Hello! Does anyone know of an efficient way of turning my bho slab into hard or soft mints? I’d like to go with an “Altoid” texture/taste but it would be amazing if anyone could help me come up with a method that also is efficiently portioned. Thanks in advance!
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I just got done perfecting my cough drops. I’m going to test some stuff out and see what I can do with mints.
Interested to hear what others have done. I’ll report back after I get a few trial recipes made
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i do!
you seek out a food scientist (phd) to help you formulate the complex matrix you are asking for, and pay them a shit ton of money. a tablet is way different than a gel cap. it requires actual formulation. you need to bind or encapsulate your molecule, determine excipients, flavor testing, chemical compatibility, and a MILLION other things.
unless you are going to get a consultant and a ton of equipment (you know how much tablet presses cost?) its going to be way easier to just fill a gel cap with some oil. you want an actual mint, get your checkbook and get serious about it
People do tend to make things a lot more difficult than they need to be. I’m sure hiring it out will be quicker, but mint making in itself isn’t that difficult and I can already think of a couple easy and reliable ways that a patient could do this for themselves at home. Definitely no PhD required for this task as long as you have raw distillate, an Amazon account and some patience.
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exactly there are tons of recipes. My sister has made altoids at home, and she is definitely not a phd or a food scientist at all
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I know a couple guys (neither had a degree, no offense @YeahBet) that put together a water soluble CBD formulation in a couple months. Had a slight bitter taste, 20% CBD by weight. It didn’t taste like anything when in water, so I would think adding mint essential oils to this formula would get you pretty close.
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you know what they say about those who claim something can be done easily, yet havent themselves.
we use a tablet press to make our mints out of isolate or distillate. a binding agent (staeric acid) I believe is used, and we spray the mixture in small mixing bowl before pressing. @Clears
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You might be able to glean some useful information from this re: formulation. Not cannabinoid tablet/candy formulation discussed but possibly still useful
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You can always create a winterized alcohol tincture and then dose already made mints
The problem with that is uneven dosing
I think bho mixed into maltodexterin, powder sugar, flavor, and water?. Not sure of proportions, makes a dough like for altiods.
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Make butter mints. Make you butter than follow the butter mint recipe. Works wonders.
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@YeahBet
Where there is a will there is a way
I have been making tablets with cannabinoids for years
Natural ,HU , or JWH
For reasearch purpose 
And it s not that hard at all
I use this brand for smaller batches
Singel punch press $ 9000
Powder mixer. $2000
And their ready mixed base powder for oil substances
Adding a flavor or color is not hard either you can do test with a tablet hand press until satisfied with the result then scale up
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You could use distillate since its already activated.
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Nice press rogue! I’m not a fan of swallowing pills myself but they’re great for some ppl. I think medicated gel tabs would be a hit, play on the acid nostalgia with the packaging
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Really cool. Thank you for showing your tab press.
This is the way
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Word of warning: My buddy bought a tablet press and had the DEA show up with the delivery truck.
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I believe that is SOP for buying tablet presses
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