What is Rosin

In order to avoid a chemical-rich cannabis extracts, consumers have been switching towards rosin. Rosin caters to the needs of the savviest consumers who are clamoring for a cleaner, purer extracts that produce a better high.
This emerging cannabis concentrate market presents a great value for both consumers and extraction companies. However before you produce or consume rosin, it is extremely important to understand what rosin is and what makes it superior when compared to garden variety wax, shatter and budder.

An Overview of Rosin

Rosin is a cannabis extract made without solvents and usually referred to as solventless hash oil (SHO). By using a rosin press with a combination of heat and pressure, the resinous sap is mechanically separated from the plant and collected onto parchment paper. This solventless extract can then be used for vaping , dabbing and twaxing.

How is Rosin Made

You would start by using a plant material like flower, sift, or hash which is inserted into a rosin filter bags. After placing a parchment paper on to the base plate of the rosin press machine, this rosin press bags is then placed in the centre. The plates are then gently closed and after applying heat and pressure simultaneously, the resin separates from the plant material and is squeezed out from between the plates, after which it’s collected onto parchment paper.

What’s the difference between Flower Rosin Vs Hash Rosin Vs Kief Rosin

The plant material typically used in this process are: cannabis flower, ice water hash (bubble hash), or Kief /dry sift.

Flower Rosin
Prior to pressing the flower cannabis is initially dried and cured to remove excess moisture. The resulting flower rosin will have optimal quality and consistency.

Hash Rosin
This rosin is made from ice water hash. Generally referred to as the gold standard for solventless extraction as the starting material has already been concentrated to remove the plant matter, the transition from ice water hash to rosin can produce a pure and potent product.

Dry Sift or Kief Rosin
Kief is made from dry sift hashish, which is less pure than hash rosin but can be produced quickly and is considered to be more potent than flower rosin.

Step into the world of rosin and by manipulating time, pressure and temperature you’ll be able to achieve rosin that look like wax, syrup, badder, budder, crumble, shatter or by accident you might make some popular extracts with the desired texture and consistency.