Just discovered Snow-Melts a few days ago. They’re a small producer focused on small batch solventless extracts. Incredible value for the price ($30 / gram).

  • Bizzle@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’m not super in the loop on extracts, what is “cold-cured” and how does it differ from traditionally prepared live resin?

    • polyrhythm@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Great question. In the process of making rosin, first you create Ice Water Hash to separate the trichome gland heads. Then there are typically 2 ways to process this Ice Water Hash:

      1. Fresh press: The gland heads are put into a mesh pouch and then squeezed at high pressures and low heats. People will consume this fresh press without further processing.
      2. Cold cure: Cold Cure rosin is fresh press that has been cured and whipped into a badder-y consistency.

      You used the term “live resin” which is in a different realm than rosin. Resin = made with solvents. Rosin = solventless

      • Distillate: While typically the most potent and used in vape carts, I’d generally say anything with distillate will be the least representative of the original material used (no taste), and something I try to avoid. Distillate = headaches, for me.
      • Live / Cured Resin: Resin is extracted with solvents, and retains more of the plant’s profile of terpenes and flavonoids. A great budget concentrate option. This is typically where you’ll find shatters, waxes, budders/badders, crumble, sugar, etc.
      • Live / Cured Rosin: Then we have Rosin which is extracted in a solventless method, and to me, is the best concentrate available. Full of flavor and character that is representative of the original plant/strain used. I’ve seen rosin come in shatter (fresh press), sauce, and badder-y variants.