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What Are the Differences Between the Various Types of Hash & Rosin? – Botanichemist Consulting x Low Temp Industries

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Hash-Rosin 🍯 Mushroom-Melt 🍄 Time-Lapse ⏳ $Hash-Rosin 🍯 Mushroom-Melt 🍄 Time-Lapse ⏳ Watch the surface of the rosin throughout the video: it begins somewhat matte after taffying, due to lipids/waxes, cannabinoids and terpenes being homogenized together. Over time, the surface becomes more glossy and visibly “wet” as the terpenes want to disassociate from the rest of the solution; and being more volatile than the rest of the compounds: must exit and evaporate from the surface. This is the basic premise of “cold-curing”, although the terpenes are retained in a sealed vessel during the “cold cure” and reintroduced by mixing. This hash-fungus doesn’t exhibit the gold iridescence we often see during taffying, and that might be because it was made with dried bud as the starting material. *More impurities reduce the ability of THCA crystals to align, and also reflect & refract light differently* Like we discussed yesterday: over time, oxygen exposure will allow crystalline THCA to degrade to Δ-9-THC and eventually CBN. *IMO, this is one reason why fresh-frozen starting material shows quicker crystal-faceting and enlarger resulting “diamonds” in heat cures, than the “sugary” sauce produced by dried/cured bud. Certain terpenes are also hygroscopic, and can attract water molecules that induce nucleation at more sites, resulting in more plentiful, but smaller crystal formations. This crystal > liquid concept can be seen in crystallized THCA isolate produced from repressing rosin (at temps too low to decarb) and as a viscous liquid when in THC distillate form or decarbed rosin for carts (both processed at higher temps for extended periods of time.) Losing the carboxyl group seems to prevent Δ-9-THC from crystallizing, and it remains as a glassy to sappy liquid, depending on THCA:THC ratios. The amber presence in the trichomes comes through to the rosin color, typically resulting in a goldenrod or butterscotch/caramel color - this is generally my fave colored rosin, as I prefer a sedative effect. I’ve had amazing tasting rosin that is much lighter, but effects seem to be somewhat one-dimensional. This is anecdotal and personal to me, so your results may vary. Vid 1: edit. Vid 2: original.$

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🔊🆙 For Sticky, Hashy, Taffy ASMR 🧤🍯 Ro $🔊🆙 For Sticky, Hashy, Taffy ASMR 🧤🍯 Rosin is usually pretty sticky and easily gets stuck to gloves. You have to be QUICK, as the heat from your hands/friction of taffying & stretching causes the rosin to melt and get sticky. The ideal situation is to work swiftly in a COLD room. I initially roll the entire mass of rosin into a ball and then I start folding while twisting. 1 fold becomes 2, 2 become 4, 4 to 8, 8 to 16 to 32 to 64 to 128 to 356 to 512 to 1,024 and that’s only 10 folds. This folding/taffying introduces some oxygen that speeds up the curing/final phase-change process, which results in a stable & easy-to-handle product. *However, I don’t taffy it if post-processing into carts, magma/sauce or cold cure. I do taffy rosin that will be fractionated into THCA/terp sauce, as it cures/budders more rapidly, and I can also form it into a perfect rectangle for wrapping in steel mesh.* While I twist, I am trying to minimize contact with large surface areas of my hand, to avoid heating it up too much. I mainly try to use my fingers and only palm the rosin when rolling it across my gloves to pick up little stuck pieces - Turning my wrist, while using the weight of the rosin to roll over and pick up the melted pieces. Take breaks if needed, so your hands and the rosin can cool. **TIP: put on a tight pair of gloves, dip your hands in ice water, dry off on low-lint towel (no paper towels!!!) and then put on the next size up glove, on top, before attempting to taffy. Also makes it easier to take a break and slip the gloves off, to let any melted rosin harden before resuming. You can also sandwich your rosin between two cold plates of metal(like frozen freeze dry trays.)**$

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Coins, coins, coins! 🪙🪙🪙 Here’s an exam $Coins, coins, coins! 🪙🪙🪙 Here’s an example of crumblier rosin pressed into jars. Some grams just need to be collected and pressed into the jar, if they’re not stable enough to be handled. When they’re too crumbly, scoop the chunks onto your accurate scale (0.01g accuracy) then use the heat of your gloved finger to press and melt the powdery rosin into the bottom of the jar. *Typically, crumbly rosin will test higher in cannabinoids and slightly lower in terps - this makes for easy THCA fractioning, as you can pour the rosin into the bag, opposed to wrapping it or wrestling it into the bag.* Not the end of the world, as effects are delivered. But I find the aroma & flavor of hash/rosin, to be just as enjoyable as the effects. The scientific jury is still out on the entourage effect, but there’s obviously synergy between terpenes and cannabinoids. Also, it seems as if “stabilized” rosin (what some people are referring to, when they say “cured” rosin) has the ability to hold onto terpenes within the heat-formed crystal matrix of cannabinoids. Drier rosin can lack in jar aroma, but it absolutely comes through when dabbed and the heat disassociates the lattice. I’m no crystallographer, so this is conjecture. This can also work for dried out/buddered rosin from the dispo, but let’s hope they’re keeping hash & rosin refrigerated. If someone has your rosin on the shelf and they’re not keeping it cold. Get a display fridge with your logo all over it and take it to them. SHO should also be kept out of direct sunlight and UV light. I do actually prefer opaque jars, but sometimes you have to work through inventory before you can re-order. Clear glass jars can be protected by placing in a cardboard box, which also allows them to be stacked upright - preventing the rosin from melting to the lid. Shelf-life is HIGHLY dependent upon storage conditions. It’s been proven through stress testing w/ heat, light, oxygenation, refrigeration, and freezing, that treating SHO like a food that can spoil, is the best way to preserve flavor, aroma, cannabinoids and physical stability. 📊👨‍🏫$

