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I vaped steadily at 190c for over a year. Occasionally at 200c. But I recently just dropped it down to 170c in the last week. Huge improvement. I thought it wouldn't be as effective at the lower temperature, but I feel I get the same amount of THC from it as I do at a higher temperature. Also, no coughing at 170c and, after the second hit from the weed in the vape, it doesn't start to taste burnt. I much prefer that. No smoke comes out of mouth at 170c, but not necessary. I usually take 3-4 big hits from the vape at 170c before dumping the weed and all of the hits taste good when vaping at 170c. My go to method now is I do 3-4 big hits off the vape and swallow the oil at the same time. By the time the weed from the vape starts to wear off, then the oil kicks in and lasts about 4-5 hours. No waiting for the high to hit this way. Just a steady cruise the whole time. I really like it. Since I know how much of my oil I need to take, I can now dial the dose in perfectly every time. Takes a bit of trial and error, but if you got good oil and, once you get it locked in, then you are all set.

Yes, it is a necessary step. I do it for one hour. I also use a mason jar and a double boiler setup for that too instead of an oven. Same setup as when you do the oil infusion, except you only put cannabis in the mason jar and no oil for the decarb step and you boil it at slightly higher temperature for decarbing than you do when you move onto the oil infusion stage. Decarbing by boiling in a mason jar means the weed doesn't get too dried out and/or burned at all as it might if decarbing in the oven. Just got to monitor the water temperature every 15 minutes with a cooking thermometer.

Nice! I use an Xmax Starry 4.0. I think they offer an adapter for that model to attach it to a bong stem too, but I’ve never tried it. Honestly, I prefer to keep things simple. I don’t want another piece of equipment to think about or clean. That said, I’m sure it makes the experience easier on the throat. Best wishes with your cannabis MCT oil-making ventures. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to add them to this thread, and I’ll do my best to help.

I agree, edibles tend to produce more of a body-high, while smoking or vaping cannabis delivers more of a head-high. Personally, I prefer more the body-high because the head-high can sometimes feel too intense, occasionally causing headaches or mild nausea at first. That’s something I’ve never experienced with the edible oil I use. Of course, even edible cannabis affects your head and has the same psychoactive properties as smoking or vaping once it takes full effect. However, it doesn’t feel as directly intense in the head, which I find more enjoyable with edibles. Plus, you don't get the scratchy or irritated throat, cough, bad taste in your mouth or congestion that you might get from vaping or smoking. That said, if you take too strong a dose of an edible, it can still lead to an overwhelming experience.

You’re welcome. I used to set the dry herb vaporizer to 190°C, but I’ve recently dropped it down to 170°C, and it’s made a considerable difference. My throat no longer feels irritated, yet I still get the same amount of THC from just a few hits off the vape. At this lower temperature, there’s no longer any visible smoke when I exhale, but that doesn’t bother me. Another benefit I’ve noticed about the lower temperature is that the weed in the vape doesn’t start tasting burnt after just the second hit, which I much prefer as it makes the last two hits in the vape more pleasant. As I mentioned in my original post, I now only take a few hits from the vape though and combine that with some edible cannabis oil. Once the oil kicks in, I don’t vape again for the rest of the evening, which is nice for me. The link below provides one of the best guides I’ve come across for making your own cannabis-infused MCT oil. The process can be a bit nuanced, and I do tweak a few of her steps slightly, but the guide is solid and should help you get started. https://emilykylenutrition.com/cannabis-infused-mct-oil/ I also flavor my oil with concentrated flavor extracts, after I've put the finished oil in little glass bottles. The flavoring is not a necessary step though and if you have any questions on any of the steps, feel free to ask. At very reasonable prices on Lazada, you can find high-quality MCT oil, metal strainers, coffee presses, glass dropper bottles, tea towels, mason jars, cooking thermometers and everything else needed and mentioned in the guide. And I got all my equipment for the infusion process from there. By the way, you mentioned a bong. Are you using it with your dry herb vaporizer, or are you smoking directly from the bong?

Recently, I’ve started vaping dry herb less often and using more of my homemade edible cannabis infused oil as my primary method of THC delivery. This shift is mainly because the dry heat from the dry herb vaporizer was beginning to cause some mild throat irritation, which I wasn’t happy with. Additionally, I’ve found that I enjoy the effects of edibles a bit more overall too. One downside to using edible oil is the slower onset of THC’s effects, but I’ve come up with a solution for that, which I’ll explain in a moment. I also appreciate how the effects of an edible come on more gradually rather than hitting all at once. Another benefit to the oil is the longer half life, typically lasting 5 to 6 hours, compared to about 2 hours when vaping. When I vape, I find myself needing to re-dose every couple of hours throughout the evening, which can get a bit inconvenient, but something that's never an issue with the edible cannabis oil. Now, I’ve developed a new routine that combines both methods. I start with a few light hits from the vape for an immediate buzz, and then I ingest a good dose of the oil at the same time. By the time the initial effects from vaping begin to fade, the oil kicks in fully. It feels like the best of both worlds. I get that quick onset from vaping and the long-lasting effects of the oil without having to vape throughout the night. Best of all, I’ve been able to reduce throat irritation by vaping less, and I’ve also started using the vaporizer at a lower temperature than before. The vape hits aren’t as strong as they used to be, but this also helps minimize irritation. The oil I make for myself is MCT oil infused with high THC content cannabis flower, producing roughly 20 to 25 mg of THC per 1 mL. Typically, I ingest between a quarter to a half mL of the oil, which works out to around 8 to 12 mg of THC (about 15 to 20 drops). Fifteen to twenty drops of edible oil might sound like a lot, but it’s really not. When I drop it onto a very small teaspoon, the amount of oil I consume looks no larger than the tip of my pinky finger. It’s very easy to ingest, and I’ve also added some vanilla and banana flavor concentrates to give it a bit of extra flavor. For me, this has recently become my favorite delivery method with minimal downsides. What about you? How do you prefer to consume your cannabis? Do you use bongs, joints, edibles, vaporizers, or something else?

