The methods of extraction are great, but we’ll focus on two categories:

• Solventless: Stemming from ice water extraction methods which are typically safer, provided you are beginning with a superior crop.

• Using Solvents: Other methods typically use solvents such as Butane (BHO), Propane (PHO), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and Hydrocarbon. Typically, whichever solvent you use is going to determine the stability of your end product.

Wax, Shatters, and Live Resin are usually produced from BHO, PHO, and Hydrocarbon methods, which allow us to achieve a low enough temperature (well below freezing), in order to freeze off the desired cannabinoids (particularly THC), and harvest the trichomes which may be further distilled in order to extract and isolate other cannabinoids such as CBDs, Terpenes, and Flavonoids. Once everything is separated, the end product can be manipulated and reconstructed to achieve a certain flavor profile, effect, and potency.

the end result of a product is also determined by the time in which the residual solvent from the initial extraction process is purged out in a vacuum oven. The longer the product is purged, the less residual solvent is present, and the more potent and flavorful it will be.

When we distillate, we’re taking pre-extracted concentrate oil and further separating the cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavonoids from the stuff we don’t want—like pesticides. When compared to the process by which we get wax and shatter, this is like extraction—distillation results in the most refined and potent product available.

The aforementioned goodies are acquired by applying a thinning agent solvent (Isopropyl Alcohol ETOH) to the concentrated oil. We get distillate by taking advantage of the boiling points of the chemicals that make up the oil, allowing us to then separate them out for matchless purity. After all that, we can manipulate the cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavonoids further for taste and utility.