(works every single time, just three questions)
Answer these three things and you’ll know exactly how much flower (or concentrate) you need for any recipe, any dose, any fat amount. No apps, no tables, no math headaches.
Question 1: How many total milligrams of THC do you want in the whole batch?
(example: 12 brownies × 20 mg each = 240 mg total)
Question 2: What’s the THC percentage of your starting material?
Flower: look at the lab label (usually 18–30 %)
Concentrate: distillate is 90–98 %, live resin/rosin 70–90 %, shatter 75–85 %
Question 3: How much fat are you infusing?
(½ cup butter = 113 g, 1 cup oil = 215 g, etc.)
Now just talk to me like this (real examples):
“I want 300 mg total in ¾ cup clarified butter using 24 % flower.”
→ You need 1.45–1.55 g of that flower (round to 1.5 g)
“I want 500 mg in 1 cup coconut oil using 92 % distillate.”
→ You need 0.55 g distillate (about 11 drops from a 1 g syringe)
“I want 10 mg gummies, 40 pieces (400 mg total) with 28 % flower into ½ cup butter.”
→ You need 1.65–1.75 g flower (call it 1.7 g)
Quick reference cheat (memorize these four lines and you’re set forever)
For flower (average 85 % of labeled THC survives decarb/infusion):
Total mg wanted ÷ % THC ÷ 0.85 = grams of flower needed
Example: 400 mg ÷ 25 % ÷ 0.85 = 1.88 g → grab 1.9–2.0 g
For distillate/live resin/rosin/shatter (95–98 % survives):
Total mg wanted ÷ % THC ÷ 0.97 = grams needed
Example: 600 mg ÷ 92 % ÷ 0.97 = 0.67 g → use ⅔ gram
Instant dose-per-serving check
Total mg in batch ÷ number of pieces = mg per piece
(weigh the final batter or count the cookies/gummies and divide)
That’s literally it.
Ask me any combo (“I want 800 mg in 100 g oil with 19 % flower” or “25 mg caramels, 30 pieces, using 96 % distillate”) and I’ll give you the exact grams in one sentence. No charts, no scrolling, no bullshit. Fire away.