hash question

Hash is simple stripping away thc from the plant matter and then condensed using a physical process I.e. Compressing the build up from scissors during trimming. Sifting using screens/grinders, using bags with screens.

Doesn't matter if it's from trim or bud. Taking kief from a grinder and compressing it turns it to hash.

Depending on method used determines quality (how much plant matter is left in end product)

 

Lot's of people sift hash off the bud. Heck, I'd think nearly all the bud in Morocco is turned into hash for easy transport.
It's just that in the USA, quality bud would rather be sold as is, rather than turning it to hash, so the trimmings is where a lot of the concentrates come from. Although reading about dabbing and shatter/wax/BHO, you'd think every stoner in America is using concentrates, but actually the majority of users are not daily tokers and are quite content just to smoke some good bud, especially since THC content routinely exceeds 20% in bud.

 

Hash takes the leaf out of the equation to collect and compress the THC crystals. That's why concentrates are never green. So if you start with less green it may be easier to concentrate your hash.

 

I get hash from my dispensary because it's cheap. They save the kief from processing and sell it. Sometimes it is one strain but usually it's a mix.

For me ruining good bud is a waste but reclaiming the kief from shitty weed can be real decent. The entire idea of making hash from trim and sweet leaf from the buds is getting the most from your plants. I do just that because I loves the hash. When you get a couple grams of great hash from stuff that went in the trash before you really understand why people do it.

 

Alcohol extracted concentrates are often a pale shade of green. Especially 2nd and 3rd rinses.
Personally, I prefer sifted kief hash over shatter/wax/bho. They say connoisseurs prefer that over extracted THC concentrates.
-I suppose it just depends on who's making the argument.

Oddly enough rosin sort of straddles the space between sifted and chemical extraction. The main problem with Rosin is that it just has a much lower rate of return compared to just about any other way to extract crystals off a cannabis plant. But on the other hand, it's free of both chemicals and extraneous plant matter.

 

I was trying to keep chemical extracts out as I assume op was referring to simple hash rather than Bho and the like.

Also it seems that rosin is getting as good/similar results as bho and other chemically stripped hashes

 

Yes and no. From both, bud will provide you more than trimmings in nearly all cases.

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