Drinks · 2.5 mg per mug

Golden milk

Name: Golden milk
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 250 ml whole milk or a creamy oat milk; ½ tsp ground turmeric; ¼ tsp ground ginger; Pinch of black pepper and cinnamon; 1 tsp infused honey

Warm, spiced and gently dosed. Whole milk gives the cannabinoids fat to bind to.

Dose: 2.5 mg THC per mug
Makes: 1 mug
Prep: 5 min
Cook: 5 min
Total: 10 min
Difficulty: Easy

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The dose, worked

1 tsp infused honey × 2.47 mg per tsp = 2.5 mg THC (theoretical) ÷ 1 portions = 2.47 mg per mug.

Theoretical maximum: it assumes complete decarboxylation (THCA × 0.877) and that every milligram ends up in the food. Real yield is usually lower, which is why you start with one portion and wait. Re-run the maths for your flower →

per mug

2.5510 mg

Start with one. Wait two hours.

Ingredients

250 ml whole milk or a creamy oat milk
½ tsp ground turmeric
¼ tsp ground ginger
Pinch of black pepper and cinnamon
1 tsp infused honey

Uses infused honey at 2.47 mg THC per tsp (theoretical). Made it differently? Recalculate.

Method

Warm the milk with the spices over low heat until steaming, not boiling.
Image slot · step 1: spiced milk warming in a small pan · 1200 × 800
Take off the heat and stir in the infused honey until dissolved. Pour and dust with cinnamon.
Image slot · step 2: honey being stirred into the mug · 1200 × 800

Dosing notes

Add the honey off the heat; boiling is unnecessary.

Does the milk matter?

Cannabinoids are fat-soluble, so whole milk or a creamy oat milk carries them more predictably than skimmed.

Educational content, not medical advice. Effects vary with body weight, tolerance and what else you have eaten. Label infused food with the milligrams per portion and the date, and keep it away from children and pets.

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