![]() They are quick to point out what I mentioned above, that nobody smokes flowers right off the branch, so trichs should be aged. Both should be packed with THC and other psychoactive compounds, so you’re bound to “get high” from either.Ĭritics of “live” concentrates tend to complain of “racy” effects and “greener” terp profiles. Which is better, “live” or “aged”? That is quite literally a matter of taste. This fresh frozen method of harvesting pauses that process, leaving the trichomes and their innards “alive”.Ĭoncentrates crafted from these “live” trichs have earned the title of Live Resin or Live Rosin, compared to “aged” trichomes that lead to more traditional forms of hash and dabs (ie. We know that both cannabinoids and terpenes change or degrade over time and/or at certain temperatures. In theory, this locks in the cannabinoid content and state, as well as that of the terpenes and other constituents found inside the swollen, frozen trichomes, until the material can be processed into hash. Immediately after the plants are chopped, the harvest is flash-frozen using dry ice or commercial-grade coolers. Nobody smokes fresh frozen flowers, but I’ll get to that shortly. When the farmer’s goal is to harvest fresh frozen flowers, it is usually because that crop has been dedicated to hash production. This realization led to a new form of harvesting the cannabis plants themselves which came to be known as “Fresh Frozen”. Whether using mechanical separation like ice/water/agitation, or whether conducting solvent-based extractions using butane or other liquified gas, yields and overall quality tend to rise as temperatures of the trichomes drop. However, hash artisans have known for years that the best way to harvest just the heads of the trichomes is to do so under extremely cold temperatures. If you are looking to smoke the weed from this harvest in joints, blunts, bongs, and pipes, this is the way to handle your post-harvest process. Those trimmed buds are then jarred up and again stored in a dark, cool, dry place for weeks while they “cure” to perfection, providing a smooth, clean burn and the flavor and effects expected from the strain. They are then bucked off the branches and passed to a trim crew where each nug is hand-manicured for quality control and bag appeal. Traditionally, the branched buds are given time to dry a bit in a cool, dehumidified space. Whether it was grown indoors or under the sun when a cannabis plant is harvested the farmer has a decision to make about what the very next step will be once those trees are chopped down. ![]() ![]() LIVE HASH STARTS WITH FRESH FROZEN TERPENE PRESERVATION So, considering the rising popularity of not only Live Resin but of Live Rosin as well (yep, they are two very different things!), I figured I’d bust out this breakdown of what it all means and how it is all made, hopefully steering some fellow custies and some industry “professionals” straight along the way. It got me thinking about whether the budtender was just having a bad day and didn’t feel like consulting the customer to determine his needs, or whether she just truly didn’t know what the hell she was talking about. Since this fella came in wanting the good stuff, and since he apparently had the money to spend, he settled for the higher-priced Live Rosin and left with a $90 gram that he did not understand. The budtender flatly ignored his first question and answered the second by saying, “One’s 90 one’s 70, the difference is the micron size.”Īt this point, I am biting a hole through my tongue but I am not an employee, so I stay in my lane. ![]() She asked him, “Do you want Live Rosin or Badder?”Ĭlearly confused, he replied, “What is Rosin? What’s the difference?” ![]() Unfortunately, some retailers’ and many consumers’ knowledge about cannabis concentrates has not advanced as rapidly as extraction technology, leading to a lot of confusion at the end of the supply chain.Įarlier this month, I was in a dispensary as a custy scooping some flower when an older gent wandered in and asked the other budtender for some “good hash”. Such a high price commands an equally high-quality hash and today’s top extract artists do not disappoint, blasting, pressing, and washing the tastiest, terpiest, and most potent dabs the world has ever seen. Today, cannabis concentrates truly are the top-shelf product in any weed shop, often priced at $80-90 per gram, or more. Yeah, I’m looking at you – don’t dab that, dude. We have come a long way since the days of poorly purged, crumbly, spark-shooting dabs of Butane Hash Oil (BHO), or at least, most of us have. ![]()
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