I love CBD tinctures, they help me get through my days. However, they can get a bit expensive, which is why I started buying isolates and making my own tinctures at home instead. Here’s how I do it!
But first, let me do a little math. My favorite, most effective CBD tincture was This One from Mellow Moose. With 3000mg per bottle, and 100mg per dose, this tincture gave me 30 days of doses for $50, or $1.66 per day.
Buying Organic CBD Isolate from Mellow Moose, I get 20 grams (20,000mg!) for $60 per jar. At my dose of 100mg per day, this isolate gives me 200 days of doses for just $10 more, or $0.30 per day. This can save a lot of money, almost $500 a year!
So, let’s get into it.
Note: This process is the same whether you’re using CBD, CBG, or CBN isolate. No changes necessary!
A Digital Thermometer – Like This One (Optional, but strongly encouraged.)
Step 1:
Mix 3 grams of CBD isolate (3000mg)and 30mlof MCT Oil (about 2 tablespoons)in a mason jar, and shake it well for ~30 seconds.
This ratio of 1000mg isolate : 10ml oil gives us 100mg per 1ml dose, but you can customize this to your preferred dose or amount.
Chunks of isolate will still be visible, and that’s okay. They’ll melt into the oil in the next steps.
Step 2:
Fill a pot with enough water to cover the isolate and oil mix, but not enough to submerge the jar.
Then, put the the pot on the stove over low heat. Make sure the jar is in the pot of water before heat is applied, as putting a colder jar into warmer water can cause the jar to shatter.
Let the water reach 140-150°F, then let the jar sit in that temp for about 20 minutes. A digital thermometer is very helpful for this stage, but if you don’t have one, 140-150°F should be just under simmering.
Step 3:
After 20 minutes, remove the jar from the water and shake the jar for another 30 seconds. The isolate should be fully melted and combined into the MCT oil now.
Let the tincture sit for around 20 minutes to cool down.
Step 4:(optional)
Once cooled, I use a funnel to transfer the tincture into an old Mellow Moose tincture bottle I had lying around. It’s perfectly built for it, with a dropper cap for dosing, and dark glass to stop sunlight from harming the product.
If you don’t have these bottles laying around, you can just leave it in the jar you made it in, and dose directly from it. A 1ml dropper would still be ideal for dosing, but if you don’t have one, you can eyeball it using a teaspoon, knowing that 5ml = 1 teaspoon.
I hope this helps someone save some money on this medicine! I love this stuff, and to be able to make it so much more affordable is a life-saver. Take care!
Here’s the short-form video I made for this guide.
One of the biggest reasons I buy my CBD, CBG & CBN products from Mellow Moose CBD is that they are USDA certified organic. So, what exactly does this mean? Is it healthier? Worth the extra cost? Let’s dig in to it:
Companies all across the United States add the words “organically-grown” and “organic” to just about everything they can find, especially CBD products. That’s because there are no rules behind the use of this word when it comes to food and supplement packaging in the United States. Instead, we have the USDA organic seal for companies that want to stand out from the crowd.
ORGANIC VS USDA ORGANIC
When the hemp program started after the 2014 Farm Bill, no pesticides had been approved by the EPA for use on hemp crops. That meant that any hemp grown before 2019 was automatically “organically-grown” or “organic,” without the use of pesticides.
That was true until the EPA approved 10 pesticides in December of 2019, before approving 49 more during 2020 and 2021. Pesticides are used in high volume commercial agricultural businesses like the soy bean and corn industries. Farmers spray fields quickly and easily with pesticides like Roundup to rid them of bugs and other costly pests.4
Today, the EPA has approved dozens of pesticides to be used in conventional farming operations, just the same way they’ve approved now 59 different pesticides to be used in conventional hemp farming.
After these pesticides became approved for use in hemp programs across the country in 2019, many CBD brands who had been claiming to be “organically-grown” or “organic” never changed their packaging or websites, even after their companies began using the pesticides that were approved by the EPA. Why? Because there are no rules or regulations to stop them.
Which brings us to why the USDA organic program exists today.
USDA ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
No laws or regulations exist around using the word “organic” or “organically-grown” outside of the scope of the USDA organic program, which regulates the use of the USDA Organic seal. That’s why companies like Mellow Moose must go through the rigorous process of being certified organic by the United States Department of Agriculture — it’s the only way to prove that a product is truly organic.
The USDA organic seal is the only way to prove that products were actually made according to the organic standards required by the USDA. There’s just no other way around it.
So what are those standards?
NO SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES
When talking about a farmer’s current crop, the term “no pesticides” can be misleading because pesticides remain in the soil for multiple years after they’ve been administered. Just because a farmer grew his crop without pesticides this year doesn’t mean there weren’t any leftover from last year’s crop.
That’s why this core standard of the USDA begins with documented evidence of at least three years of pesticide-free farming practices on the land that is to be certified, as well as lab tests to confirm the soil is free of pesticides.
