Color is affected by many factors from growing, through harvest, all the way to a concentrates final purge. So what does color tell us? The truth is, very little on its own. Conversely, there are plenty of lighter gold oils which are actually improperly extracted with bad solvent, and which do not produce the best psychotropic or other affects. That doesn’t mean there’s not clear shatter that doesn’t come out with zero PPMs, it just means that more times than not, (clearer) shatter will have higher parts per million.”Īnother article by Green Soma, “How to Shop for Marijuana Oil” (scroll down past mid page) goes on to explain, “There are many dark brown oils, which are properly extracted, aromatic, with wonderful affects. He points out, “ has done over 10,000 tests, and when we test these concentrates, it’s more likely that clear shatter is going to have higher parts-per-million residual solvents. This is especially the case with alcohol extraction. Quite often a clear color can indicate a lack of proper purging, while proper purging can and does darken a concentrate making it more opaque than clear. Ryan also makes a good point in the Leafly article concerning how a concentrate’s clarity can be misleading. This is not only silly, but just not possible. I have seen many self proclaimed extract professionals dismiss concentrates from afar simple by observing the color. For smoking, desired colors range from yellow to dark brown and clarity from clear to barely opaque. Anything that’s green or black is not suitable as quality smoking material. The darkest of concentrates are made for ingesting orally, making suppositories, or used topically. What’s the best color?Ĭoncentrates vary in color from blazing yellow to absolute black. Sap, pull and snap, shatter, wax, budder, crystals, or whatever, bring it on. The difference could be as simple as a few molecules of H2O, that’s it.” Somewhere along the way people totally bought into the “If it ain’t shatter, it don’t matter” mantra, but as we now know the only part of that saying that’s correct is the latter half, “It don’t matter”. Ryan says, “The biggest misconception that most people have is there’s some chain of hierarchy in how your oil, concentrate, wax and shatter ends up looking. First, the physical form a concentrate takes is no indicator of quality, but simply a preference in process or handling. Ryan, from Steep Hill Labs, makes a couple great points in this Leafly article ‘What Does Good BHO Look Like Dabbing and Hash Oil Myths Part One’. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the different concentrates, but in reality they’re all quite similar. *photo from above referenced article ‘What Are Cannabis Concentrates A Guide to Extraction Techniques’ If you’re not clear on the various forms concentrates take, their textures, and the processes used to make them, ‘What Are Cannabis Concentrates A Guide to Extraction Techniques’, is a helpful guide ( except for off the mark comments on alcohol extraction). What’s the best form/texture for a concentrate? I will discuss the basics about concentrates and reference articles that articulate those points far better than I can, so please follow the links and check out the articles for a comprehensive understanding of this post. The myriad of textures, colors, aromas, and quality identifiers became overwhelming and confusing for me so I set out to break down the basics of this mysterious concentrate magic mumbo-jumbo for us amateurs. A quality concentrate contains only desired components like THC, CBD, and terpenes, while lesser quality concentrates also contain undesired components like fats, waxes, foreign contaminants, and excess residual solvents. Cannabis concentrates are highly condensed components of the cannabis plant.
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