Hash.
The old soul of cannabis.
A 900-year-old craft, legal and licensed in Canada since 2019. From ice-water bubble to hand-pressed temple balls, here's every type worth trying — and where to find it cheapest near you.
The 7 types of hash
Every hash starts the same way — trichomes, separated from flower. What makes each type different is how those trichomes are collected, refined, and shaped. Here's the spectrum, from gentlest to strongest.
How hash is made — without a single solvent.
The cleanest hash never touches butane, CO₂, or ethanol. Modern solventless production relies on three things: ice-cold water, fine-mesh screens, and careful pressure. The result: a concentrate that tastes like the plant, because nothing was left behind but water.
| Solvents | None — water, ice, pressure | Butane, CO₂, ethanol |
| Terpenes kept | High (if fresh-frozen: highest) | Medium |
| Residues | None | Trace — purged at end |
| Typical potency | 40–85% THC | 60–90% THC |
| Price | $$–$$$$ | $–$$$ |
Why live rosin smells so loud.
Terpenes are the aromatic compounds in cannabis. They're also fragile — heat and time destroy them. Fresh-frozen flower, pressed into rosin within hours of harvest, keeps 2–4× more terpenes than dried flower processed weeks later.
Start at a rice grain.
Hash is concentrated. Dosing matters more than with flower. These rough guides assume a typical tolerance — adjust down if you're new to cannabis or coming back after a break.
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Hash, demystified.
The questions we get most from first-timers and flower smokers.
Yes — almost always. Flower typically tests 15–25% THC. Traditional hash lands in the 35–60% range, and hash rosin or live rosin can exceed 80%. A small bowl or joint-topper of hash can hit harder than a full bowl of flower.
Solventless methods (ice-water bubble hash, dry sift, rosin) use only water, ice, heat, and pressure. Solvent-based methods (BHO, CO2, ethanol) use hydrocarbon or CO2 solvents that are purged at the end. Solventless is considered the purest expression of the plant; many connoisseurs prefer it for flavour fidelity.
Four common ways: (1) sprinkle kief or crumbled pressed hash on top of a flower bowl; (2) roll it into a joint with flower; (3) hot-knife it — traditional but crude; (4) dab it — works best with rosin and quality bubble hash. Low heat preserves terpenes.
Start with a piece the size of a grain of rice on top of a bowl of flower. Wait 15 minutes. If you want more, add more. Hash is concentrated — it's always easier to add than to undo.
Cool, dark, airtight. An opaque glass jar in a drawer is ideal. Rosin needs refrigeration for best flavour. Temple balls age like wine — some hand-rolled hash gets better over a year in proper storage.
Terpenes are the aromatic compounds that give each strain its smell — citrus, pine, gas, berry. They also shape the effect. Fresh-frozen live rosin preserves the most terpenes because the flower never dries out. That's why live rosin smells so loud.
Yes, when purchased from a provincially-licensed retailer. We only index legal stores. You still need to be of legal age (19+ in most provinces, 18+ in Alberta/Quebec, 21+ in Quebec as of 2020).