The French Cannoli` Hash Thread

Mohican

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The fresh trim run resulted in resin that was so sticky and so soft that I just wanted to press it! It was calling to me - press me Mo!
 

Frenchy Cannoli

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Yes it actually look so good that someone at the cup took a chunk in the Aficionado collection plate, put it in his mouth and started chewing……………..No joke……….I swear!!!!
I was not there to see it but the Aficionado team made their feeling quite clear I understand. I am quite happy to have miss that one even if it is a compliment of a kind: Good enough to eat!
The stickier the resin, the trickier the drying Mo, be extra careful!!!
 

Mohican

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You have it now so you be careful hehe :)

I left the 120 in a jar from last weekend and today it smelled like strong cheese. I think it needed some air :P

It is so hard to break up!
 

qroox

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Yes it actually look so good that someone at the cup took a chunk in the Aficionado collection plate, put it in his mouth and started chewing……………..No joke……….I swear!!!!
I was not there to see it but the Aficionado team made their feeling quite clear I understand. I am quite happy to have miss that one even if it is a compliment of a kind: Good enough to eat!
The stickier the resin, the trickier the drying Mo, be extra careful!!!
Sorry to bother you again Frenchy.Any news for the bags or the girl you would be calling : D ?
 

beuffer420

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Yes it actually look so good that someone at the cup took a chunk in the Aficionado collection plate, put it in his mouth and started chewing……………..No joke……….I swear!!!!
I was not there to see it but the Aficionado team made their feeling quite clear I understand. I am quite happy to have miss that one even if it is a compliment of a kind: Good enough to eat!
The stickier the resin, the trickier the drying Mo, be extra careful!!!
i can imagine some facial expressions after that had been done lol! On the other hand though, that's a stoner move, so I can totally see that happening as well.
 

Frenchy Cannoli

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Sorry to bother you again Frenchy.Any news for the bags or the girl you would be calling : D ?
I just talked to her and she explained that my custom bags are harder to saw than the normal one due to the material and since they do not run those bags normally it is difficult on quality control. The good news: they will soon start producing them full time so that everything will run smooth.
 

Mohican

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Yay! Let us know when they are ready! I definitely want a set :)

You rock Frenchy! How do your legs feel after standing for two days straight (well, not straight!)

Cheers,
Mo
 

Charsicanuk

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Frenchy, Can you talk in detail about the "oxygen/container size" in curing but the reasons for, or the "why" of it . It's a little counter intuitive to me since the idea is to remove moisture but we want very little air in a jar, then we open it letting more air in? etc
Humidity is low in winter in my area so I guess when I open to let it breath the new air is dry and the old air in the jar is now humid from the curing chunk of resin etc ???
Am I off track or missing something ? I guess that if it was just about moisture I'd leave a piece out of course then it would go stale Please advise as I'm getting ready to hand press a first wash of my most beautiful resin yet and would like to do it right or at least better.
 

Mohican

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I need to use my vacuum pump and pump the air out of my jar. I will see if that changes the drying process.

10 posts til I hit 5,000!
 

DCobeen

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I need to use my vacuum pump and pump the air out of my jar. I will see if that changes the drying process.

10 posts til I hit 5,000!
great ideal i got a vacuum seal container that fits my vacuum seal setup. pull all the air out and open it daily i bet it will cut down the time allot.
 

Frenchy Cannoli

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Frenchy, Can you talk in detail about the "oxygen/container size" in curing but the reasons for, or the "why" of it . It's a little counter intuitive to me since the idea is to remove moisture but we want very little air in a jar, then we open it letting more air in? etc
Humidity is low in winter in my area so I guess when I open to let it breath the new air is dry and the old air in the jar is now humid from the curing chunk of resin etc ???
Am I off track or missing something ? I guess that if it was just about moisture I'd leave a piece out of course then it would go stale Please advise as I'm getting ready to hand press a first wash of my most beautiful resin yet and would like to do it right or at least better.
There is curing dry sieve which is like curing flowers in a way since when you cure your flowers you are actually curing your trichomes, dry sieve is cured before pressing in air tight container with little oxygen and it needs to be open every other day. This is a 3 months process that is practiced in every producing countries. High quality resin needs to be cured slowly, over a period of at least 3 months, as is done with flowers.
The maturation of the resin glands through curing is similar to the transformation happening during the flowers cure, especially when curing before trimming. A perfect cure of trichomes is mandatory to quality, why would it be only with the flowers?

When we are curing ice water extracted resin glands it is another ball game all together, since it is pressed before the cure the primary reason is to have an insurance against mold as much as maximizing the terpenes transformation. In that case you need more oxygen in your curing container (approx. twice the amount of hash) and it needs to be open more often especially at the beginning of the cure to let moisture out. Check the room level of humidity before opening your container. When your cure is done after 3 months or so you can change container for aging and at that point you want as little oxygen as possible.
 

Charsicanuk

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There is curing dry sieve which is like curing flowers in a way since when you cure your flowers you are actually curing your trichomes, dry sieve is cured before pressing in air tight container with little oxygen and it needs to be open every other day. This is a 3 months process that is practiced in every producing countries. High quality resin needs to be cured slowly, over a period of at least 3 months, as is done with flowers.
The maturation of the resin glands through curing is similar to the transformation happening during the flowers cure, especially when curing before trimming. A perfect cure of trichomes is mandatory to quality, why would it be only with the flowers?

When we are curing ice water extracted resin glands it is another ball game all together, since it is pressed before the cure the primary reason is to have an insurance against mold as much as maximizing the terpenes transformation. In that case you need more oxygen in your curing container (approx. twice the amount of hash) and it needs to be open more often especially at the beginning of the cure to let moisture out. Check the room level of humidity before opening your container. When your cure is done after 3 months or so you can change container for aging and at that point you want as little oxygen as possible.
What a beautiful reply Frenchy, many thanks. On the subject of dry sieve,what micron size of screen would you suggest and is there a "sweet spot" like 73 is with water ?
 

Frenchy Cannoli

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Sieving is sieving is sieving, it does not matter if you have water as a medium or not you want all trichomes between 70 and 120 + microns.
Old school would use only the 220, I use the 190 and second sieve with the 160 if necessary
 

'ome Grown

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I just ordered one of those washing machines off of ebay.

Quick question...can they drain whilst they are washing? Or do they NEED to be motionless to starting draining?
 
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