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What is bubble hash and can you make it at home?

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Bubble hash, also known as ice water hash, is a specific type of hash concentrate made with ice water. It’s called bubble hash because when smoked, it bubbles. It’s also called ice water hash or water hash due to the preparation method. What is hash made from?

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What are trichomes?

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If you’re familiar with the stickiness of good bud, then you’re already familiar with the peculiar term of ‘trichomes’. Trichomes comes from the Greek word Trích?ma In weed’s case, trichomes are the sticky-icky microscopic crystals that contain the plant’s beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes. What are trichomes?

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Kief vs. Hash—What’s the Difference and How Can They be Used?

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Kief and hash are great examples of this shift. Kief vs. Hash: What is Kief? Kief is the nickname given to trichomes when they fall off of cannabis. Kief is also collected by trichome farmers that use sleeves or mesh screens to capture cannabis trichomes. Kief vs. Hash: What is Hashish?

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What is hashishene? Examining the unique chemistry of hashish

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For hundreds if not thousands of years, human beings have been separating glandular trichomes from cannabis plants, pressing them into shapes, and allowing them to cure like fine wines as a product known as hashish, or hash. Is hash, or hashish, really all that different from the cannabis flower? Why does hash degrade?

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What does ‘full spectrum’ cannabis mean and why is it important?

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It’s meant to describe a product that contains the natural variety of secondary metabolites (molecules like cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids) found in the cannabis plant. Rosin involves using heat and pressure to extract cannabinoids out of buds or hash (Shutterstock). Ice water hash – 35 votes (7%).

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How to make THC Crystals

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First, put the cannabis flower inside a rosin filter bag, cover it with parchment paper, and place it into the press, which applies heat and pressure to squeeze the trichomes and create a concentrate called rosin. Note: this process is faster if you start with hash or kief due to the higher THCa content of these compared to flower.

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What is rosin and what can you use it for?

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Rosin is a cannabis concentrate made by applying heat and pressure to dried cannabis flower, trim, or hash. The heat and pressure extracts a sap-like substance loaded with cannabinoids and terpenes straight out of the hash or the flower’s trichomes. Simply take the cannabis or hash and place it between two baking sheets.

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