The Ultimate Solventless Rosin Pressing Resource
📌What Is the Purpose of Using Different Micron Bubble Wash Bags for Ice Water Extraction?
Wash bags are the central piece of gear used in the ice water extraction process, a solventless method of making bubble hash. Wash bags are nylon bags that fit inside of a bucket and stack one inside of the other, secured along the top rim of the bucket. Wash bags are made in various sizes to accommodate different amounts of cannabis material.
📌 What's the Problem with Cheap Rosin Bags & Bubble Bags on Amazon?
It may be tempting to save a few dollars by purchasing the most inexpensive rosin filter bags and bubble wash bags online. Dozens of companies have sprung up in recent years, opportunistically jumping on the solventless bandwagon with their ability to quickly manufacture low-quality products in hopes of appealing to undiscerning buyers. While their cut-rate bags might fit into even the slimmest budgets, they can quickly become counterproductive and even detrimental to your output.
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📌 The Press Club x Frenchy Cannoli Collaboration
There are only a sparse few figures in modern times who made an impact on the art of hashish and solventless cannabis extraction as the late and great Frenchy Cannoli. His passion for cannabis, knowledge of traditional sieving methods, and willingness to share with an open heart will forever echo within the cannabis community. Madame Cannoli and Frenchy’s apprentice, Belle, along with others who worked with him closely, are committed to carrying on his mission. We’re honored to join their efforts through an official partnership with the Lost Art of Hashishin workshops.
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How To Store Bubble Hash for Maximum Terpene and Quality Preservation
Proper storage of bubble hash is critical for maintaining its premium quality, preserving its terpene profile, and ensuring a superior consumption experience. When stored incorrectly, this prized concentrate can quickly degrade, losing its distinctive aroma, flavor, and potency. Exposure to environmental factors like heat, light, and moisture can lead to oxidation, causing your hash to darken and lose its cherished characteristics.
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Tips for Air Drying Bubble Hash in a Wine Cooler or Mini Fridge
How you dry your hash can make or break the quality of the final product. While freeze dryers have become increasingly popular, many processors still rely on air drying methods. And you can still make fire hash with the air drying method! One particularly effective approach involves using a wine cooler or mini fridge, which provides an ideal controlled environment for drying bubble hash while maintaining its precious terpene content and overall quality.
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Introducing The Press Club Hash Soaker
The science behind pre-soaking is straightforward: water-saturated plant material becomes more elastic and resilient, which are advantageous qualities in the rough and tumble process of washing hash. This increased flexibility helps prevent the unwanted breakdown of plant matter during agitation, resulting in cleaner extractions with minimal chlorophyll contamination. When trichome heads separate from their stalks, they should do so cleanly – without bringing fragments of leaf material with them.
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Top 10 Tips For Making The Best Hash in 2025
Quality hash is the pinnacle of solventless cannabis artistry. As the solventless market evolves and matures, consumers increasingly demand clean, potent concentrates that preserve the plant's full spectrum of compounds. Premium hash commands top dollar not only for its superior effects but for the expertise required in its creation. While basic hash can be made with minimal effort, producing true six-star full melt hash demands meticulous attention to detail at every step.
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The Pros and Cons of Single Source Operations for Solventless Hash and Rosin Production
Single source is a philosophy that goes beyond the traditional approach to creating solventless cannabis concentrates, as it brings every stage of production under one roof, leveraging a vertical integration model that tracks a product's journey from seed to final extract. Unlike traditional supply chains where materials are sourced from multiple vendors, single source producers maintain complete ownership and control over every step of the process. This means managing everything from genetic selection a
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The Importance of Solventless Competitions for a Maturing Industry
In the past few years, the solventless community has seen the emergence of specialized competitions that celebrate the artistry and technical precision of hash making. Events like Ego Clash and the Northern California Rosin Competition (NCRC) have become proving grounds for extractors pushing the boundaries of what's possible with ice water hash and rosin production. These competitions represent more than just friendly rivalry
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Single Bag / Double Bag / Triple Bag Presses & What Microns & Why
Rosin press bag layering, or wrapping your cannabis material in multiple bags, can increase both the quality of your rosin and the effectiveness of the extraction. By strategically wrapping loose resin in two or sometimes three rosin bags, extractors can significantly enhance the structural integrity of their starting material and improve the overall filtration process during rosin pressing.
