If you’re already experienced with live resin, you may have already leveled up to the world of live rosin. It’s a concentrate too highly prized for a first-time smoker, so don’t leave your stash out at the party. Instead, reserve your live rosin for times when you can enjoy it solo, share it with a dear friend, or spice up date night. Live rosin is like the Dom Perignon of the cannabis world, and it deserves to be praised as such. That said, how do you smoke live rosin? Let me count the ways…
Live Rosin Overview
If you haven’t read our Ultimate Guide to Live Rosin, let us catch you up. Live Rosin is a solventless concentrate made from fresh frozen, live cannabis plants. It’s similar to rosin, but the additional detail is the live flower. As soon as the plants are perfectly ripe, they’re cut from the stalk and flash frozen in sub-critical temperatures. This purpose is to preserve the plant’s terpene and cannabinoid content.
When you dry cannabis, it’s natural for some of this content to brush off the buds, and some of the effect and potency go with it. However, freezing secures as much of the plant’s chemistry as possible. By starting with fresh frozen cannabis, you know something great is about to happen.
This is also how live resin begins. Yet, live resin is made with the use of hydrocarbons like butane, propane, or CO2 and a closed-loop extraction machine. The residual solvents are purged at the end, and a terptastic extract is left behind. Live resin is an incredible product, but live rosin kicks it up a notch. See the full live resin vs rosin difference here.
To make live rosin, you first need to make bubble hash with the frozen cannabis. This is a simple process but requires some expertise to perfect. The trichomes containing the terpenes and cannabinoids are separated from the plant by agitating the whole buds in an ice water bath. You might have heard of this old-school method for making bubble hash. It’s the same technique but with live material.
Then, you press the hash between two heated metal plates. A resinous sap extrudes from between the plates by firmly squeezing them together with the right amount of pressure. This is sometimes called “pressing rosin” for obvious reasons. The resulting sap is known as live rosin.
Top Ways to Smoke Live Rosin
Live rosin is a full melt concentrate, so you can smoke or vape it in several different ways. It just depends on your preference. Do you want to taste it solo, or would you rather mix it with fresh herb or other oils? There’s no wrong way to enjoy live rosin, so try them all!
Use a Dab Rig
Dabbing is the act of vaporizing a concentrate or extract in a type of water bong. It looks very similar to a class bong, but instead of a stem that comes out at a sideways angle, it’s got a nail that sits straight up. The nail is usually made of glass, quartz, titanium, or ceramic. You need a handheld torch to heat the nail to the appropriate temperature.
Once it’s hot enough (but not too hot), use a dab tool to scoop up a bit of live rosin and put it inside or on top of the heated nail. Swirl the tool around while you inhale through the mouthpiece. Don’t rip this as hard as you can! The smoothest dabs come from slow and steady draws. Dabbing live rosin is a popular method that gives you unadulterated flavor and aroma.
Add It to a Dab Pen
A dab pen is an easier, more convenient way to dab. You can still vaporize your live rosin, but it’s just a cleaner system. Dab rigs are great but require nails, torches, and tools. To use a dab pen, just add a bit of live rosin into the chamber and select the right temperature, and hit it. It works just like a vape pen, but you fill it yourself. Then, once you vape all the oil, add more.
Top a Bowl or Roll a Joint
Because live rosin is a full melt concentrate, you can smoke it with your weed. Top a bowl and get an extra dose of terpenes and THC, or roll it up in a joint. If you are confident with your rolling skills, roll out a small portion of live rosin and wrap it around the outside of your joint. Sprinkle with a pinch of kief for a super-infused doobie. Get creative when experimenting with how to smoke live rosin. The sky’s the limit.
In a Pre-Filled Vape Pen
Let’s face it – vape pens and disposables are perfect. First of all, they’re charged and ready to go so you don’t have to fuss with a charger. And, every hit is smooth, rich, and produces big clouds. Disposables are set at the perfect temperature so you don’t even have to worry about that burnt vape taste. Sure, sometimes a vape pen leaks, but it’s usually a user error and easily remedied. Overall, a vape pen is portable, making it the perfect way to get high while traveling. Newer technology has made live rosin vape pens much more readily available.
Why Buy Live Rosin
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