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What Is Kief and What to Do With It?

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That sparkly coating, called kief when it falls off the flower, is far from just ornamental — it’s an essential component of what makes cannabis work. But what exactly is kief, and what can you do with it? What are trichomes? How to harvest kief from your weed. Shutterstock).

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What Is Hash and How Do You Make It?

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Hashish or just hash, is a potent cannabis concentrate made by extracting the resin from cannabis plants and working and pressing it into solid form. Once removed from the plant, this resin can be collected and processed into hash using a variety of methods — including ones that have been with us since antiquity.

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How to clean any grinder – and save the kief!

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You can make do without one in a pinch , but as any seasoned smoker will tell you, a good grinder makes a world of difference. However, cannabis is a sticky plant (just try crumbling it with your fingers) and repeated use can clog a grinder up. How often do you need to clean your grinder? Metal grinders. Plastic grinders.

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What to do with weed stems

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Stems don’t need to bring you down, though, and if you grow your own herb, here are some things you can do with the stems you don’t just throw in the compost. Weed stems are more fibrous than the buds of the plant, so they’ll burn hotter and produce a harsher smoke that can also give you a headache. But what if all you have are stems?

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How to make edibles with kief

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While kief is usually collected for rolling into joints or topping off a bowl pack, you can also use it to make potent edibles. Kief is a fine green powder made from fallen trichomes, the shiny, hair-like substance on cannabis plants. How to collect kief. How to decarb kief. How much kief should you use in edibles?

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What are trichomes?

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In weed’s case, trichomes are the sticky-icky microscopic crystals that contain the plant’s beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes. What are trichomes? Beyond knowing what trichomes feel like.what are they and what do they look like? You’ll start seeing trichomes once the plant is entering its flowering stage.

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Badder, budder, and shatter: what’s the difference?

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Highly potent and very effective, what exactly sets them apart? What are cannabis concentrates? Cannabis concentrates are products that are made by extracting the active ingredients, primarily cannabinoids and terpenes, from the plant. What is budder? Cannabis bud, rosin and shatter (Shutterstock).