For one hash maker the clock starts at harvest, and the flower is in the freezer within thirty minutes. A breeder, two operators and an extractor on the genetics, the equipment and the margin for error behind live rosin.
In the realm of fantasy and longing, we often evoke summers of sun-dried buds and the sweet aroma of cured flowers that lingers in the air. But let’s be clear: the future, or at least the more sophisticated present, doesn’t want to wait for the plant to slowly “die.” Here’s what’s happening: the future, which has already arrived and seeks to expand possible universes with technology, prefers to freeze the moment of this botanical orgasm rather than take any other path. There is a name for this: fresh frozen, a technique that is, essentially, the art of stopping the clock so that pleasure doesn’t fade. Fresh frozen captures the exact frequency of the plant at its peak of glory.
And the difference from traditional methods isn’t merely technical, but rather existential. While in traditional curing the plant loses moisture and, with it, part of its “soul” (very philosophical, yes, but there’s something to it), here the process is more surgical. In fact, from Northern California, the epicenter of cannabis knowledge, Benjamin Lind, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Humboldt Seed Company, reinforces this idea of cryogenic mysticism. For Lind, it’s not just about chemistry, but about liquid geography. “You’re really freezing that moment in time and getting the feeling of Northern California during harvest time,” he says. A quest that many will try to relive. More technically, Lind says drying is where trichomes and cannabinoids degrade through oxidation, and where the plant loses some of its color. Freeze it instead and, under …
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Author: Hernán Panessi / High Times
