Make One Gram of Oil Final 8 Lit Days

It’s that point of 12 months once more, which is to say, roughly the identical time as final 12 months — however by no means precisely the identical time — as a result of it’s Hanukkah… proper? Sure! As a real Jewish individual with entry to a lunar calendar, I can guarantee you that tonight is certainly the primary night time of the “pageant of lights.”

Hanukkah commemorates the army victory of warrior priest Judah “The Hammer” Maccabee’s guerrilla military over the numerically superior forces of the Seleucid Empire and the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It’s form of an extended story, however right here’s the gist: A Syrian king tried to outlaw Jewish worship and declare the Temple — the nucleus of historical Jewish tradition and legislation — for Hellenistic rituals.

It didn’t work out.

In the long run, the victorious Maccabee rebels regained management of the Holy Temple, which contained the menorah, a ceremonial oil lamp that wanted to be lit to rededicate the temple for worship. Left with solely sufficient oil to gentle the sacred lamp of the Holy Temple for one night time, the Maccabees fired up the lamp anyway and it stayed lit — for eight days and nights.

Now, if in case you have sufficient oil, staying lit for eight days is only a matter of persistence and scheduling. However what in case you solely have one gram of oil? For me, making one gram of oil final eight days could be nothing wanting miraculous. Frankly, I don’t suggest doing this on function, but when circumstances require you to be particularly economical together with your oil, right here’s a number of methods — eight of them, as a result of Hanukkah:

1. Take smaller dabs

Experiment with microdosing — it’s so sizzling proper now anyway. This isn’t precisely superior calculus right here; in case you take smaller dabs you’ll use much less, which ought to assist stretch out your stash. The good factor about smaller dabs is that they usually present a extra correct and balanced expression of the flavour profile than an enormous glob.

2. Take bigger dabs

Alternately, you possibly can take bigger dabs and get the heavy lifting out of the best way in the case of the specified impacts. I imply, in case your aim is to get lit day-after-day for eight days you can simply portion your gram into eight 1/8-gram globs and take one day-after-day. This technique works finest if mixed with strategies #3 and #6 — and all of those work finest in case you observe technique #5.

3. Roll or press your shatter

That is simply my pet principle, however I’m satisfied the quantity of vapor you pull from a dab has extra to do with floor space than weight. Hear me out. Primarily based on my intensive private analysis, in case you take 1 / 4 gram of shatter and roll it up right into a ball, it’ll produce much less vapor when dropped on the nail than the identical quarter gram pressed out into a skinny strip and laid throughout a bigger part of the heating component. This sounds bizarre, however in my expertise it really works and the urgent will typically enhance the readability of your shatter.

All you must do is take some shatter, heat it gently and roll or press it out via a silicone mat or wax paper: I prefer to sandwich the shatter between two small non-stick mats and use a lighter and/or my palms to warmth it barely, then I exploit a lip balm tube or a lighter to press it out. This additionally makes it simpler to take a “larger” dab whereas utilizing much less product.

4. Re-heat liquefied oil

Assuming you’re taking correct low-temp dabs (as a result of the choice is dumb and harmful), you need to normally find yourself with at the very least a small quantity of liquefied oil in your banger. Usually this is able to in all probability find yourself soaked into the ends of a q-tip, however in case you’re trying to stretch your stash, you would possibly think about operating the torch below the nail for a number of seconds, simply till you see any exercise within the oil, then recap and hit it once more. The flavour profile will doubtless be diminished barely, however there are nonetheless cannabinoids in there, and in case you’re so inclined, you may get them.

5. Purchase higher oil

That is really the simplest option to stretch your oil out so far as potential. It’s fairly laborious to justify taking child dabs of bland soup, however then once more, it’s even tougher to justify taking huge ones — simply don’t dab bland soup. It’s not definitely worth the cash you save, since you simply find yourself shopping for extra. It’s like shopping for one-ply bathroom paper on the greenback retailer; certain you lower your expenses, however the poor high quality all the time will get you ultimately. And anyway, it’s a celebration! You don’t have to purchase the $100-a-gram stuff, however get one thing tasty and potent — consider it as a gift to your self.

6. Comply with up with some bud

You must actually be doing this anyway, however in case you’re a type of “no pre-run” individuals who doesn’t smoke flowers anymore, you need to actually rethink. Positive, there’s no substitution for an incredible dab, however the full spectrum advantages of an quaint joint or bong bowl present a implausible praise to the extra refined results and flavors of your oil.