NO SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS
Hemp is a natural bio-accumulator, which means it absorbs much of what is in the soil, like nutrients, water, and impurities like heavy metals. That’s one reason why it’s so important to make sure to look for a third-party lab test when shopping for CBD products to confirm they are free of the contaminants that hemp often absorbs.
But when it comes to certified organic products, another huge differentiator is the fertilizers that are allowed to be used on conventional products vs certified organic products.
After each growing season, conventional hemp farmers need to supplement the soil with vital nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen in order to prepare it for the next growing season. That means the hemp plant will be absorbing synthetic fertilizers, which can ultimately end up in the final product.
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
Instead of synthetic fertilizers, certified organic farmers rely on crop rotation and natural fertilizers that naturally regenerate the nutrients back into the soil for another healthy growing season. That means the same crop won’t be planted in the same field every year, to allow the soil to regenerate the nutrients from natural sources.
Regenerative agriculture is the most sustainable and environmentally friendly commercial farming practice that exists. And it’s even more important when the end result is a concentrated product like the ones made in the CBD industry. No one wants concentrated contaminants in their CBD oil. That could be dangerous.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENTS
In order for any product to bear the USDA organic seal, it must be made with at least 95% certified organic ingredients. For CBD oil, that means everything from the extraction process to the carrier oil must be USDA certified organic for the final product to then be certified.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC FACILITIES
The USDA organic program requires an annual facility inspection that includes production, warehousing, and distribution.
These inspections ensure that all of the requirements set by the USDA are being properly addressed, like keeping certified organic products separated from conventional products. These visits also ensure that all paperwork and sourcing information is on file, up to date, and not changed since the last inspection.
Additionally, inspectors audit the paperwork of random products and batches to ensure that proper records are kept regarding which products were received from certified organic suppliers.
FINAL THOUGHTS ON ORGANIC PRODUCTS
Many CBD brands claim to use “natural” practices and may call it “organic” hemp oil while they are actually dumping chemicals on their hemp crops because it’s perfectly legal for them to do so. If a CBD product isn’t USDA certified organic, then it’s not tested and regulated as an organic product. That’s why you should always look for the USDA Organic seal.
Given these differences, I will only ever buy my CBD products from USDA certified organic companies, like Mellow Moose CBD.
I’ve tried a few CBD tinctures in the past, and never really had any good results. Some of them had added terpenes that hurt my stomach, some had plain nasty aftertastes, and none of them actually had the effect I was looking for; a calm, relaxed, quieter brain and body.
After having those experiences, I just stopped trying. Until recently, when I realized I was having more issues than usual when it comes to feeling relaxed & calm. I was waking up feeling jittery, feeling restless at night, just feeling more and more high strung overall. After seeing so many people having such success with CBD tinctures, I decided to give it one more try, but this time I’d do it different; I researched brands, how they make their product, whats in them, etc, and one brand stuck out to me. Mellow Moose!
When doing my research on brands that actually create clean, USDA certified, organic CBD tincture, I stumbled upon a post on a forum for cannabis enthusiasts and business operators. The post was written by a man named Sterling, talking all about his family farm in Oregon, and his brand of CBD, Mellow Moose. I even got the chance to exchange a few messages with him, and it was immediately clear to me that he not only knew exactly what he was talking about, but he was also extremely passionate about hemp and everything surrounding it.
He walked me through exactly what his farm does to create cleaner product than most brands. While most other brands use harsh solvent chemicals to extract cannabinoids from their hemp flower, Mellow Moose uses a clean, solventless, water-based process to extract theirs. He was also very transparent, with an instagram full of genuine pictures and videos from their hemp farm, dating years back. They show everything about themselves, which really helps me trust them!
So, I decided to try some of their product, and it has opened my eyes to what CBD tinctures can do. Based on my previous experiences, my expectations weren’t super high. But, this stuff kind of blew me away. I was feeling a bit stressed, which had become somewhat of a normal lately, as I mentioned earlier. An hour after taking one dropper of this tincture, I had the most relief I had felt in weeks. My mind and body felt a certain ‘equilibrium’ feeling that I rarely feel, and it was amazing. All of the stress, anxiety and worry just melted away, and I was able to just relax and laugh to a funny TV show.
Whereas a few weeks before, I would have been so caught up in my head, stressing about things, that I would hardly be able to pay attention to a show in the first place. But after one dropper of this, it was like all of my current issues were gone, and replaced with a feeling of total contentedness.
Overall, I really can’t recommend Mellow Moose enough!
I used this discount code, ‘Dallas20’ for 20% off my order.
This bottle has lasted me about a month so far, and I’ve been taking a dropper every day or two. I’m only halfway through the bottle! ~$70 for a month of pure calm has been incredibly worthwhile to me. I would (and will) do it again in a heartbeat. Cannot recommend these guys, or this product, enough!
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