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Top 5 Bubble Hash Hand Washing Mistakes To Avoid in 2025
While washing bubble hash with a washing machine is more common in 2025, many seasoned hash makers still swear by the purist approach of hand washing bubble hash. While both are fine techniques to use during the agitation phase of ice water extraction, machine washing and hand washing represent two distinct approaches of solventless hash production.
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The Difference Between Six Star Hash & Full Melt
Let's look at what makes this premium concentrate so special. Six-star full melt represents the pinnacle of hash making - it's the cream of the crop, the holy grail of solventless extracts. We're talking about a product so pure that it melts away completely, leaving virtually no residue behind. This isn't just high-quality hash; it's artisanal perfection, capturing the plant's full spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes in their most pristine form. Why does this matter? Because in a market flooded with concentrates, true six-star hash stands apart.
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Beginner's Tutorial on Setting Up a Homemade Hash Washing Lab
The art of solventless extraction has captured the imagination of cannabis enthusiasts worldwide, offering a pure and natural way to create high-quality concentrates. Unlike chemical-based extraction methods, this traditional technique relies solely on water, ice, and mechanical agitation to separate valuable trichomes from plant material. The result? Clean, flavorful hash that preserves the plant's full spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes.
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Solventless Tools You Never Thought You Needed
The mark of a true professional isn't just in following standard procedures, but in finding creative ways to optimize workflow, maintain pristine conditions, and maximize product quality. In a craft where precision and cleanliness are paramount, having the right tools—even unexpected ones—can make all the difference between mediocre results and premium-grade extracts. While most extractors know their way around a rosin press or washing vessel, there's a whole world of innovative tools and clever solutions that can elevate your operation from good to exceptional.
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The Homegrown Hashishin Following Your Own Path with Mo Buddy
We're excited to share this conversation with Mo Buddy from a recent episode of the Homegrown Hashishan Podcast here on our blog. Thanks to the team at Homegrown Hashishan for making it happen! The Homegrown Hashishin is the first podcast made specifically for single-source solventless home and hobby hash producers. This show is a celebration of craft hash making, and whether you're a seasoned solventless expert or just dipping your toes into the water
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Keeping Your Hash Clean 101: Gloves & Potential Contaminants
When it comes to producing premium solventless hash and rosin, cleanliness isn't just a preference—it's essential for product quality and integrity. While wearing gloves is a fundamental best practice in any extraction lab, even these protective barriers can introduce unexpected contaminants into your product. From microscopic lint to factory residues, understanding and managing glove-related contamination is crucial for maintaining the purity of your extracts.
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Salt vs. Organic and How Your Nutrients Affect Your Hash
At The Press Club, we're obsessed with quality at every step of the process. That's why we're diving into one of the most heated debates in cultivation: salt-based versus organic nutrients. Whether you're washing fresh frozen or working with dried material, understanding how your feeding program affects trichome production could be the key to taking your hash game to the next level.
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The Road to Cleaner Hash: The Extra Rinse Tek
At its core, this method builds on the well-known ice water extraction process, which is the gold standard of collecting loose resin. But, Extra Rinse Tek adds a crucial twist. Instead of stopping at the initial collection, we're taking things a step further with an additional refinement phase that puts quality control front and center. By separating the collection and cleaning processes, we're not just making hash—we're crafting some of the cleanest, most refined solventless concentrates possible.
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The History of the Temple Balls: Past to Present
In the world of cannabis products, no concentrate carries as much historical and cultural significance as Temple Balls. These carefully crafted solventless spheres, originating in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, represent one of humanity's oldest methods of cannabis preservation and refinement. A centuries-old tradition of collecting and processing cannabis resin into a concentrated solventless form, Temple Balls are rooted in mystical tradition and practical necessity. And, the art and science of Temple Balls continues to evolve to this day.
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Ego Clash Invitational 2024 California
The cannabis industry is no stranger to competitions, and Ego Clash is among one of the most exclusive and premier events for hash makers and solventless extractors. A staple event for melt and rosin artistry, Ego Clash is where top hashmakers come together to showcase their craft, share knowledge, and vie for recognition from their peers. This competition isn’t just about winning, it’s about celebrating the artistry, innovation, and passion that runs deep in the solventless cannabis community.
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Pros and Cons of Wet vs Dry Sieving Cannabis Resin
Wet and dry sieving are two different approaches to creating solventless cannabis concentrates. Each method has unique advantages and challenges, yet both arrive at the same destination - isolating cannabis resin from the cannabis plant. Depending on the resources at hand and the goal for production, one method of extraction will be better than the other. Let’s explore the basics of each method and weigh the pros and cons to help you decide which is right for you.
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