How do I make cannabis coconut oil?

1. 01

   Decarb the flower. Break it up coarsely by hand or with a grinder, spread it in a single even layer on a parchment-lined sheet, and bake at 240 °F for 30–45 minutes.

   This converts THCA into THC — without it, most of what you have stays inactive. 240 °F converts 85–95% of what is available. Longer is not safer: past the peak, THC starts turning into CBN and the loss does not come back. Set a timer.

2. 02

   Melt the coconut oil gently over low heat until it is just liquid.

   Just liquid, no hotter. There is nothing to gain from taking it further and terpenes to lose.

3. 03

   Combine the decarbed flower with the coconut oil at about 28 g per cup.

   1 oz flower per cup of fat is the conventional starting point, not a rule. Using half that gives you a gentler infusion, which is often what you actually want.

4. 04

   Hold it at 160–190 °F for 2–4 hours, stirring occasionally.

   This is a long warm soak, not a simmer. Above about 200 °F you start boiling off terpenes and pushing THC toward CBN — if it is bubbling, it is too hot. Sealed, so nothing evaporates off. Also the low-smell option.

5. 05

   Strain through cheesecloth into a jar. Let it drip on its own — do not squeeze the cloth.

   Squeezing forces plant particulate into the coconut oil and is the single biggest cause of a grassy-tasting infusion. What is left in the cloth is not worth what wringing it costs you.

6. 06

   Cool, then store it cold and dark. Label it with the date and the strength you calculated.

   Light, air and heat all degrade it slowly. An unlabeled jar of infused coconut oil in a shared refrigerator is how people get dosed without consenting to it.

• Refined coconut oil is neutral; unrefined tastes distinctly of coconut. Neither performs better, so pick on flavor.
• It sets hard when cold and turns liquid around 76 °F, so measure it in whichever state your recipe expects and be consistent about it.
• Because it is nearly all fat, a cup of coconut oil carries more infusion than a cup of butter. Do not swap them one-for-one without re-running the numbers.

That depends entirely on your flower, and this page cannot tell you. What it can tell you is the shape of the answer: of the cannabinoid you start with, decarb activates most of it and this method transfers roughly 63–84% of that into the coconut oil.

Put your own numbers in and you get a range in milligrams per tablespoon, with the assumptions printed beside it — then every recipe here rescales itself to match.

Is coconut oil stronger than butter?

For the same flower, it usually finishes slightly more potent per unit volume — it is close to pure fat where butter is roughly 80%, so there is more to hold the cannabinoids and less filler. The difference is small next to your method, though.

Can I use MCT oil instead?

Yes, and it stays liquid when cold, which makes it the better choice for tinctures, drinks and anything you want to dose by the dropper. It is less useful where a recipe needs the fat to set.