Why is it such an emergency? Lol.
If you consider that most STB extracts use 10ml per 1g of bark, using 2500ml for 1lb is about 5ml per 1g, roughly. But still, water content isn't even that necessary. The only reason you want a higher water content is so that your solvent seperates out easily. If you have a very thick soup then the solvent won't seperate as easily. I would suggest using half the lb instead of the whole lb. Also, why are you doing that large of an extraction at once? Surely, smaller extractions will be more beneficial.
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