Cannabis Tea Powder with MCT Lipid Binding for Water Solubility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for producing edible cannabis products often rely on chemical or solvent extraction, resulting in products that lack cannabinoid diversity and other beneficial components, and fail to make cannabinoids bioavailable when consumed as tea due to their hydrophobic nature.
Innovation Solution
A process involving the mixing of cannabis with medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, decarboxylation, and grinding to create a steepable and edible cannabis plant powder that allows cannabinoids to bind with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic lipids, making them soluble in water and bioavailable when steeped.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If chemical or solvent extraction is used to isolate cannabinoids from cannabis plant material, then cannabinoid concentration is improved, but cannabinoid diversity and other beneficial components are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies extraction by infusing cannabis plant material in water to create cannabis tea, extracting beneficial components including cannabinoids, terpenes, and other plant benefits into the water-based beverage medium
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses whole plant cannabis material that serves multiple functions simultaneously - providing cannabinoids for therapeutic effects, terpenes for aroma and additional benefits, and other beneficial plant components, all delivered through a single water infusion process
2Stability of the object's composition
If extracted cannabinoids are highly processed to isolate them from cannabis plant material, then shelf stability is improved, but bioavailability when consumed as tea deteriorates due to hydrophobic nature
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state of cannabinoids from isolated pure compounds to being present within whole plant material matrix, and changes the consumption medium from oil-based to water-based tea, thereby improving bioavailability while maintaining stability through proper infusion processing
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite whole plant cannabis material that combines cannabinoids, terpenes, and other beneficial components in their natural matrix form, allowing simultaneous extraction and delivery of multiple compounds that work synergistically when infused in water
3Ease of manufacture
If THC oil is dropped onto tea material, then THC delivery is simplified, but mixing with water deteriorates as THC sits on surface rather than staying in solution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the delivery method from oil-based THC drops to water-based cannabis tea infusion, where cannabinoids are extracted into the water medium during steeping, ensuring homogeneous distribution throughout the beverage rather than surface separation
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The process ensures that a wide spectrum of cannabinoids, terpenes, and other plant benefits are delivered in a bioavailable form when consumed as a tea, improving dosing precision and nutritional benefits while preventing oil separation from water.
Implementation Method 1
allows cannabinoids to bind with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic lipids, making them soluble in water and bioavailable when steeped
Implementation Method 2
mixing of cannabis with medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, decarboxylation, and grinding to create a steepable and edible cannabis plant powder that allows cannabinoids to bind with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic lipids
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AI summary
A composition of matter comprising a steepable organically based substance, such as a tea, as well as an apparatus and method of making the composition of matter is disclosed. In one embodiment, the composition of matter, apparatus and method are directed to a steepable organically based substance comprising an organic material, a lipid, and a powdered lipid. In certain embodiments, the organic material and lipids are mixed together, heated and agitated binding the lipid, such as an MCT oil, to the organic material and decarboxylating the compound. The decarboxylated compound is then cooled. The decarboxylated compound is then ground to a desired size (which in some embodiments may be as fine as a powder) which is then mixed with a powdered lipid, such as an MCT powder, to produce a steepable organic substance. In certain embodiments, the organic material comprises cannabis, and the steepable organic substance resulting from the disclosed process is a steepable cannabis tea.