Checking out current consumption methods, products and strains is always an exciting part of visiting the cannabis dispensary.
- While I love smoking dried flower and vaping distillate, I am willing to try most anything.
I know that experimentation is the best way to find current number ones, distillate is a cannabis extract designed to use in vape pens. There are an abundance of extracts that offer weird benefits… Just recently, I got introduced to live resin. I was surprised by the difference between the two concentrates. Live resin is extracted from fresh cannabis flowers. When harvested at peak season, the flowers are flash-frozen to preserve as numerous of the trichomes as possible. The plants are kept frozen during the entire extraction process, eliminating drying, curing and trimming stages. When the plant is exposed to heat, light and oxygen, the trichomes are broken down. The trichomes are absolutely the most desirable component of the plant. They are where the cannabinoids and terpenes are stored, giving the strain its odor, flavor, potency and effects. The essence of the flash-frozen flowers are extracted to create live resin, providing rich and odortic flavors. The color is similar to honey, ranging from white or pale to a dark green. The taste is often similar to fresh herbs or fruit. The texture is dense and sauce-like. It’s properly quite sticky, so it’s a great idea to use a dab tool during prep work. I like that live resin concentrates are usually high in THC. They supply a strong and intense high and are proposed for old cannabis users. The main difference between distillates (cured resin concentrates) and live resin alternatives is the starting material. Distillates are created from dried plant material while live resin is the result of frozen plant material. It’s all a matter of preference, but in my opinion, live resin is superior. They retain the highest percentage of terpene content possible.