GanjaKitty

ooo i just remembered, why not DRINK the tea! u can get high az a kite on that shiznit, it'z phat and tastes cool. my friend makez it.

don't get caught

*kitty*

GanjaKitty

dude, you know what would be cool? like, iced tea, only its like iced POT or something. if you really wanted to make it fizzyyyyy, all u have to do is add seltzer water to tea that u make and chill or something... you could even flavor it or sumting... i dunno wat we could call it, sensi kola iz definatley cool stuff... i'd definately be SPECIAL soda tho heeheee woohoooo

keep thinkin-

peace love 420

*kitty*

LittleFatDog

I have drank tea brewed from stems of buds and it was great. It really does work.
Also on a side note, there is no wood in marijuana plants. It is a herbacious plant and doesnt contain a cork cambium layer let alone any wood cells. They are fine to smoke and in fact often have quite a bit of THC among the intraplant routes (stems that connect leaves).
Peace on the beach
LFD

cue

how much stems/water?

LittleFatDog

If you've never steeped tea before this may all be new to you.
You can buy a "tea-ball" (a metal sphere with perforations)
for a matter of cents at the grocery store. In that I
recommend you put at least a dime-size amount, stems are
ok. if you are using strictly stems it will take more,
also, it is good to cut the stems into small pieces (the
plant products are kept in sieve-tube member cells, these
run together end to end to produce vessels so they are like
a tube and must be reduced in size to best extract their
contents)
Ok,
1. take the tea ball, put the weed in there. dont worry
about little pieces floating out of it. (you'll see why)
2. boil water on the stove, immediately pour it into a mug,
with the teaball in it.
3. add at least one teabag for flavor (unless you are a
weed connoisseur).
4. Let the tea steep (sit) until it is cool enough to
drink, stir occasionally. some tea balls have chains on
them and you can wiggle them around while they are steeping.
5. Remove weed from tea ball and press, drip contents into
mug.
6. add honey, milk, lemon, whatever you pleasure.
7. down the hatch!
8. number 8 is where i lose people sometimes. this is
because at number 8 i recommend eating the weed that
has been steeped. its not bad at all, i even like it and it
will get you higher.

you can also use tea-bags if no tea-balls are handy, just
cut one open, empty, refill with weed, you get the idea.
some people think that weed-tea is not possible because of
the fact that thc is not water-soluble. this, my friend, is
bullocks as the mixture of water and THC, much like the
water and lactose in milk, act as a suspension. This is
probably the healthiest way to get high.
Good luck
love,
LFD

cue

tea ball,tea,&honey!!
guess what im making tomarrow morn!!!!
thanx

LittleFatDog

A dime of just stems may be a little weak...
regardless, enjoy!
LFD

bgetting

how is it that the THC makes it into the tea, since it is not water soluble?

cue

maybe i better wait till you go a round or two,with our resident golden glover,begetting
WTF im not going to do anything with them anyway.

LittleFatDog

not being water soluble really has nothing to do with the
THC's ability to exist in water. If you drop a handful of sand in water it won't jump out, it simply won't mix as a solution (dissolve), the thc doesnt need to either.
The hot water (and cutting up the stems) causes cells to become turgid and lyse (explode) or simply draws out their contents by nature of the concentration gradient. when cells do lyse, this is not a visible explosion, we are talking microscopic level. this would not be possible if marijuana were not a herbacious plant as a periderm and cork/ cork campbium act as protection. marijuana can not and will not ever contain wood. also hot water does act to liquidate the sugars in the sieve tube cells and sugar-sinks. not so much in the xylem. all products of photosynthesis are trasported by symplast through sieve cells (also known as phloem) and we often call these products sap. One other thing. The u.s. government recommends medicinal marijuana users make tea instead of smoking cigarettes. I am guessing they looked into it. the f.d.a. is pretty good with those things.
good luck with the tea if you decide to make it.
-remember to let it steep at least an hour, (1.5 hrs is best)
-LFD