The Ultimate Solventless Rosin Pressing Resource
Top 10 Rosin Warm Curing Tips
Warm curing is known to bring about some drastic changes in the texture and consistency of rosin. A variety of the Jar Tech Method of curing rosin, warm curing involves placing rosin into a sealed glass jar and exposing it to heat for several days. It doesn’t require any specialty equipment, even an oven will work just fine. But there are a few helpful tips to keep in mind when going for the warm curing approach.
Warm curing follows most of the same principles as cold curing, but it leverages the power of heat to bring about changes in the look and feel, and even the taste, of rosin.
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Top 20 Best Tips for Washing Hash
Although hashish is an ancient form of solventless cannabis concentrate, the process of mixing ice water and cannabis flowers to produce it, the technique known as washing hash, is still a recent innovation. It wasn’t until the late 1980’s and early 90’s that the first hash runs were made by stirring together cold water and cannabis plant material, and gathering the resin as it separated from the rest of the material and settled to the bottom of a collection vessel. Later iterations of the process involved a series of filter screens to isolate and collect trichome heads from the slurry of ice water and cannabis.
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Top 10 Rosin Cold Curing Tips
Cold curing continues to be a hot topic in rosin, consistently delivering results that speak for themselves. Curing is the final step in rosin production, and it’s the chance to see the stunning results of chemistry in action. Cold curing creates the right environment for rosin to transform in texture and consistency, often from a greasy sap to a nice firm batter. The right cure can bring about both depth and subtlety in flavor that doesn’t exist in “right off the press” rosin dabs, and help amplify the nose.
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What is Delta-8 THC?
If you’re keeping a pulse on the cannabis industry landscape, then it’s likely that Delta-8 THC has made its way onto your radar. Delta-8, or D8 as it’s also called, is a close cousin of the cannabis plant’s most preeminent cannabinoid, Delta-9 THC. While D8 may only vary slightly in molecular structure from its analog Delta-9, it delivers a uniquely enjoyable experience with meaningful therapeutic value.
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Top 3 Ways Cannabis Contributes To an Active Lifestyle
Contrary to the longstanding and pervasive stereotype that regular cannabis users lead inactive, sedentary, and sluggish lifestyles, it turns out that cannabis actually contributes to an active lifestyle. According to recent studies, regular cannabis users report as much physical activity, and in some cases more weekly physical activity, than non-users. Who would have thought!?
Regular cannabis users have been able to see through this myth
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How Many Times Can I Wash Cannabis for Bubble Hash?
Cannabis material requires multiple rounds of washing and filtering to fully realize its potential during the ice water extraction process. Rarely will cannabis dump all it’s resin glands in just the first wash. 5-10 rounds of washing is not uncommon to fully process a single batch of material, and even then it’s possible that some medicine is left behind.
So how many times can you really wash a single batch of material for bubble hash?
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Why Is RO Water Best for Washing Bubble Hash?
✅ Updated 10/2Water is one of the key components of Ice Water Extraction, also known as washing hash. While there are other ways to make hash, such as Dry Sifting, mixing ice cold water and cannabis is generally seen as the most efficient way to create the highest grades of solventless cannabis concentrate.
Making the best hash requires premium cannabis material, a set of high quality Hash Washing Bags, and cold, clean water.Ice water is used to knock off trichome heads from the tiny stalks that hold them to the cannabis plant
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How to Decarb Cannabis
Decarbing cannabis involves the process of decarboxylation, which is a naturally occurring chemical reaction made possible with heat over time. Decarboxylation impacts cannabis by converting its beneficial compounds from their acidic form into a non-acidic form (e.g. from THC-A to THC). This transformation unlocks the full extent of the cannabinoids’ therapeutic value, most especially in regards to psychoactivity. Decarbing cannabis lets us enjoy the effects we most fondly associate with cannabis consumption.
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Top 3 Reasons Why Solventless Is Better
Hash heads often take it for granted that solventless cannabis extracts are superior to other forms of concentrates. We know that solventless extracts command a higher price point on dispensary shelves, and that eyes light up with the mention of live hash rosin. But why exactly do we consider solventless cannabis products to be superior?
Defining Solventless
Solventless extracts are cannabis concentrates made without the use of chemical solvents, such as butane and ethanol alcohol.
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The History of Bubble Hash
The method of using cold water to extract trichome heads is still a relatively recent innovation, especially if you consider that hash in one form or another is an ancient cannabis concentrate. Neolithic humans were likely the first to discover cannabis concentrates in the form of hand-rubbed hash, or Charas, as it’s been called in the modern era. While picking through mature cannabis flowers for edible seeds, the sticky resin would have gathered onto the fingertips of these early foragers.
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Will Joe Biden Legalize Cannabis?
There's no doubt that public sentiment around cannabis has changed rapidly in the last several years. The US federal government’s favor of legality seemed like a pipe dream just a couple of decades ago, but now with the rising tide of cultural support, it seems inevitable. And it's likely not going to take long at this point - we've crossed the Rubicon and there's no turning back.
