@herbivore21
I won't have any pictures until later this week when I get it, but from what I've seen, it's orange as FUCK.
He has a newer batch that he said is darker in color and 1% higher in thc, but we'll see.
"Sour D sugar wax (78% THC 82% THCA)
Made in a lab by one of the boutique brands all high-end dispensaries have in stock. Retails for 45-50/g."
This is the info I was given. The pictures I have seen aren't worth posting as the ones I take will be better quality.
Orange is a normal color to see in BHO and other solvent extracts, due to the heat involved in processing.
As an aside, rosin tek was what made me realize that the heat was what was a likely culprit involved here. At first, I thought that the age of the flowers might be a cause too, but I find that flowers that have been properly cured in mason jars with 62% humidity packs for 9 months still give pale yellow rosin at low temps. When you jack the temp up, you start to get orange or darker rosin from these flowers.
Flowers that have been left in overly warm/dry/light conditions for too long or that were harvested VERY LATE IN FLOWER (majority amber resin heads) will give darker resin regardless of the method of extraction and this has to be considered. One other indicator that heat has a role in this orange color in BHO is that I have NEVER gotten an orange color from full melt hash.
On the other hand whole cannabis resin glands (full melt) can take on many shades (pink, all kinds of brown, beige and white, even purple!), but I have never had orange from full melt bubble hash (which is processed cold unlike rosin and solvent extracts).
Of course your buddy probably didn't have any problem storing the flowers if he is producing professionally from the sound of it
The orange is no doubt just indicative of the purge - as I say, most solvent extracts have this color and it is not a negative, nor positive sign of quality
One confusing detail from the info you give is that you cannot possibly have 78% of THC and 82% THCA in the same batch!!! That equals more than 100%!
If the former figure is an estimated transfer efficiency (that is how much active THC actually gets into your body when you consume) then this figure is not very useful - since we all can consume our meds differently with various different setups that have different efficiency in this regard.
82% THCA is a high THCA level though, to be expected from a good solvent extract. What is much more telling of the quality though, is what is the % of total terpenes in there? Of course your buddy may not have this information as not all extract artists get terpene analyses when they get products tested.
Please do share pics when you get it, I'm always interested to see the work of professionals
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