ComfortCreator
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Wow I think I know something about cannabis and someone just opens up the door to an entirely new idea (for me).Dry sift (kief) is gathered by tumbling dry plant matter in a variable speed, rotating drum with a 150 micron mesh. I use one made by Tom's Tumbler, which can hold about 3-5lbs of ground up buds. Yields vary (10 to 23%) but late harvest popcorn buds have the highest yield (by weight) due to surface area available for trichomes to grow on.
Bubble hash uses water and ice to remove the trichomes. One must agitate the mixture for a duration for the trichomes to break free from the plant matter. Multiple sizes of mesh bags can used to get different grades of extraction. This method is much more labour intensive than dry sift extraction.
The kief can easily be decarbed and stuffed into capsule for a powerful sugar free gummy alternative.
This is a larger unit than what I have. I run mine for about 3hrs at a slow speed and collect trichomes throughout the run for various grades of kief. The first unit I made was powered by a BBQ rotisserie motor and took about 30hrs for one run.
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There is a lot going into your process and what you have worked out. That product you showed earlier is stellar looking and would sell anywhere.
Do you have thoughts on bubble vs the dry sift? It is really odd in my view to drown bud in water to later dry it out but I can understand it is an extraction process. I'm not for or against it, but have a ton of stuff to process. I guess I could try both?