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What Exactly is Rosin Pressing?
Smoking or vaping cannabis concentrates is an effective way for medical marijuana patients to consume high does of cannabinoids. Unfortunately, not all products are equal. This is why patients should choose pressed rosin over BHO.
What is Rosin?
Rosin is a cannabis concentrate that is full of terpenes and flavor because it is extracted without using any chemicals or solvents. Rosin is popular because it contains the full flavor of the cultivar (strain) it was extracted from. Additionally, the process of extraction is “solvent-less”, meaning it’s a clean process and doesn’t contain residual solvents which are unhealthy to ingest.
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Why is Rosin is Preferred for Cannabis Patients?
Cannabis concentrates are often preferred by medical marijuana patients because they contain large amounts of cannabinoids. Patients can consume small amounts of cannabis concentrates to achieve therapeutic results.
The most common extract is BHO, or Butane Hash Oil. Butane and/or propane are used to extract the concentrated medicinal oils from the cannabis plant material. Unfortunately, BHO can contain residual chemicals from the solvents, this means residual hydrocarbons can be inhaled when dabbing BHO.
Research shows inhaling hydrocarbons can be detrimental to health and can even cause death in some situations.
With pressed rosin, dabbers can also still enjoy the same potency level of BHO concentrates without the risk of inhaling hydrocarbons. Additionally, pressed rosin contains the full cannabinoid and terpene profile of the cannabis plant material used. Whereas, butane/propane can degrade the minor cannabinoids and terpenes of the original plant.
Commercially, BHO concentrates tend to be used for purging lower quality cannabis material while rosin is mainly created from very high-quality cannabis material.
These are the reasons why rosin is highly sought after by cannabis patients.
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How is Rosin Made?
In order to make this newly trending form of concentrate, a rosin press is utilized.
A rosin press combines heat, pressure, and time on the trichomes of cannabis flower, trim, hash, or kief to forcefully extract the concentrated cannabis oil.
Rosin presses can range from simple hair straighteners to state-of-the-art rosin presses. High-quality rosin presses obtain a much better yield and output than a hair straightener.
For best quality, micron-sized rosin press bags are used to isolate and contain the cannabis plant material that is being “squished”. This keeps the rosin pure. Rosin bags are typically made with nylon material and have specific size holes in the bags.
(90 micron rosin bags produce a high yield while allowing less plant material into the rosin; 25-90 micron are better for pressing delicate plant material such as hash, kief, or dry sift)
When the liquid cannabis oil squeezes out of the rosin bags, it drips onto parchment paper to collect the rosin output. The rosin is gathered from the parchment paper and can be stored in a silicone wax container.
Experienced rosin pressers can produce any type of concentrate including sugar wax, shatter, budder, or crumble without using any solvents.
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How to Consume Rosin?
Rosin can be easily dabbed on a quartz banger for maximum flavor or even vaporized. You’ll need to make sure you purchase a vaporizer capable of handling wax.
The Mighty is one of the world’s top-rated vaporizers. It can vape both dry herb and wax. You’ll need a concentrate vape in order to vape rosin.
Conclusion
Rosin is highly trending in the medical cannabis community. This new method of cannabis extraction provides clean, solvent-less dabs. Rosin is highly concentrated so it delivers a large dose of cannabinoids after consuming a small amount. Rosin also provides maximum flavor filled with the cannabis cultivar’s full terpene profile.
It is easy to make your own rosin dabs at home and pressing rosin is much safer than BHO extraction.
Here’s how to press rosin using a hair straightener:
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