This is an interesting topic I'd like to hear more about
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the cheaper the concentrate and closer to shatter the more neutral thc I think it is.
I find that the quality of the batch/product matters even more than that. I have a strong sativa live resin and a strong sativa shatter and fwiw I find the shatter more potent
. OTOH, there's definitely more flavors in the live resin which is great
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I think live resin has more terpenes etc. saved so more entourage effect. Rosin probably a step up from live resin if made from primo material?
I thought that was accepted.
Rosin is made differently from live resin. They're just different product so fwiw I wouldn't necessarily think that one is more "primo" than the other... though many people are attracted to the healthy natural extraction process of rosin
. Rosin is simply what's extracted from normal (dry cured) cannabis material using pressure and heat. Live resin is a solvent based extract made from live cannabis plants that are frozen shortly after they are cut for harvest (IIRC butane based). Then there's live rosin too which is yet another variant
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Personally I feel a much more complete high from flower but it smells to high heaven and concentrates are just so damn convenient.
Flower gets me too high in certain daily situations too. I think the constituents you lose making concentrates makes a difference. But I am not trying loads of new products all the time so maybe others have better input
I too find flower much more full spectrum than concentrates
. However, my concentrate experience is limited as well, and I've only sampled a low number of mid range products
. The premium concentrates available in some markets looks great... and certainly appear better than the product I've tried. I don't doubt that there's a wide range in quality and thus in the concentrate experience too... on top of all the different types of concentrates. All of which would complicate answering the OPs question.
The other thing is cannabis affects different people differently. There's a variety of different feedback here, all with merit
. I look forward to more feedback and hearing from those with more experience
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