Everyone loves edibles because they look and taste like candy, they take a minute to activate, and their effects last hours. But the world of Colorado edibles is vast and often confusing, entailing both rosin and resin products. What’s the difference between rosin and resin, and which should you get? Here’s what local budtenders say.
Brief Intro to Cannabis Resin
Resin is a naturally occurring substance found on the trichomes of the cannabis plant. Trichomes are natural outgrowths that produce the resin, which contains cannabinoids like THC. The resin is light to dark brown and very sticky.
Producers extract resin from cannabis using various types of solvents. The resulting resin is the basis for a great many cannabis products, some classic and well-known: hash, budder, various cannabis oils, and concentrates. A special resin, live resin, entails flash-freezing and solvent-blasting of premium, freshly harvested flowers.
Welcome to the World of Rosin
Cannabis rosin products are close cousins to products made with cannabis resin. Products derived from cannabis rosin have similar names, too: live rosin, rose budder, and rosin diamonds. A unique rosin concentrate product called dry sift boasts cannabinoid-rich rosin extracted from kief.
Rosin differs from resin in the way producers extract it. Resin calls for solvents like butane, butane hash oil (BHO), or propane during extraction. Producers extract rosin without solvents. Colorado edibles boast some of the purest, most intense resin and rosin content.
The resin and rosin come from premium flowers grown locally and harvested at peak freshness. Resin and rosin edibles come in indica, sativa, and hybrid categories.
