Ugh. The popcorn. I always end up with bags full of popcorn. Know I could trim 3/4s of it but damn, I don't want to. I always have a hard time throwing nice looking smokable buds in the bubble hash buckets and watching the, turm to mush. Then when it takes 30 minutes for a batch of bubble I wonder if I could have just trimmed it with less effort. I chopped my last plant. Still have quite a bit of trimming to do without the popcorn.
What is your guys preffered solution to the popcorn and what do you think is less time consuming? I mean bubble hash takes forever, low yeild if just using bags but awesome product. Dry sift with dry ice? Seems quick and easy...but maybe not as good of quality. I don't use solvents, unless its grain alcohol for tinctures.
Yes, dry sift using dry ice. The
terpenes and oils are saved by using fresh frozen trim or material, and the dry ice lowers the oxidation of the final product. The end product for me is a very heavy kief-like substance, but the taste is out of this world. The kids call it live sift but I still call it dry ice extract.
The end product resembles the texture of brown sugar, a wetness to it, it holds together and is spongy like a marshmallow, and then I cure it in jars and use as needed. Over time the color will darken as it gets exposure to the air. I have found that the smell and flavor last if the material is put in cold storage right away. After awhile it resembles dry sift, a dry, powdery substance with a brown hue.
You can use your bubble bags, I use 150 microns. Half bucket of trim, 5 pounds of chunky dry ice, apply bubble bag, then tape empty bucket to the other bucket, so everything goes through the screen into the bucket. I've tried other collection methods and there is too much going on to do it over a table or black plastic. I tape the shit out of it, but you have to remember to put a few slits in the tape or else you'll have yourself a nice homemade dry ice boom.
I stopped bubble precisely due to the time involved. This way the biggest problem is sore arms from shaking. I guess now I have to post a dick joke.
EDIT: "Also my old smeller really cant smell the dankness like a younger beak.." maybe you need some CROCK POT MEAT!
