Essential Tools And Techniques For Crafting Quality Hash
Learning how to make hash is one of the easiest methods of making cannabis concentrates at home. Hash boasts a rich heritage dating back centuries.
Hash-making has been integral to cultural practices and medicinal rituals in India, Nepal and Morocco.
It’s a concentrated form of cannabis whose fame and use have evolved and been adopted across the globe.
It’s known for its potency, rich flavour, and high THC content, giving stronger psychoactive effects compared to smoking buds.
Hashish is also considered the most ‘natural’ concentrate with little to no added chemicals/ solvents.
In this guide, we look into the various ways of how to make hashish in Canada. We’ll also try to understand the product better and explore hash products available at an online dispensary in Canada.
What is Hash?
Hash, also known as hashish, is a weed extract or concentrate made from the trichomes of cannabis buds.
Trichomes are resin glands and the most potent part of the female cannabis plant.
They produce the compounds cannabinoids and terpenes that make cannabis enjoyable and therapeutic.
Weed terpenes are the aromatic compounds in cannabis with potential therapeutic benefits. They give hash the signature sweet, floral, and diesel-like flavours of cannabis buds.
The popular cannabinoids in cannabis include THC and CBD. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is an abundant compound in hash sold at cannabis stores.
THC is the psychoactive compound in cannabis, providing euphoric high and energizing effects.
You may also find CBD hash at an online dispensary in Canada. It’s a non-psychoactive compound that provides an energizing and relaxing effect.
Hash is made to have a cannabinoid content ranging from 20 – 60%, which is higher than most buds at a cannabis store.
How to Make Hashish in Canada?
To know how to make hash, we will look into traditional and modern methods.
How to Make Hash: Traditional Methods
The traditional methods of making hashish are the easiest but can get a little messy. They include hand-rolling and sieving methods.
Let’s look into them in detail:
- How to Make Hash: Hand Rolling Method
Hand rolling is the oldest and easiest method used to create hash. It’s commonly known as ‘finger hash’ or ‘charas.’
While working on the weed farms, the farmers would accumulate some resin on their hands. They would collect the resin, roll it into a ball and smoke it.
Similarly, this is how to make hashish at home:
- Order weed online from your favourite online dispensary in Canada.
- Using your hands, rub the buds between your palms to agitate and collect the resin.
- As the resin accumulates, carefully scrape it off or rub your fingers together to form balls of the resin.
- Collect as much as possible and press them into one big ball you can smoke.
The hashish collected in this method is considered low quality. This is due to the oil, dirt, and sweat from your hands being mixed into the product.
Moreover, the product is harsh and unrefined with much plant material, which may not provide the smooth smoke associated with other concentrates.
- How to Make Hash: Sieving Method
Sieving is another traditional technique that uses fine mesh screens to separate resin glands from the plant material.
Hash made from this method is commonly known as dry sift hash or brick hash.
Tools
- Collecting tray
- Hash sieves/ screens
Instructions
- You may opt to freeze your flower overnight to allow for easy trichome breakage, but this is not necessary.
- Stack the screens according to mesh size with the coarsest sieve on top and the finest at the bottom. Also, have a collection tray after the finest screen.
- Rub the cannabis trim against the screen in a circular motion. You’ll notice some trichomes collecting on the lower screens.
- Continue the process to satisfaction. A good result is when you accumulate at least 10% of the weight of the original plant material.
The final result is a fine powder or crumbly material of concentrated hash. The finer it is, the higher the quality of the has. Press the powder in a press to form the hash bars or balls.
How to Make Hash: Modern Methods
The popularity of hash has resulted in the innovation of techniques in hash making. They have revolutionized how hash is made by making the process cleaner and more effective.
Some common modern methods of making hashish include:
- How to Make Hash: Ice Water Extraction
Ice water or dry ice hash extraction process is considered to produce high-quality extract. The final product is believed to have almost no plant material.
The product from this extraction process is sold as ‘bubble hash’ in an online dispensary in Canada.
Tools
- Ice
- Two large buckets
- Bubble bags
Instructions
- Freeze the buds overnight for easier trichome breakage.
- Fill one bucket with a layer of ice and place the frozen buds, then sandwich them with another layer of ice.
- Fill the same bucket with water till all the contents are immersed.
- Leave the plant material in the ice water mixture for about 20 min. You may also stir the mix to help the resin glands separate.
- In the empty bucket, arrange the bubble bags with the coarse mesh at the top and the finest mesh at the bottom.
- Shake the bucket with plant material until you notice some amber-looking dust has formed.
- Pour the mixture over the bubble bag mesh in the second bucket.
- Once done pouring, take one mesh at a time and remove it from the bucket. Gently squeeze each one before removing it.
- The material collected after the last mesh is what you are looking for. Scoop the product and let it dry for 2 to 3 hours.
- Press the hash into balls or patties and let them dry for a day or two before consuming.
- How to Make Hashish: Blender Method
The blender extraction method relies on the idea that trichomes sink in water.
Frozen plant material is set in a blender and agitated. The collision of buds breaks off the trichomes, making them sink at the bottom.
The content is then poured into a sieve. It should be small only to let through the grade of hash you desire.
Let the mixture settle for about half an hour. The trichomes should settle to the bottom.
As if decanting, pour out the water, watching not to disturb the trichomes.
Filter the remaining mixture on coffee paper, let the residue dry and press it into hash.
- How to Make Hashish: Using Kief
The product collected from most of these hash extraction methods before being pressed is known as Kief.
Hash is made when the kief undergoes heat and pressure. The pressure is what enhances the concentration and flavour of the product.
Tools
- Parchment paper
- Kief
- Heat source
- Clamps or grips
Instructions
- Buy kief from an online dispensary in Canada or make it from any of the above processes.
- Place the kief over parchment paper and enclose it loosely by creating a small envelope.
- Heat the hash press and put it in the enclosed kief, but be careful not to overheat the product.
- Press the heated kief tightly in between clamps. The heating and pressure will melt the kief and fuse into hash.
- Release the clamps and let the hash cool briefly on the parchment paper.
- Mould the hash into the desired shape and store it.
These are some of the top methods of making hashish at home.
Store the hash in a cool, dark and dry place to prevent degradation due to light, moisture, and heat exposure.
If making hash at home looks overwhelming, you can buy weed online from your favourite cannabis store.
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It is easy to know how to make hashish at home in Canada. Most methods don’t require specialized equipment, and the steps are pretty straightforward.
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