Life Cycle of Hash
What is volatility? What’s the relevance? Volatility is defined as the tendency of a substance to evaporate at normal temperatures. In our explanation of terpenes we mentioned this concept briefly. Cultivars have different levels of volatility based on the terpenes present. A good example of this is comparing our Zkittlez or Lemon Heads to our Stardawg Pie or Black Mamba. Zkittlez and Lemon Heads are very unstable. They both grease/ budder up quickly and have a high volatility. On the other hand, our Stardawg Pie and Black Mamba are very stable with a low volatility. The level of volatility between these cultivars is quite vast. Zkittlez greases up within minutes of being pulled out of cold storage while Stardawg Pie could sit for days without the same effect. These are time lapses over a 48 hour period at room temperature. The first video is our water hash and the second is our persy live rosin. In both videos you can physically see the terpenes evaporating and the concentrates drying out. What’s the problem with this? Is my hash ruined? Eh not quite. This is definitely not an ideal state to dab hash in but it is still ok. Some cultivars like that Lemonheads #4 and Z Cubed #5 can easily be made into a moist rosin badder once buddered where others dry out extremely fast. Those cultivars of hash that dry out faster will resemble more of a crumbly budder with a much more dulled down flavor. A degradation process that is unavoidable but can be easily postponed using the right storage methods. We will talk more about storage methods in a future post. A brief tip to help until then: Keep your hash in the freezer for long term storage and in the fridge for the short term. Questions? Hit us up!
