HEMP HONEY: STEP BY STEP PREPARATION

HEMP HONEY: STEP BY STEP PREPARATION

Homemade cannabis products are becoming increasingly popular due to their potency and ease of use. Hemp honey is a deliciously sweet dish that blends two of nature's most healing gifts: honey and hemp. Moreover, making hemp honey couldn't be easier. In this article, we'll tell you how to make homemade hemp honey.

What is hemp honey?

Hemp honey combines honey and hemp. Hemp honey (or "cannahoney") can be used in a variety of recipes that use honey. It can also be used in place of other sweeteners in sweet and savoury dishes, or you can simply mix this sweet liquid gold into a cup of tea.

Hemp honey may seem like a strange idea at first, but there are plenty of reasons to give this sweet treat a try. The beneficial effects of honey, combined with the wide range of healing benefits of cannabis, make hemp honey a great ingredient to sweeten your day and also benefit your health and overall mental well-being.

The first step in making hemp honey: Decarboxylation of cannabis

Before the actual preparation of the honey , you need to decarboxylate the hemp buds. This is because the beneficial substances contained in hemp, such as CBD, must first be activated before the human body can absorb them.

Decarboxylation is very easy. Just crush the hemp and heat it slightly.

  1. Preheat the oven to 120° C.
  2. Spread the cannabis evenly on the baking sheet. Make sure you use finely crushed buds.
  3. Place the baking sheet in the oven for 30 to 45 minutes.
  4. Every 10 minutes, gently stir the crushed sticks so that they are evenly exposed to the heat.
  5. You can tell that the cannabis is decarboxylated and ready to use by the fact that it turns brown and is easy to grind between your fingers.

Recipe for hemp honey

Making this sweet and healthy cannabis raw material is easier than you might imagine, and you can do it in the comfort of your own home.

Ingredients

  • 500 g honey
  • 2-4 g decarboxylated hemp

Procedure

  1. Wrap the decarboxylated cannabis in cheesecloth and tie with string. In fact, you will create something like a tea bag, except that this one will be filled with cannabis. This will make it much easier to remove the cannabis completely once the steeping is complete. (Another option is to infuse the cannabis directly in the honey and then strain it through a sieve).
  2. Place the carefully tied bag of cannabis in the pot. Depending on how strong you want to make the honey, you can add 500 g to 1 kg of honey. The less honey, the stronger the final product.
  3. Heat the pot to 93°C and keep it at this temperature for about 4-8 hours. Stir the mixture occasionally. Once the boiling is complete, it must be allowed to cool.
  4. Using tongs, remove the canvas with the cannabis.
  5. Squeeze the remaining honey from the linen into a container.
  6. Pour the mixture into airtight jars.
  7. Keep the cannabis honey refrigerated.

Once your hemp honey is ready, you can add it to your coffee or tea. You can also use it to replace some or all of the sweetener in baked goods and desserts, or mix it into dressing and use it as a salad dressing.

Tips and tricks for making hemp honey

One of the biggest advantages of hemp honey is its ease of preparation and subsequent consumption, but we still offer some tried and tested tips and tricks below:

  • Choose varieties with a high CBD content . While you can make hemp honey from any hemp plant, varieties with a high CBD content have greater medicinal benefits.
  • Use high quality honey. Honey is very diverse and comes in many varieties. Each one has a slightly different smell, colour and taste, so don't be afraid to experiment and choose the honey you like best.
  • Flavour your honey with different flavours. For example, choose different spices, citrus zest or fresh herbs to give your honey a great flavour.
  • If you don't like honey, agave or maple syrup can be a good alternative. The actual process of making it will remain the same, but remember that the resulting tincture may not have the same therapeutic effects as when using honey.
  • Be careful. In the beginning, it is a good idea to use half to a whole teaspoon and wait at least 45 minutes to see how you feel. You can then decrease or increase the dosage as needed.
  • Store cannabis honey in a dark place at room temperature without light or heat for up to 2 months.


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