Making Bubble Hash Presented by Russ Belville With assistance from Smoke Dogg and Alicia Williamson
What is Bubble Hash? • Trichomes from cannabis plant – THC! • THC is non-water soluble. • Ice water is used to crystallize the trichomes. • Vigorous mixing of plant and ice water causes trichomes to separate from plant. • Gets “bubble” name from foamy nature of the mixed plant/water. • Water sifted through fine mesh to extract the hash. ki
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Required Supplies - Bags • Five Bubble Hash Bags, from fine to coarse mesh. • We used bags with 48, 80, 120, 160, and 200 micrometer mesh. • Bags must be about 16”-18” deep with about a 12” diameter (fits a 5-gal. bucket)
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Required Supplies - Other • Two 5-gallon plastic buckets with one secure lid. • One power drill, preferably with locking action. • One long paintmixing attachment for drill. • Mixing handle for drill. ki
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Required Supplies - Other • • • • •
A 7lb. Bag of ice. Paper plates. Paper towels. Cheesecloth. Two cards for scraping. • Water and a sink. • Up to sixteen ounces of leaves, stems, shake, and buds. ki
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Setting up the drill • Cut a 1” hole in the center of one of the bucket lids. • Poke the paint-stirrer through the hole in the lid and connect it to the drill.
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Setting up the hash mix • Place all of the plant material into one of the 5-gal. buckets. • Place ice in the bucket on top of the plant material. • Fill the bucket with water, but leaving about 4”-6” from the top of the bucket.
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Setting up the hash bags • Line the other 5-gal. bucket with the finestmesh (lowest numbered) hash bag. • Line the next-finest-mesh hash bag inside the previous bag. • Repeat with the other bags, so that the numbers increase from first (outside) bag to last bag. • With our set, the 48 bag goes in first, then 80, 120, 160, and 200 is last. ki
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Mixing the hash • Place the lid/drill onto the ice/plant bucket. • Make sure that lid is on TIGHT! • Place the bucket between your feet to keep it steady. • Run the drill and hold it up enough to provide thorough mixing. ki
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Mixing Cycle • Blend the ice/plant mix for 5 minutes. • Take a 15 minute break to allow the plant material to soak and separate. • Blend again for 5 minutes and break again for 15 minutes. • Blend one last time for 5 minutes. ki
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Pouring the hash • Pour the contents of the ice/plant bucket into the hash bag bucket. • Remove the outermost bag and slowly lift up. This bag will contain the plant material, and a brownish water will drain from the mesh at the bottom. • Dip the bag a couple of times to clear the foam from the outside. ki
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Pulling the first hash bag • It’s okay to twist and squeeze the bag to get the most foam from the mix – but be careful not to rip the bag. • Dump the plant material back into the other (empty) 5-gal. bucket.
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Pulling the next hash bag • As you pull the next bag, it will be almost all water, you may need to shake this bag vigorously to get the water to drain. • Dip the empty bag to clear the foam. • What remains in the bottom of the bag is the first bit of hash. ki
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Scraping the hash from the bag • Stretch out the mesh of the bag onto a flat surface. • Use a card to scrape up the hash. • Place your cheesecloth onto a paper towel on a paper plate. • Scrape the hash onto the cheesecloth. ki
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Drying and molding the hash • Fold the cheesecloth on top of the hash to make edges on the hash. • Pat the paper towel on top of the cheesecloth. • Pat lightly to remove some of the moisture, but it doesn’t need to be bone dry.
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Pull the rest of the hash bags • Take your hash off the cheesecloth and let it dry on a paper towel. • Wash the now-empty hash bag and hang it to dry. • Begin pulling the next bag and repeat the drain / dip / scrape / dry process. • Remember, each bag will be successively harder to drain, as the mesh gets finer and finer.
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The results • Each successive bag will yield a finer, more potent hash. • Your first bag will give you dark green, coarse-looking, grainey hash. • Your second bag should produce a medium green, less-coarse-looking hash. • Your third bag will produce the most hash, which will be a smoother-looking, blonder hash. • Your last bag will produce the smoothest hash, but not as much as the third bag. ki
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Repeating the process • The entire process may be repeated one more time. • Take your water from the hash bucket and pour it back into the other bucket containing the plant material. • Add more ice if necessary. • Put your hash bags back onto the now-empty bucket. • Put the lid on, follow the mixing schedule, pull and drain the bags as before. ki
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Finishing up • After pulling and scraping all the bags, go ahead and dump the remaining water and plant material (or save it for a mulch). • Two cycles will get you about as much hash as you’re going to get. • Let your hash dry for a day before trying to use it. • This process can be messy! Wear your grubby clothes. You may want to have some plastic sheets to protect your floors and furniture. • Follow these instructions and you’ll be enjoying your hash in no time!
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Questions? This presentation can be viewed on the internet at www.ornorml.org/omca/hash