cob cure
cob cure
This was my original method, but at the bottom of the page is an alternate method developed with some friends on this and other forums
Before sealing them in a vac bag I get the sweat started by wrapping the cobs loosely in a plastic bag in a warm/hot location, you should see the perspiration on the inside of the plastic bag and the cobs should feel wet/moist on the outside. Then vac seal the cobs in the vac bag.
I leave the cobs in the vac bag for between 1 and 3 weeks to sweat. When opened the smell should be a strong sickly sweet smell if the sweat was successful.
Then remove them and let them air dry in a cool dark place.
By the end of a week the outer skin is dry and stiff. The buds inside will have amalgamated to form a stick. This can then be stored for years in the usual way. The buds inside will need to be carved off and broken into rocks to be smoked the usual way.
The buds need to be dried to just dry on the outside but moist on the inside before compacting in the cob.
Tip: Once the cobs are cured dry them but not fully, so they are slightly moist in the centre, then store ina jar or vac seal them for long term storage. If you fully dry the cobs it stops any further curing. I have cobs vac sealed over 3 years old and they are still as good if not better than when first dried.
Below is some Malawi cob and buds cured this way plus the trichs after curing.
The trichs were clear and mostly cloudy before the cob cure
Since posting this a while ago some friends and I on another forum have developed a sure fire method to get good results.
You need a Yogurt maker $60 online, crockpot on minimum or any other regulated heat source heat mat ect
You make you cob as normal and vacuum seal it. I have used buds as fresh as 24hr after harvest through to smoke able dried.
Then put the sealed cob into the yogurt maker for between 6 and 24hrs at 40c. You can go up to 60c or possibly even more but fermentation will be quicker.
Then remove the cob which will be wet and dry it to about 80% dry
Next re vacuum seal the semi dry cob for a month to further cold cure at 30c or room temp
After a month remove and dry to smoke able consistency
You can smoke it now but it will be very stony, if you reseal it for a further 2 months to age at room temp it will be the most potent and very clear.
You can vary the time in the yogurt maker even 48hrs is ok but the longer you sweat it for the darker the result. Darker cobs tend to be more narcotic but still very trippy
You can also vary the moisture content of the buds going into the cob in the first place to give differing results.
Its as simple as that and works every time as long as its vacuum sealed you will not get mold.
Thanks, im also going to be using fresh harvested colas...like that same day....I put mine on top of my led lights and left for two weeks. As long as it's warm it will work just the time will differ
The best cobs are made with buds or colas that are almost dry. When you would normally put them into jars for burping is the right time.
Your most welcome. It's great to see more and more people doing it. At this rate cobbing will become the norm
My current batch of cobs does remind me a lot of the old-school Mexican brick we’d get back in the day (minus the seeds and stems, lol)
I have never had brick weed from America but if the buds were high quality well matured and left at just the right temp for just the right amount of time it would turn out very similarly.
Amen to that Tangwena! And..., the lousy "brick weed" that I saw back in the day was always oxidized (brown at best), full of stems and seeds, and was anything but the primo buds we use. It was all that we had at the time, or at least it was easiest to come by, so no complaints here but if you offered me some of that today I'd politely refuse. My memories of it are that it was not that great.
Humidity paks will help keep your buds from deteriorating. CL
Thanks, and I agree, I use the Boveda 62% packs in my jars, they work really well. I find that after a 2-3 years it's not quite the same. Still has an impact, but....Humidity paks will help keep your buds from deteriorating. CL
hope the mold didn't make the center of the cob!
For sure its not the shape but how its cured that makes great weed greater.
