Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Water Extraction:
Resin glands can be removed from the cannabis plant by
agitating the trim in cold water, typically ice cold water or water that
has been chilled in a fridge overnight. The trim is placed in a bucket
and the cold water is poured in on top. The whole lot is swirled or
mixed around using a blender. After mixing you let it sit for a few
minutes before scooping out the skuff that is floating on the surface.
The remaining liquid is strained through a sieve. By sieving this liquid
through a coffee sieve you will be able to collect most of the trichomes,
as they will not pass through with the water. Just let the coffee sieve
dry and hey presto!, you got excellent grade skuff to make hash from.
The basic idea behind this is that cold water breaks the glands
away from the leaf matter. The glands will eventually sink to the
bottom of the bucket because they are heavier than water. The bulk leaf
matter should stay afloat which can be easily scooped away.
HOW TO PRESS SKUFF INTO HASH
Again the quality of the skuff will determine the quality of
hash that you will smoke. Remember on the first chapter we talked
about Zero Zero?
Well this is a term used to grade the quality of hashish. The
simple ratio is cannabinoids : vegetable material. Good quality hashish
has a high ratio of cannabinoids to vegetable material. 00 is a term
used by Moroccans to express that the hash has the highest level of
cannabinoids to vegetable achieved by their extraction process. You
can almost imagine that this is the finest skuff available compressed
