Author: Michelle Janikian

The brave new world of solventless infused edible cannabis As legalization has grown more people than ever are consuming a variety of cannabis products, and while smoking is the longest standing consumption method, new trends are constantly emerging. For instance, smoking and vaping are falling out of favor with the more health conscious among us, especially this year when aggravating your lungs or sharing a joint are big no-no’s. However, that just means people are pivoting toward edibles, especially now that we’ve all got a lot of extra time on our hands.  And so, it probably doesn’t come as...

Humulene, the hoppy, woody, and earthy terpene that helps give cannabis its signature scent While cannabinoids like THC and CBD have long grabbed the headlines, terpenes – the flavor and aroma producing components of cannabis – are finally getting their time in the limelight. A new appreciation is growing for these volatile organic compounds, and in contrast to cannabinoids which lack comprehensive scientific study, terpenes have a long history of biological and chemical investigation.  What that means is terpenes have well known practical uses and proven medical effects, and in this series we’ll take a closer look at the...

Keep your hash washing water at the perfect temp and ready to go at all times Thanks to the complexity of ice water extraction, running a commercial hash washing facility is a huge undertaking that requires some serious investment in order to be successful. Just simply keeping your water at hash washing temperatures requires time and energy, which for a commercial business means overheads. So, with that in mind let us introduce our range of Multiplex Super-Chill ice water chillers which provides pro hash makers with all the cold water they could ever need. Endless Ice Water Commercial hash...

The OG dry-sift collectors straight out of Amsterdam When it comes to modern trichome separation, there’s not many people more influential than Mila Jansen, “The Hash Queen” of Amsterdam, and the inventor of the dry-sift tumbler. Mila’s machines have become ubiquitous throughout cannabis concentrate making for their rapid and economic trichome extraction, and while many different companies now offer their own version, there’s no substitute for the original Pollinator® automatic dry-sift collectors. Pollinator Origins The first commercially available Pollinator was unveiled in Amsterdam during the 1994 High Times Cannabis Cup. However, its prototype was invented 2 years earlier in...

The methodology behind experimenting with your rosin pressing so you can avoid trial and error and waste while dialing in the perfect settings Each batch of cannabis we press is unique and requires specific applications of time, temperature, and pressure in order to extract the finest solventless rosin possible. But how do we best dial in our settings to suit a particular starting material? Well, we need to experiment and find that out. The Rosin Maker’s Dilemma The problem we face as rosin makers is that we simply don’t know what the optimal settings will be. Of course, experience...