1.) I grinded the bone-dry buds with my hands only, no grinder used. The starting material looked
like very small buds of approx. 5 to 10mm diameter, so mostly no powder. As I now have my own
»cooking« experience, I totally agree with you in all points, except point C. I’ve seen oils made
with alcohol which are usually much darker as the water in the alcohol dissolves the chlorophylls.
I made my oil with lab grade pure petroleum ether. This oil is much more brighter in colour
(golden-brown) and has an excellent, delicious spicy taste in comparison to the alco-oil’s I had a
chance to try. My point here is that I believe Naphtha doesn’t strip off as many of the terpenes
and chlorophylls as alcohol does. It also boils much more controlled and manageable as alcohol
does. So my question here is, do you think it is possible that the combination grinding / washing
with Naphtha is not that harmful for a good quality oil as grinding / washing with Alcohol?