Hey Dude, Scotty, Grambo and the DGC. Glad to be part of this community.
Thought this might be a good discussion on where the legal market is headed.
Wondering if anyone has heard of extracting Botanical Terpenes and adding them to weed products? Weed that tastes like pickles? Could be coming.
I am a hash smoker and I enjoy variety. I make my own bubble and dry sift but I like trying the different types. Sometimes the Ontario Cannabis Store has something interesting. Browsing today I saw a product that caught my eye. Hashish infused with Botanical Terpenes. I didn’t buy it. I’m looking for the taste of the hash. Real hash like Moroccan, Lebanese, Kashmir etc.
To me fine hashish is a true expression of our favourite plant. Not something designed in a lab… now they can apparently extract terps from anything and infuse them into other products. curious how the DGC feel about this.
This is or was a common practice in the legal markets here. In WA, they banned non cannabis derived terpenes in cannabis products.
Terpenes are terpenes, whether it comes from a plant, fruit or cannabis. There are companies, like tru terpene that sell only terpenes for use in isolates or to be added back to CRC flower.
Terpenes play an important roll in aroma therapy, which is a great example of how these things can effect mood. The terpenes in cannabis are no different.
BTW, I love the real hash you are speaking of and have to go to Amsterdam annually to get it. Good old, dark, pressed hash. Yum!
no you dont man. you just need to know the methods. then decide your better sticking to buds.
https://2fast4buds.com/news/hashishene-terp-gives-moroccan-hash-unique-aroma
just to give you an idea of how hashish terps are produced.
even the cleanest old world hash is pretty dirty man. but im sure once a years survivable.
Dude what a great read, thanks for the knowledge!
So you’ve been there?
I agree with Chad here. The majority of the data we have on the effect of terpenes comes from terpenes derived from various plants or from living plant aroma therapy as well. The terpenes themselves are the same regardless of the “botanical source”. The major point I bring up to people when they search for terpenes is that they come from a botanical source. Some terpenes can be chemically made or are byproducts of some industries so the cleanliness can be questionable at best. I usually stay away from terpenes extracts/additives unless I am adding them to reclaimed oil from my dab rig to improve the taste, but now that I have the rosin bomb there’s usually plenty of extract for whatever purpose is needed. I also prefer to keep things natural and when you have dank cannabis, the idea of adding terpenes is dang near blasphemous. Lol.
Hey Chad
Thankfully I don’t have to travel to Amstedam. I would like to but about 40 years ago 🙂 I make my own now but have yet to get the right strain to get that taste…
I was lucky enough to grow up in a Province in Canada where decent Black Hash has always been around. Early 80s we had Leb, Afghani, Pakistani etc. I say decent cause we weren’t getting top shelf like from Amstedam but there was some really nice stuff and usually variety. Until the late 80s early 90s then it went to crap. Crap was coming from a Province east of us…
It’s legal here since 2018 and at first the selection and variety was slim. Now there are some really good varieties just like the old days at decent prices. I recently found a pressed black hash that’s straight up like I’m back in the 70s…
Peace
Oh man, that sounds so amazing. I’m drooling over here. Even in the legal markets of WA, we are 10 years into rec sales and still no good pressed hash. Plenty of concentrates, WA is very good at them. But the hash we are talking about, I have to make myself. I like the variety available in Amsterdam and if you know the right places and people, there is still some very fine hash around. Thanks for sharing your story, that is rad!
Are smells as addictive as flavors?
Just finished a video about a very similar topic, preservation with terp packages for medical use. I have to wonder if this will mess up a cure though. To my understanding, some terpenes will evolve into different terpenes throughout a cure leading to a different expression. For medical use where you want little to no change this could be very beneficial, but for a connoisseur idk. https://youtu.be/PEwmbqDahiU
That’s my concern. Now a commercial facility can turn out hay and make it smell or taste like the best dank going…
Glad I posted this. Lots of info I didn’t know about terpenes.
I like my Mary Jane without any makeup and with some natural tits and azz, just like God intended!
adding anything to the pots got to be a bad thing and thought up by people looking to cash in on a shit product.
shit because it doesnt have a taste after its been threw the lab or shit because it went into the lab with no terps.
anyone tried preserving terps drying bud in freeze driers?