People often associate with getting intensely, often uncomfortably high, but many familiar with concentrates insist there is more to cannabis extracts than just a high THC percentage — such as flavor.
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In his , Cannabist columnist talked about how one of the largest misconceptions about concentrates is dose size. Many think of a dab as exponentially stronger than flower, but Prichard says if you compare a full, .9-gram joint with a single dab you are getting the same amount of cannabinoids.
You re also missing out on a lot of potential taste, Prichard says.
By the time you get halfway through a joint a lot of weed tastes the same, but a concentrate is different every time, Prichard says in the above clip, and it s always fresh.
But what about people who don t smoke a whole joint themselves? Prichard says a vape pen is the ideal middle ground between buds and dabs.
Cannabist concentrates expert Ry Prichard says that smoking concentrates will deliver more flavor along with a better high than cannabis flower. A portion of marijuana concentrate is removed for a dab during the 2014 Cannabis Cup at the Denver Mart. (Seth McConnell, Denver Post file)
Concentrates can be intimidating to a casual user. In the above video, marijuana editor Ricardo Baca admits he s curious about them but that he s respectful of his own tolerance. Prichard says one major reason to make the move is that concentrates are a refined product. He makes the comparison of eating bread, not raw grain. Vaporizing extracts is like smoking the finished product, and it s also how to get the best flavor from the bud.
It s a better flavor experience. It s a deeper experience. You re not only concentrating the cannabinoids in there but you re concentrating the terpenes, Prichard says.
, Prichard again addresses the crack cocaine of cannabis nickname that dabbing has been given. He adds that whether you re smoking wax, shatter or live resin, extracts are the cannaseur s best option for taste and high. And since there is also less of a smell to concentrates, not smelling like an ashtray is an added bonus of moving from flowers to concentrates.
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