If you’re interested incannabis extracts, chances are you’ve heard about rosin by now. There are a few
types of products in this category flower rosin, hash rosin, and live rosin,
for example. What they all have in common is that they are solventless extracts
made with concentrates rosin pressmachines. If you’re serious about your concentrate consumption, you’ve probably
already thought about making your own rosin at home. While this can be
accomplished with some Electric dab rig pretty low-tech equipment (hair straightener and a
C-clamp, anyone?), the best rosin, and the best yields, will always come from
the best rosin pressing machines.
What is rosin?
For the uninitiated among us,let’s talk about the basics first – what is cannabis rosin? In short, it’s a
cannabis concentrate – just like shatter, budder or wax – that’s made without
the use of any solvents. That’s why we call rosin a “solventless extract.”
Instead of the traditional extraction methods, performed with a solvent like
butane, or with supercritical C02, rosin is created with three very simple
elements: heat, pressure, and time.
The rosin pressing process,in the absolute simplest terms, consists of pressing cannabis (or hash) with
high pressure and a bit of heat. The heat and pressure cause the resins inside
the cannabis flower (or hash) to liquify and ooze out of the press. This secretion
is collected, and often cured in jars. The resulting product is a
highly-concentrated solution of cannabinoids and terpenes, which is dabbable or
vapable as-is.
What is a rosin press?
A rosin press is a rosin press machine that’s used tocreate rosin. It consists of two heated plates that your starting material gets
squished between, and some kind of hydraulic mechanism to create the pressure.
What makes a rosin press good or bad?
Rosin presses are fairly newon the market, and new versions with new features are being released all the
time. If you ask the pros, there are a whole slew of features you might or
might not want in a rosin press machine. But for most people, there are only a
few things to pay attention to.
