If you’ve been into a dispensary in California lately you’ve probably been hearing the term “Live Resin” thrown around a lot and you might wonder why? It’s certainly not a new kind of concentrate, but it’s UNBELIEVABLY trendy right now. There are a few reasons why this is the case but I would have to say it’s mainly because of the high terpene content that is preserved in the Live Resin through the extraction process that keeps all these concentrate fans coming back for more and leaving beginner users stoned and amazed at the same time.
Let’s start with what Live Resin is for some of those beginners out there so they can understand the hype a little better. Live Resin is a type of cannabis extract that is a little more unique than some of the other concentrates you have seen over the years. What makes Live Resin so different from the other concentrates is that the manufacturers are taking the cannabis fresh from the harvest and freezing the full plant at very low temperatures prior to and throughout the extraction process to retain its valuable terpene profile.
When the cannabis plant is drying and curing it can damage the terpene profiles, aroma, and natural flavor because the plants can be exposed to light or too much heat just to name a few. The freezing of the plant fresh from harvest is saving the plant and it’s terpenes from going through anything that could take away from it;s most natural form. This is why Live Resin is known to have some of the best smelling and tasting products on the market today!
The two most common ways you will see Live Resin in a dispensary is either in a cartridge form or in some sort of concentrate form, usually diamonds/sauce or a badder form! I do enjoy dabbing the concentrates at low temperatures to really enjoy those terpenes, but it is a whole process to take a dab so I like to do that occasionally. On the other hand I LOVE the live resin vape cartridges because of how convenient they are, how tasty they are, and how hard they rip. Just with 1-2 hits of the live resin cartridge I feel like I hit dab. I am personally smoking on a Honey Oil Space Cherry Live Resin cartridge that you can find in quite a few San Diego dispensaries.
I hope this article gave you a little more insight on why so many people are flocking to live resin products in the cannabis market. It tastes amazing, isn’t harsh, and it gets you completely stoned. Not to mention some of the therapeutic properties some of these terpenes carry. Cheers to the Colorado extractors who really brought live resin to life back in 2011-2013.
