Method of Manufacturing a Smokable Cannabis Product

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product allows for the thorough processing of a quantity of raw cannabis leaves into a quantity of cured cannabis leaves. The quantity of cured cannabis leaves is then separated into lamina and a plurality of remainder plant parts. The smoking properties of the lamina and each of the plurality of remainder plant parts are optimized prior to inclusion into the smokable product. The lamina and the plurality of remainder plant parts are then blended and prepared into the smokable product. The composition of the smokable product is adjusted by selectively incorporating the lamina and the plurality of remainder plant parts into the final blend. Flavorings are then mixed into the smokable product in order to achieve the desired flavor of the cannabis product. Tobacco may be incorporated into the cannabis product as well.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method comprises the steps of:
 (A) providing a quantity of raw cannabis leaves;   (B) drying the quantity of raw cannabis leaves into a quantity of cured cannabis leaves;   (C) separating the quantity of cured cannabis leaves into lamina and a plurality of remainder plant parts;   (D) optimizing smoking properties of the lamina in order to prepare the lamina for inclusion into a smokable product;   (E) optimizing smoking properties for each of the plurality of remainder plant parts in order to prepare each of the plurality of remainder plant parts for inclusion into the smokable product;   (F) blending and preparing the lamina and the plurality of remainder plant parts into the smokable product; and   (G) mixing flavorings into the smokable product.   
     
     
         2 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 modifying a flavor of the lamina by aging the lamina for a defined period of time in order to optimize the smoking properties of the lamina. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 providing debris as one of the plurality of remainder plant parts, wherein the debris is produced from the cannabis manufacturing process; 
 adding hot water and agitating the debris in order to separate the water-soluble material from the fiber; 
 processing the fiber into a reconstituted leaf sheet; 
 dehydrating the water-soluble material in order to convert the water-soluble material into a quantity of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and a quantity of cannabidiol (CBD); 
 mixing the quantity of THC and the quantity of CBD with flavorings, preservatives, and humectants; 
 infusing the quantity of THC, the quantity of CBD, flavorings, preservatives, and humectants to the reconstituted leaf sheet; and 
 drying and cutting the reconstituted leaf sheet into lamina-sized pieces in order to produce reconstituted leaf. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 providing debris as one of the plurality of remainder plant parts, wherein the debris is produced from the cannabis manufacturing process; 
 grinding the debris into uniform size particles; 
 mixing the debris with processing aids in order to release pectin within the debris; 
 mixing the debris with flavorings, humectants, and preservatives; 
 binding the debris into a blended leaf sheet with the pectin by heating and drying the debris; and 
 further drying and cutting the blended leaf sheet into lamina-sized pieces in order to produce blended leaf. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 providing debris as one of the plurality of remainder plant parts, wherein the debris is produced from the cannabis manufacturing process; 
 moistening the debris with water and steam; 
 rolling and cutting the debris into smaller sized particles; and 
 drying the debris in order to volumetrically expand the smaller sized particles in order to produce improved stem. 
 
     
     
         6 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 providing debris as one of the plurality of remainder plant parts, wherein the debris is produced from the cannabis manufacturing process; 
 moistening the debris with water and steam; 
 rolling and cutting the debris into smaller sized particles; 
 mixing humectants and sugar into the smaller sized particles; and 
 drying the debris in order to volumetrically expand the smaller sized particles in order to produce expanded stem. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 cutting the lamina into uniform-sized pieces; 
 mixing humectants and sugar into the lamina; 
 impregnating liquid carbon dioxide into the lamina; and 
 volumetrically expanding the lamina by heating the liquid carbon dioxide within the lamina in order to produce expanded cannabis. 
 
     
     
         8 . The method of manufacturing a smokable cannabis product, the method as claimed in  claim 1  comprises the steps of:
 individually conditioning the lamina and specified plant parts from the plurality of remainder plant parts with steam in order to increase moisture and temperature; 
 mixing humectants and flavorings into the lamina; 
 mixing the specified plant parts into the lamina in order to form a partial blend; 
 steaming and cutting the partial blend into uniform sized particles; 
 reducing moisture of the partial blend; 
 mixing the partial blend with non-specified plant parts from the plurality of remainder plant parts in order to create a final blend; 
 mixing flavorings into denatured ethyl alcohol in order to create a flavor application solution, wherein the flavorings are solvents of the flavor application solution and the denatured ethyl alcohol is the solute of the flavor application solution; and 
 infusing the flavor application solution into the final blend.