Cannabis Concentrates
Concentrates strip away the plant material and leave the cannabinoids and terpenes behind, which is why they’re considerably stronger than flower. Live resin, cured resin, solventless rosin and diamonds in sauce.
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Live, cured and solventless
"Live" means the plant was flash-frozen at harvest to preserve its aroma, so live resin and live rosin tend to taste much closer to how the plant smelled. Cured material is dried first, as it would be for flower, and is usually less aromatic but often cheaper.
Solventless is a separate distinction, and it describes the method rather than the starting material. Rosin is pressed using nothing but heat, pressure, ice and water. Solvent-based extraction uses butane or CO2, then purges it. Neither approach is inherently better, though solventless is harder to produce, which is what you're paying for.
Start smaller than you think
Because the working doses are genuinely small, start well below what looks reasonable and wait before adding more. This is the most common mistake people make coming across from flower, where the amounts look comparable and absolutely are not.
New to extracts? Our plain-English guide to concentrates covers the terminology in more depth.
Storing concentrates
Keep them cool, airtight and out of direct light. If you refrigerate them, let the container reach room temperature before opening so moisture doesn't condense inside.