Yep. I understand why folks are selling cannabinod laced sugar, but I don’t understand why folks are buying it.
https://rubythc.rubyedibles.com/products/ruby-sugar/
Sure, the sugar will dissolve in water, but the cannabinoids are in no way “water soluble” unless the sugar moiety is covalently bonded (making them cannabosides not cannabinoids). So they float, and stick to the sides of the glass. I’d calculate the losses in my one-off experiment to be on the order of 70% to the container when mixed with water. In a milk based hot chocolate, delivered dose was indistinguishable from 100% (so not less than 85%)
if you didn’t send anything back, you should have most of the bits you need.
not really sure if 4:1 MCT is the right ratio, but it’s a reasonable starting point.
you want to add as little as you can get away with to keep the potency up, and reduce the amount of cyclodextrins that are being used just to carry MCT.
There is an outside chance you could use 0% MCT, and do all your kneading at 70-80C. I don’t recall this working well with maltodextrin, but it’s been awhile.
I wouldn’t sacrifice more than a gram or so at first.
I recommend mixing by hand rather than in a blender.
Did you read the paper? They noticed a distinct change in the torque required for kneading when they reached their desired endpoint. It got stiffer and stiffer, and then started breaking back up rather than continuing to agglomerate. You’ll miss that if you don’t knead by hand (not with your actual fingers, with a butter knife or similar).
You might be able to switch to a low speed mixer/blender once you have a feel for the process.
Who thinks Ruby is using an unlisted solvent to achieve this trick?
Who thinks they’re using organic cane syrup and evaporating?