The War on Drugs was a complete sham, and any lingering belief that the war was successful in saving the public from the tragedy of drug abuse is negated by the domination of the opioid crisis, which took root and completely devastated large swaths of our society.
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Best Ways To Store Cannabis Material for Extraction
✅ Updated 9/28/21 The cannabis plant requires months of growth and development to produce mature trichome heads worthy of extraction. The most successful growers take cues from the plants themselves, and wait until the resin glands reach the ripeness required to produce powerful medicine. And nature doesn’t hurry.
Neither should solventless extractors.
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Hydraulic vs Pneumatic Rosin Presses
Hydraulic Rosin Presses and Pneumatic Rosin Presses are both common in rosin extraction, and equally capable of producing premium quality rosin. But what sets them apart, and how do they actually work?
Both hydraulic and pneumatic presses operate on the same basic principles. Pressure is generated within the press itself, and applied as force through a driving ram into the rosin plates. In the squeezing together of the rosin plates, pressure is generated within the cannabis source material. This pressure combines with heat from the plates to create the outflow of rosin, the prize of our endeavors.
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How To Build The Ultimate Bubble Hash Washing Room
Creating the ideal environment for Ice Water Extraction requires thoughtfulness and planning. A well-designed Bubble Hash Wash Room makes the process smooth and efficient for the extractor while preserving the most valued qualities of cannabis trichomes. As the saying goes, most of our success is made in the preparation.
The intention put into designing your extraction space will shine through in your final product. With the right equipment in the right environment, ice water extraction can feel less like a chore and more like a labor of love.
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What Is Rosin Sauce?
In the broad world of cannabis concentrates, the term “Sauce” generally refers to a type of extract that’s created using a closed-loop system along with the solvent BHO (butane). Sauce has a sticky, runny consistency that’s characterized by both crystal-like clumps and liquid golden goodness. One look at a gooey glob of sauce and you’ll see by the appearance where it gets its name.
These alternate consistencies are the result of the separation of the major cannabinoids and terpenes present in high amounts in quality cannabis material. While BHO is effective at isolating and separating these various components
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Rosin Press Time Guide
✅ Updated 11/9/21 Time is one of the main variables to consider when making the most of your rosin extractions. A couple of minutes is all that’s needed to fully extract rosin from cannabis source material, but even a 30 second swing can make a difference. Dialing in your extraction time depending on your specific preference is the only way to get optimal results. Understanding how time impacts rosin quality and yield can help you use these time variances to your advantage.
The time of rosin extraction is measured from the start of pressure application between heated rosin press plates, after preheating
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Guide To Different Rosin Consistencies
Rosin is a versatile and adaptive cannabis concentrate, capable of taking on different forms and consistencies depending on its environment and the conditions under which it was extracted. Some rosin looks clear, shiny, and homogenous like sap or syrup. Some rosin appears creamy and whipped like a light golden budder. You’ll even see rosin that looks chunky, wet, and greasy, seeming to float in a pool of its own liquid terpenes.
While consistency and texture of rosin is mostly cosmetic, it does help to tell a story
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The Ultimate Guide To Dry Sift
Dry Sift Hash is one of the simplest forms of hash to create. It requires minimal equipment and processing input, yet it has the potential to stand beside Bubble Hash as a quality solventless source material for rosin. But just because making Dry Sift Hash is simple, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily easy. Especially if superior quality is your aim.
Sifting dried and cured cannabis material allows us to separate and isolate trichome heads from their stalks
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How To Make Live Rosin
✅ Updated 10/28/21 Live Rosin is a premium form of Hash Rosin with specific origins. Unlike traditional hash rosin, Live Rosin is extracted from bubble hash that’s been made with Fresh Frozen Cannabis. Live rosins have quickly moved from the fringes of solventless menus to now becoming the mainstay of hash rosins. And this is for good reason.
To understand the value of Live Rosin, we need to understand the meaning of Fresh Frozen and why it creates a truly exceptional solventless product. refers to cannabis material that’s been frozen immediately after harvest.
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Best Qualities for Bubble Wash Bags
✅ Updated 7/19/21Bubble Hash Wash Bags are sets of filter screens used to separate and collect trichome heads from cannabis plant material during the ice water extraction process. These bags are differentiated by micron filter size, with the larger microns letting more cannabis pass through and the smaller microns allowing less.
Bubble Hash Wash Bags are cylindrical with an open top, resembling a bucket. They’re constructed with a waterproof outer wall and a nylon filter screen at the base.
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Rosin Press Temperature Guide
Heat is one of the key ingredients that makes pressing rosin possible. While pressure is needed to amplify the flow of rosin between heated rosin plates, it’s the heat generated between your rosin plates that allow cannabis trichomes to liquefy in a way that we can isolate them for collection. An understanding of ideal temperature ranges, and the ability to control the temperature within those ranges during extraction, are must-haves in the extractor’s toolkit. The right amount of heat needed to press quality rosin
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