Garlic 🧄 Margy Gnocchi 🍲 Sometimes rosin isn $Garlic 🧄 Margy Gnocchi 🍲 Sometimes rosin isn’t as stable as these handmade gnocchis, and is too difficult to handle because of it’s tacky or crumbly consistency. Crumbly rosin can occur for multiple reasons, too high heat during press, too long of a press, too much pressure (forcing lipids and stalks through the rosin bag) - or a combo of all 3. Some strains aren’t drippers, and will want to stay on the parchment atop the heated plates. Fold your parchment via the directional flow method or use shorter press times to avoid “buddering” on the plates - which is caused by evaporation of terps, and heat-induced nucleation of cannabinoids. I utilize lower fill weights and bags with a higher perimeter to area ratio, that I’ve highlighted in previous posts; in order to minimize time on the press. Maximizing terps and total yield - which always comes back to the potential of the starting material. Can’t make fire hash with mids, or even dank if it was improperly harvested and handled. 🔥 in, 🔥 out. 🗑 in, 🗑 out. Some grams just need to be collected and pressed into the jar, if they’re not stable enough to be handled (too sticky- work on parchment atop a refrigerated baking sheet to get into grams/too crumbly - scoop onto scale then use the heat of your gloved finger to melt the powdery rosin into the bottom of the jar - also works for dried out/buddered rosin from the dispo). If the rosin comes off the press, cools, and looks like it’s gonna be hard to handle… don’t even try to taffy it. Sticky presses generally lend themselves well to secondary processes like: heat cures - jam/magma, carts and infuse easily into edible recipes. Crumbly presses do well in THCA fractionation, fresh press, carts, heat cures(though diamonds won’t form if there are large levels of lipids), and sometimes cold cures (you want terps for CC, so if you cooked it on the plates.. try something else). What’s the craziest consistency you’ve ever seen at the press? One time I seemed to have isolated THCA on one side, and formed THCA diamonds in terp sauce at the other end. Confirmed via analytical data. 🤓$

🐍>🪙 Rosin Coins Pt. 2: Once the rosin snake $🐍>🪙 Rosin Coins Pt. 2: Once the rosin snake is about as thick as a sharpie marker (see last post), I use titanium-coated, nonstick scissors ✂️ to cut the snake into even-sized “slugs”. 🐌 Once I have all of the slugs cut, I’ll weigh them with a scale that is accurate to 0.01g. I’m usually aiming for 1.06g w/ a tolerance of +\- 0.02g in either direction. If the slug is overweight, I pinch & snap a tiny bit off and leave it to the side to add to any underweight slugs. After everything is properly weighed, I roll the slugs into balls, then oppose my pointer finger and thumb to squish the ball into flat cylinders/coins. Place the coin down on parchment and give a slight squish, this will flatten the top of the coin (which is facing downward atm). After it hardens, you can drop the coins in your jar, flattened -side-up. Add a small amount of pressure to stick the rosin to the jar once you have it centered and upright. It can be a little tricky at first.Some grams just need to be rolled up and pressed into the jar because they’re not stable enough to be handled (too sticky/too crumbly). Any questions??? Photo taken during my consultation with @nxtlvl_cannabis out in OK. Fill out the Form in my bio to contact me regarding consulting and I’ll fly out to your lab!✌️$

200g+ Live Hash Rosin Snake! 🐍 After the taffyi

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MAGMA 🌋 Freshly pressed rosin, sealed in a pres $MAGMA 🌋 Freshly pressed rosin, sealed in a pressurized jar and exposed to heat for an extended period of time. The concept is the same in many re-crystallizations: disassociate(with heat) a supersaturated compound(rosin) with crystalline structures(THCA), then under extended heat and pressure, the THCa crystals nucleate/precipitate and form structures(diamonds) while the “solvent”(THC/THCA-rich terpene fraction) stays separated. This consistency is formed after partial decarboxylation, which disassociates the homogenous oil and allows similar compounds to easily pair and form THCA crystals and puddles of terpenes. Temps and times matter, but making a chunky jam is based on qualitative analysis. Generally speaking: you’ll want to have a tightly sealed mason jar about 1/2 full of fresh-press, put in oven at 180-225°F for 20-90 min. You must sit in front of the oven at all times to ensure it doesn’t pass your mark. And to find your mark, you must witness 4 phase changes: 1. The rosin becomes opaque and starts rising like bread. Bubbles expanding from within. 2. The entire mass will start to bubble and seem to fill 75% of the jar. 3. The bubbles will pop, rosin comes into contact with the hot jar and starts to liquify from the bottom up. 4. You pull IMMEDIATELY after witnessing 50% of the opaque bubbles become a darker liquid at the bottom. Small bubbles indicate the beginning of decarboxylation and means you have gone too far. After your final phase change, you will leave on top of a 100°F heat mat or source of similar heat until crystals form. Do NOT open the jar while hot, or before crystallization has finished. Chunky diamonds to sugary sauce can be created, by manipulating the time and temp that rosin is subjected to. Play around to get a feel for what the resin wants to do!$

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