Live rosin Vs. Live Resin

Most people who aren’t real connoisseurs of cannabis, which is most people, don’t’ actually know the difference between live rosin and live resin. They are similar in properties, but there are differences. They’re both made from the same part of cannabis: the trichomes. But processors do create live resin using propane and butane, and the live resin is made through solventless means, which involve higher pressure, water, and heat. The difference also impacts the way that it tastes, the strength, and the textures too. 

Live Rosin 

This is basically concentrates that are devoid of the chemical solvents that are used to help retain the profile of the plants, and they offer a variety of flavonoids, terpenes, and the cannabinoids. The live rosin concentrates are the fastest type of category, as they’re potent, fragrant, and also flavorful too. 

They can be in one of the following ways: 

• Freshly pressed live rosin 

• Rosin budder 

• Rosin badder 

• Rosin jam 

• Sift rosin 

• Sift rosin in the form of a vape 

This is considered live, which means that it’s made through drying this in a natural manner. 

Typically, the processors of this do machine dry or hang your plants after they’re harvested, and this makes it efficient and safe. But they do decrease the terpenes over time, which are those little parts of the plant that are white and hairy.  They can be used to make everything, including hashish varieties. 

They are usually frozen directly, to remove the “live” parts of the material, and from there, it’s frozen, and the trichomes are collected. 

These are used to create powerful and flavorful combinations.  They ae strong, and they also are chemical-free. You can add them to vapes, dab rigs, and bowls and joints in order to offer a better, more enhanced experience. 

What about Live Resin 

This is one that is extracted das well through the freshly frozen cannabis, but there are chemical solvents used here, and also is pressed there. 

These usually tend to be higher in terpenes, and also are definitely highly concentrated in terms of THC. 

Live resin comes in the following ways: 

• Shatter

• Sauce 

• Badder 

• Butter 

• Crumble 

• Sugar 

• Vape oil 

• Diamonds 

This product starts out as a biomass, and then, when harvested, it then goes through the hydrocarbon extraction process. 

Live resin utilizes chemical solvents in order to draw out the plant compounds. 

Most of the producers will use propane and butane since it’s efficient.  These are usually hard to digest at much higher levels, so you need to make sure that you remove these from your last product. 

They create an oily mixture, and then, it’s further evaporated to make sure that the propane and butane are fully taken out. 

They then process and force the gas that’s evaporated back within the machine, condensing it back into a liquid form. 

This is one that’s good for a lot of people since it can be a different form, and you can use this in dabs, joints and in a bowl. 

This is one that also offers a lot of THC. 

There are other properties as well, which include: 

• The whole plant profile 

• The synergistic entourage effect 

• More potent cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. 

• A larger, more intense aroma 

• Works fast and doesn’t need to be smoked. 

Both of these are considered extractions, and live rosin and resin are quite similar. 

But, depending on the type that you want, you may want to go for solventless types with rosin, and resin has the solvents intact.