Preparing buds for smoking

[shadycon]

How do you prepare your buds for smoking? I use a coffee bean grinder. A few seconds and ready to smoke. The residue left in the grinding bowl is like smoking poor mans hash.

[Bluey]

I've got an electric high speed blender with two really sharp blades I bought off of Ebay for $6. It doesn't have any safety features so blending your fingers is an option too.

It works great in a few seconds, fluffing the cut buds nicely for both vaping and reefers. A few more seconds and you end up with trying to smoke dust that does not work so well.

It does leave a huge amount of kief behind in the bowl after a few months use.

Coffee grinders are the go though from what I've seen but I always thought those burr grinders would clog easy with sticky bud and would be a PITA to clean.

[shadycon]

The one I use is a 'KAFFE' brand, 2 blades, $20 at Walmart. I load and unload with it upside down. Turn it sideways,up and down while grinding for a few seconds.Hold the button too long and you get dust.

[Bluey]

Sounds very similar to mine, you have to shake it and turn it also for best results.

[Gingerbeard]

I prepare my buds by turning them into resin. But that's not quite what you're talking about.

[Sixwinds]

I have a Space Case grinder - built from astronaut metal or something... it was really expensive but works very well!

[golfnrl]

I like to prepare buds for smoking with a cure for a few months at 62 RH. I use a hand grinder most of the time. It's a Cali Crusher. It took me a while to get the grind right. I have a coffee grinder and will say ditto on the dust. But I do like using it, just not all the time. When I'm using the Cali Crusher I will separate the bud and grind about 4 chunks at a time. I continue on with that until the bud is ground. Then I grind that again. So I do a double grind. Kashmir420 has tubes that I like. They smoke really well with the double grind. If I'm using the coffee grinder I like to do a bud or two at a time but I don't separate them, just grind them up. The hand grinder is easier to clean IMHO. 99% iso, available on Amazon, is what I use.

[Cougar672]

I use a hand grinder. I like this one because it has some larger holes which gives me a little coaster grind, which I prefer.

Bluey and shadycon sounds like you prefer a finer grind.
What makes the finer grind better, in your opinion?

[Bluey]

I don't like a fine grind. I also cure at 58 to 63% and prefer a fluffy light grind. The grinder in the pics can do that just fine if used correctly.

Finer grinds make it more difficult to smoke. I like them airy.

[shadycon]

Like Bluey said; you can grind from course to fine to suit your taste.Med/course grind like in pictures smokes great in pipes Just a few seconds and done. Fine grind I have not tryed ,but the fine sticky residue left in the grinder is like poor mans hash. After each time I grind I clean it out, save separately, pack a bowl like I do with hash[heat,crumble pack] small hole in middle and light,. turn up " Stair way to Heaven"!

[bdeegan]

I agree on liking the coarser grind. But I have had the discussion with many about not grinding in order to not break up the trichomes. What say you all??? I will likely still grind my shit as it smokes better but thoughts on grinding through the stickyist of ickeyist vs burning a chunk?

[shadycon]

After grinding, I assume the leftover residue is mostly trichomes, very sticky and fine like hash. As i said, I pack my water pipe, poke a hole in the middle, and it smokes like hash, stronger than the buds themselves.As for smoking hash; that was all we had in Ger.,'72-74, you name it, we smoked it. Opium laced was one of my favorites. Bubblegum black was the stickiest. A little Morphine green after playing with the 175mm SP's was good for relaxing. I did enjoy being drafted!

[Going2fast]

Im a break a chunk of bud off and shove it in the bullet/ bowl/ bong guy. Or smash it. On the rare occasion I smoke a joint I will grind it with my tried and true generic palmer.

[dirtymike]

My bong bowl is as big as a shot glass, drop a nug and fire it up.