B
bicycle racer
- 482
- 0
i agree terpenoids play a role in the high from different strains but i fully disagree that thc is the only cannabinoid that plays a role in the high as well that is incorrect.
The appeal of commercial waterhash is that it's purer than the adulterated lower grades of sieved hash that turns up here and to be honest, given the choice of adulterated traditional Moroccan shite or Moroccan waterhash, I'll take the pure stuff thanks, but if the sieved traditional piece isn't adulterated, it wins hands down for taste and character everytime.
What l33t says about waterhash being the purest form of cannabis is sorta correct, it's the purest form of THC you can make without solvents and equipment, but cannabis isn't just about THC. Sam Skunkman says he has smoked 100% pure THC and it didn't seem as potent as good 45-50% hash.
I think the other cannabinoids probably do play some role in the nature of the high, I think the effects of a given plant when smoked is a complex summation of the THC plus the cannabinoids and terpenoids, water hash gives you the THC plus a small amount of the terpenpoids, cos not all are washed away (otherwise it would have no smell or taste) but enough is removed to change the character of the effect, for sure. Try making water hash and dry sift from the same buds and when you smoke them both you will see that the nature of the effect is different, the water hash is always more sedative and stony, some say this is greater potency, and in THC percentage, they are right, but potency is a more complex issue than THC percentage.
I've smoked sativas that were probably no more than 12-14% THC that had my pulse racing, heart beating, sweating and kept me high for a good four hours, whereas I've smoked lots of 20% plus indicas that were subjectively far less potent so it;s not just the THC that matters.
While a motorised pollinator tumbler will work, I would recommend getting some screen of the right size microns and making your own hash making seive, this just needs to be a wooden frame (a picture/photo frame would be great) that you cover with the sreen, then rub the material lightly on top with your hands over a nice flat surface like a piece of glass, the resin falls through. This produces a much greater yield of resin glands than a motorised tumbler and it is easy to make a very high grade as you can either learn to gauge when to stop rubbing by the colour of your pile of resin (it begins very pale, then goes golden brown like sand, then when you start to see a green tint, you need to stop as plant matter is getting through) or by refining the resin by rubbing it through a second, smaller micron size screen.
The other advantage of water hash is that it is good to smoke straight after it's dry, whereas dry sift is a harsh smoke when freshly rubbed, you need to cure it to get the full taste and smoothness. I have experimented a lot with pressing and heating of sifted resin and I find the best quality smoke is produced by pressing the powder while applying a low heat (less than 50C, such as on top of an audio amplifier or plasma TV) for several days then storing the pressed piece of hash for several weeks before smoking. Sam Skunkman says that dry sifted resin, run through 3 grades of screen to ensure finest purity then aged for at last 6 months is the finest hash and my limited adventures in hash making lead me to agree.
If I was gonna pick any hash to smoke though I would have to go for hand rubbed Nepali charas from highland sativas, so cerebral and uplifting complex high with an equally complex taste. Me and Hazyfontazy got quite annoyed last year while smoking the Nepali water hash as it looked great, felt sticky and lovely, but when smoked only vaguely reminded us of fine Nepali of the past and that was an annoying thing to realise they were making water hash these days with only 10% of the character and flavour of the old hand rubbed product.