THC concentrates come in various shapes, sizes and forms. There are tinctures, wax and various other forms of THC concentrate. The one most people think of when hearing the word concentrates is the type you “dab.” A dab is a single serving of hash oil typically vaporized on a hot nail. We’ll go over everything you need to know about the various forms of concentrated THC oil.
THC concentrates are any cannabis products that have a high concentration of the cannabinoid. The THC needs to be extracted from cannabis flowers or trim. There are several different methods of extraction that come in many different forms.
Kief
Before there were so many different forms of THC concentrate, there was just kief. To most cannabis consumers, kief is the powdery material found at the bottom of most four-piece grinders. Ideally, kief should be purely trichome heads. So it is unlikely that the material at the bottom of a grinder would be considered pure kief. Applying heat and pressure to kief will turn it into hash.
Hash
Since hash is compressed resin glands, it will be easier to consume more THC at once with hash than with kief. High-quality hash is considered a full melt extract because it will melt like any other concentrated THC oil while low-quality hash will burn.
If you don’t want to wait for the kief at the bottom of your grinder to pile up, there are other ways to make hash. Ice wax and dry sift which are two ways to extract trichomes without solvents or a grinder. Ice wax is made with the help of dry ice or a bucket of ice water and bubble bags with