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KopiO1
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Reishi Tincture - Reduce Alcohol Extract Volume By Evaporation?
#24543025 - 08/10/17 05:13 AM (6 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hi all
First post here so I'm not sure if this post is in the right place
I'm making my first Reishi double extraction using separate marcs for the alcohol and water extraction
I know you can boil the water extraction to reduce the volume but I would like to know if I can somehow reduce the volume of the alcohol extraction without losing any potency?
I will have 950ml of combined extracts when finished and I'd like to reduce that amount by half as I'm going travelling soon and I'd like to take the reshi extract with me
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Quadman
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Re: Reishi Tincture - Reduce Alcohol Extract Volume By Evaporation? [Re: KopiO1]
#24543888 - 08/10/17 02:22 PM (6 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would say no , because the alcohol would vape off and you have to have at least 25-30% alcohol to preserve the tincture.
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KopiO1
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Re: Reishi Tincture - Reduce Alcohol Extract Volume By Evaporation? [Re: Quadman]
#24544064 - 08/10/17 03:39 PM (6 years, 6 months ago) |
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I forgot to mention that I'm using 95% ethyl alcohol for the extraction
If I let the alcohol extraction evaporate by 50% then wouldn't the reduced extraction still be 95% by volume?
Another concern I have in reducing the alcohol volume is if any of the active extracts evaporate off with the alcohol
Any advice is much appreciated
Edited by KopiO1 (08/10/17 05:46 PM)
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Re: Reishi Tincture - Reduce Alcohol Extract Volume By Evaporation? [Re: KopiO1]
#24544438 - 08/10/17 06:17 PM (6 years, 6 months ago) |
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Example ,.,...Suppose you have 500 cc of 90% alcohol extract. Then you have 500cc of water extract. You proceed to mix the two into one. You now have 1000cc of 45% alcohol extract. You could remove some of the alcohol, the alcohol should leave first, and any oils that the mushroom contain will also leave. You still need the minimum alcohol to preserve.
Best practices to predetermine the volume ahead of time. I also recommend not boiling extract or tincture, steeping like tea is less likely to damage the extracts. I shoot for 180° in a Crock-Pot.
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Re: Reishi Tincture - Reduce Alcohol Extract Volume By Evaporation? [Re: Quadman]
#24547218 - 08/11/17 10:29 PM (6 years, 6 months ago) |
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What I was hoping to do was reduce the alcohol tincture by 50% (450ml-225ml) before mixing in the water extract but I now know that by evaporating the extract it will lose potency
I travel frequently so crock pot, making tea is not an option
I don't have space to carry around 950ml (450ml alcohol + 450ml water extracts) tincture so my only other option is capsules but good quality extracts are expensive
Thanks
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