Beyond Buds

257 Pages·2014·9.64 MB·English

B E YO N D B U D S
– MARIJUANA EXTRACTS –
Hash, Vaping, Dabbing, Edibles & Medicines
by Ed Rosenthal
with David Downs
BEYOND BUDS
Beyond Buds: Marijuana Extracts—Hash, Vaping, Dabbing, Edibles & Medicines
by Ed Rosenthal with David Downs
Copyright © 2014 Ed Rosenthal
Published by Quick American
A Division of Quick Trading Co.
Piedmont, CA, USA
ISBN: 978-1-936807-23-9
eISBN: 978-1-936807-24-6
Printed in the U.S.A.
Second Printing
Editor and Project Director: Elizabeth Fitzer
Contributors: David Downs, William Dolphin
Cover Design: Jennifer Touli Voss
Photo Editors: Jennifer Touli Voss, Darcy Thompson
Cover Photography
Top: Mel Frank
Bottom left: Ed Rosenthal
Bottom right: Saucey Santos
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014909265
The material offered in this book is presented as information that should be available to the public.
The Publisher does not advocate breaking the law. We urge readers to support secure passage of
fair marijuana legislation.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever
without the specific written permission of the Publisher, except in the case of brief quotations
embodied in critical articles or reviews.
BEYOND BUDS
– MARIJUANA EXTRACTS –
Hash, Vaping, Dabbing,
Edibles & Medicines
by Ed Rosenthal
with David Downs
Dedicated to the Shulgins—
Pioneers in mind exploration
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions, help,
and support: Addison DeMoura and Steep Hill Halent Lab; Rick Pfrommer and
Harborside Health Center; Bubbleman; Elemental Wellness; @fobextractions;
Will F.; Dave Hodges of A2C2; HopeNet’s Steve and Cathy; James and Holly
of West Valley Tinctures; Mila Jansen; Jesse of A-Bear Concentrates; JonPaul
and Scott from Bhang Chocolate; Jane Klein; Kenny M.; Marisa Lagos; Mark
G.; Mel Frank; Jon Mendoza; Nikka T of Essential Extracts; John Oram, PhD,
Cofounder/Senior Scientist of CW Analytical Laboratories; POP Naturals;
Ramona Rubin of docGreen’s; Rumpelstiltskin Extracts (i.e., RumpWax); Keith
Woody; Josh Wurzer, President of SC Laboratories; Jennifer Carson; Shelli
Newhart, PhD; Nadim Sabella; and Jason Schulz.
Franklin’s Tower
Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice you’re gonna harvest wind
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew!!!!

— Robert Hunter
Courtesy of the Grateful Dead
Contents
.
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The History of This Book 2
Chapter 1.
Breaking Bud—Selecting and Collecting Material . . . 5
Selecting and Collecting Material 7
Storing the Green 9
Tips and Tricks—The Alchemy Of Marijuana Processing 9
Chapter 2.
Kief/Dry Sift—Manual, Machine, Dry Ice . . . . . . 13
How Kief Screening Works 16
Preparing for Screening 18
Manual Screening 19
Machine Screening 23
Dry Ice Kief 24
A Pressing Issue: Kief and Hash 29
Chapter 3.
Water Hash—How It All Works . . . . . . . . . 31
Water Hash Basics 34
Ready-Made Bags 34
Homemade Bags 37
The Methods: Bucket, Coffee Filter, Jar Shaker 38
Pressing and Storage 47
Chapter 4.
Advanced Hash—Beyond the Basics . . . . . . . 49
What Is Hashish? 51
The Machine Method 52
Preparing Kief or Water Hash for Hash Making 58
Collecting by Hand: Rubbing for Hash 58
Pressing and Storing Hashish 60
Decarboxylation Explained 61
Chapter 5.
Vaporizers—Handheld, Desktop, Portable, Vape Pens . . 65
How Vaporizers Work 67
Preparing Herb for Vaporizing 70
The Vaporizers 72
Chapter 6.
Dabbing—The Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 7.
Butane Extracts—Making BHO Budder, Shatter, Wax . . 113
How Blasting Works 114
Dangers and Environmental Ethics 115
Butane Extracts: Closed-Loop and Open-Ended Methods 116
Chapter 8.
CO Extracts—Making Concentrates . . . . . . 135
2
Overview 136
A CO Extraction Method 138
2
Chapter 9.
Tinctures—Alcohol and Glycerin . . . . . . . 147
Choosing the Alcohol 148
Straining 150
Ask Ed’s Fast-Track Tincture 151
Bottling and Storage 154
Reducing Tinctures to Oil 154
Distilling 156
Glycerin Tinctures 157
The Effects and Effectiveness of Tincture 158
Kief Tincture 160
Chapter 10.
Capsules—Making and Using Canna Caps . . . . . 163
How to Make Canna Caps 166
Using Kief 171
Dosage 171
Chapter 11.
Edibles—Preparation, Recipes, Usage . . . . . . 173
Assimilation and Dosage 177
Using Hash, Kief, or Hash Oil in Food 181
Juicing 182
Canna Oil Preparation and Recipes 184
Canna Butter, Milk, Tea, and Flour 187
Adding Directly to Food 195
Storage 198
Chapter 12.
Topical Uses of Marijuana 199
Marijuana Root Applications 202
Poultices 202
Salves and Oils 204
Topical Tinctures 205
Rick Simpson Oil 206
Appendix 1. Cannabinoids and Terpenes . . . . . 207
Appendix 2. Equivalents and Conversions . . . . . 219
Appendix 3. Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Appendix 4. References . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chem 91 Shatter.
Photo: Nadim Sabella Photography
Introduction
This book is about the world of marijuana beyond the bud.
The smoked bud can be helpful medically or a pleasant event. But it is only
one way to experience the wonders that cannabis offers. This book is a guide
to the many ways to prepare and use cannabis, beyond buds.
The quest for concentrates and their growing popularity is a return in
part to pre-prohibition tradition, when cannabis was mostly ingested rather
than smoked. Smoking is largely an artifact of prohibition. Before marijuana
became illegal it was available in tinctures, pills, salves, and drinks, and one
of its concentrates, hashish, was eaten. Without processed marijuana, users
moved to inhalation only when other means of ingestion were unavailable. Now
that prohibition is ending, aficionados and patients are returning to traditional
methods of use and finding new ways of ingesting it.
For gardeners and farmers concentrates offer a solution to a conundrum
they face. Parts of the plant contain THC but are not suitable for smoking. It
makes sense to salvage these cannabinoids from the leaf and trim and tiny
nugs, which comprise one-quarter to one-eighth the weight of the yield. To
use, it just has to be collected. The collection and processing of this material
is the subject of this book.
INTRODUCTION 1