and the hot water you will get extract cannabinoids effectively and ingest them by swallowing.
- Take a tea bag, cut it off at the top, empty it, fill it with the marijuana and butter mixture and reseal it by folding it several times. Do you have a filter for tea? Better than better: you will save this step.
- Heat the water in a saucepan without bringing it to a boil and place your marijuana tea bag in that saucepan that should remain over low heat and without boil for at least 30 minutes. In case the water level drops as a result of evaporation, you can add more.
- Remove the bag and let the water settle. If you want add other flavors At the infusion, this is the time to use the tea that you like the most and leave it inside the saucepan for another 3 minutes of cooking.
- Serve the infusion and add sugar, honey and even a few hints of cinnamon if you are a sweet drinker.
