Hash talk

[Gingerbeard]

I like the molecular elasticization entourage effect. The MEEE. Makes things touchier. If I had a stuffed animal I would be curled up with it.
Dabber walks away from me if I get too touchy-feely.

[Bluey]

Best you keep your molecules separated

[Gingerbeard]

1 decarbed gram of my stuff mixed with 4 tablespoons of salted butter as unsalted butter has no taste. Optic measure of honey until it looked tasty.
Ate my Cheerios with a teaspoon of honey butter. Took the dog for a walk.
I'm going to need for this to stop building. The peak needs to happen. Holy Jim Croce! I think my molecules are separating.
I had originally decarbed the gram to make tincture. 120 proof booze is the highest I can source from walk-in liquor stores and stores that, online, have in stock. But in reality have to special order from somewhere else. With that cue, I'm talking to my liquor store guy about getting a special order of 151. Or not. Maybe. I don't know. I haven't had alcohol in better than 9 years and the thought of it makes me urpee. The tincture would be for a buddy who thought he would be starting chemo. Turns out it is not chemo, and his appetite will not be compromised.

[Smallgrow]

Yes darker green is usually more plant matter(contaminants), I can always see in the latter washes the patties of hash go from tan to green.
With bubble hash at least, the age of the bud/trim, indoor or outdoor, and trichome colour (ripeness) can really make a difference too. From light tan to dark dark brown

[Gingerbeard]

In this round of processing, I used the driest bud I have ever used. The color, taste, and smell are the same as I have ever made.
I'm cool with it in bud and hash. But the taste of dabbing C is off-putting.
Of course, my ultimate is the cleanest resin I can make. Of course, the folks who put out what I buy (and want to make) have more equipment than I will ever have and use solvents I do not care to use.
In resin, the darker the product the fuller the spectrum. It is like beer. Original beer had stuff in it that made it more of a meal than party fare. You got something out of it. Then people started refining the beer so it is more about getting messed up than nutrition.
Anything we make just ain't like the thing we made it from.

[Bluey]

I don't know, but if you cure your buds first the chlorophyll will break down.

I'm reading about making different types of hash and what I getting from the different processes us that the darker it is the more plant material in it.

[Gingerbeard]

Well, brown water. Not green. I've always thought the brown color of the water was the dried chlorophyl. Am I wrong?

[Bluey]

Can not curing assist with getting rid of chlorophyll? Or do you make from fresh bud?

[Gingerbeard]

Just read the Ed Rosenthal tincture method in a post on the main site.
Soak ground weed in water for 90 minutes to help leech out chlorophyl. It's Ed and I have to give a master his dues but getting rid of all that extra water sounds like a pain in the ass. In my experience, moisture is the bane of marijuana extraction. Necessary, at times, but a pain in the ass to get rid of what you don't want.
I see where he is coming from. Something I alluded to in this first post was what to do with the water when making bubble hash. The water is super dark from the first wash and it gets lighter as it goes. I can see this playing a roll in quality. The final washes will have the purest trichomes with the least chlorophyl.
My take is getting rid of chlorophyl.

[Smallgrow]

Thanks! I’m totally lucky to have what I have. An expansive cold room for production is handy too, although I’ll admit I only wash out there and the rest of the production I do in the warm. Having a wife that puts up with all the gear and even helps is also a bonus.
My problem is time, I work all the time, so I never have as much as I would like.
I’ve learned to do hash and post harvest drying during the cold months so I don’t have to run the AC during the drying period and can just pull free cold air.
To dry the hash before press its best to have 13c (55f) for a week or so , that amounts to a lot of AC if it’s warm.

[Gingerbeard]

I did what you have going on. The biggest dig is the scene you setup with the snow in the background. All I see out my windows are concrete and houses with ugly trees. Yes, there are ugly trees.
I want everything you have going on there, but storage and workspace are limited to what is basically a large motorhome. I use the gallon size bags and buckets.

[Smallgrow]

Here my last run with the Green Thai that I grew on my roof untill it snowed last fall.
The hash turned out decent, the plants weren’t that potent so the hash isn’t crazy either
The second time I used my hash washer instead of a drill, it is a much nicer way to do it.
Ive messed around with all the bags like in the pic below from an earlier run, but I’ve settled on using 190 bag to catch the garbage, then 160, then straight to 45 which is my work bag,
so it’s a full spectrum. Plus less bags less hassle

[Gingerbeard]

My fears are completely irrational. I know that. But they keep me warm at night.
A metal bottle would work just as well.

[Smallgrow]

I would recommend care with the bottle , but I have done it dozens of times now and never a problem. You really don’t need to press down on it very much the weight of the bottle is almost enough. I do splash a small amount of water in the bottle at the beginning to warm up the glass and don’t fill it to the very top

[Smallgrow]

I follow Frenchies process as close as possible , and agree with Mr.F that he is the master of modern IWH