Is there a simple way to test crude viscosity to determine potency
Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, but with words after it.
(I would have just written “No.” but there’s a character limit.)
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Yes
If it’s crystallizing, it likely has a cbd content north of 65%
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That’s definitely true in a vast majority of situations. I was more meaning that one could not use a viscometer and accurately determine the potency of an oleoresin or crystalline.
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You can calibrate a brix meter to give you potency of tincture…
It won’t be generalizable across prep methods, but should be relatively accurate against the extraction method it was generated for
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Do you have a simple way to accurately measure viscosity?!?
How about a method to validate against?
Chances are you can use it to measure solvent/crude ratio…but the viscosity of finished crude is going to vary so much based on terpene profile (among other things), that you are unlikely to be able to generate a decent standard curve.
But that shouldn’t stop you from trying IF you’ve got the tooling…
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I’m stealing this.
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And the same plant without drifting genetics to run every time.