Whether it’s to relieve chronic pain, improve digestion, or reduce stress, there are a thousand and one reasons to learn how to make a good herbal tea with cannabidiol! How do you do it?
The Essential Ingredients for Making CBD Herbal Tea
It's very easy to make your ownCBD herbal tea! All you need are three ingredients:
· One gram of ground plant material
· 4 cups of boiling water
· One tablespoon of unsalted butter or coconut oil
What are the steps to follow when preparing?
To make CBD tea, start by pouring water into a saucepan and wait for it to come to a boil. Next, add your butter (or oil) and let it melt completely before stirring in your ground cannabis using a tea strainer. (If you don’t have a strainer, you can simply pour everything directly into the hot water.)
Then letthe infusion simmer for a quarter of an hour, and strain out any large pieces using a sieve: all that’s left to do is pour your mixture into a cup and enjoy it! To enhance the flavor, feel free to add a little honey.
Important Note:
It’s perfectly normal for the effects of your CBD tea to take some time to kick in (between one and two hours, depending on your metabolism). This is because when you take CBD orally, your body initiates a different metabolic process than when you inhale it directly.
You can use whichever fat you prefer (oils, butter, etc.): since CBD is not soluble in water, it needs a fat to be extracted.
What should you know before drinking CBD herbal tea?
Although it’s particularly easy to make your own CBD herbal tea, it’s important to keep in mind that there are a few specific considerations when preparing it. CBD is fat-soluble, which means it doesn’t dissolve on its own, so you need to add some fat to your tea to help dissolve the molecule.
Before enjoying a CBD herbal tea, it’s also important to decarboxylate it. This is typically done by applying heat. While decarboxylation occurs naturally during combustion, the process is slightly different when making CBD tea, as you need to induce decarboxylation by bringing the mixture to a boil for 20 to 30 minutes.
As you can see, you can’t just make a CBD herbal tea any old way. It’s important to take certain factors into account, and it’s essential to mix your ingredients properly to achieve a high-quality result.