Totally agree. Around 20 years ago, I had planned to retire there, eventually. Now, forget it. The air there is awful as you know. I guess they have made some progress on reducing sugar crop burning in the last few years, but it's certainly not enough. Big Agra is the killer that can't be stopped. I was up there for a visit in late 2023, before the pollution got bad last year, but no plans to return again. Just thinking about it turns me off. The link below, shared by somebody else in another forum post earlier today, openly highlights the problems within the government, not properly intervening in a meaningful way, and how Chiang Mai became the world's most polluted city: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/how-chiang-mai-became-the-worlds-most-polluted-city

Thailand now has several weed vendors offering buds for ฿30 per gram (or less) via the LINE app, with countrywide delivery options via the Post Office or local couriers. All of these sellers accept payment via bank transfer, but also accept cash on delivery (COD) as a payment method I believe. Following a list of LINE IDs for four of the most popular vendors I’ve come across. Do you have a favorite, or perhaps know of a better one? @fh420 - Fis high 420 @ca08 - เพื่อนกัญ SHOP @hpf9 - HappyFarm @bkkush - Bangkok Kush

What kind of papers are you rolling with? Are they king size? I think with king size papers you can get a gram into a joint more easily. Much more difficult with the standard one and a quarter size.

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.25 g would be kind of like a toothpick. Just remembered that I have some of those RAW brand papers around. I hadn't looked at them before, but I realize now that they're the same size as the Bambu brand I used to use over 40 years ago; 1 1/4. As an experiment, I just packed in an amount that I normally would've rolled with back then and it came out to be .42 g on the scale. It was kind of a pin joint. Then I did a second one with as much as I could stuff in there and it came out to only .66 g. So, yes, joints were a lot smaller back in the day. Probably averaging .5 g. What impressed me though about these RAW papers was that, back then, if I twisted them as hard as I did these, they would've torn so easily. I guess rolling paper technology has come a long way now too because I didn't even come close to tearing these RAW papers. It would be interesting to see what the Bambu papers are like now. I assume they are not as brittle as they were before either. The watermark on Bambu rolling papers features the brand’s name written in its signature cursive script. The design is embedded in a way that is visible when held up to the light along with some vertical lines.

The cones I bought on Shopee are called "Bros" brand. You can tell by that kind of a brand name that it's a new entry to the world of weed. Paid ฿150 for 100 cones. Possibly they aren't the real brand either for that low price, but they look like they work.

I guess you were. 😊 When I was a young teenager, they didn't even have those pre-rolled cones. The millennials are pretty lucky with all this modern tech. You had to really roll your own back then, but it wasn't a big deal. The weed was so disastrously bunk though that the problem was that it was difficult to get rid of all the seeds and twigs in the weed before you rolled it. You would often end up getting a twig poking through and tearing the joint, or, even worse, a seed would combust inside the joint while you were smoking it and nearly tear your joint in half. We usually called it reefer. Or just pot. And the papers weren't cone shaped either. Bambu were the nicest brand of rolling paper back then. Very thin, and, if you were able to roll a joint with them successfully, then it almost felt like there was no paper on your weed when you were smoking it. If you were not such a great roller, then you went for the EZ Wider brand. They were thick and clumsy, but it was hard to miss rolling with those. I think on average back then we would probably put about half a gram into a normal joint. I don't think we rolled too many 1 g joints. I see you can still buy Bambu brand rolling papers from Spain on Amazon. I might have them send over a half a dozen packs just for nostalgia. One of the Cheech and Chong movies was even titled The Big Bambu.

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Yeah, that brick weed, which is what most of it was back then, came from Mexico or South America and it had THC as low as 2% and probably as high as around 6%. It was all pretty much garbage. There was a bit of that sinsemilla around at times, which is Spanish for "without seeds". It was a lot more expensive, a bit greener and had a bit better smell, maybe slightly higher THC, but by comparison still pretty pedestrian compared to what they grow now. I smoked it for about a year or two as a teenager, then completely quit for 40 years. By the time I rediscovered it last year, everything had changed tremendously. I don't smoke it, but people don't even need to roll their own joints anymore. They sell rolling papers already in the shape of a cone with a filter at the end and all you need to do is pour some weed down the tube and you got yourself a perfect joint. If you fill it correctly, you'll end up using about a gram almost every single time. I did some experimenting with the cones just to see how they turn out and each one came out as a perfect gram on the scale. One of those seems like it would be enough to pass around between four or five people.