ALL ABOUT SHATTER

If you're bored of buying the same cannabis products all the time, and you're looking for a change, there are a huge variety of alternative smoking methods and forms of cannabis, outside of the traditional flower form.

Oils, extracts, edibles and tinctures; it can be overwhelming just trying to wrap your head around all the different forms of cannabis products available on the market these days.

WHAT IS SHATTER MADE OF?

If you’ve been wondering ‘what is shatter made of?’, we’ve got answers for you.

Shatter is sometimes called 'shatter wax', but the truth is that true shatter has more of the consistency of glass that has been laid out in thin sheets. It's often compared to glass, because of its texture and semi-transparency, as well as how brittle the amber-colored substance becomes when it’s made properly.

While it may not look much like the flower from which it's made, shatter is actually just a combination of the extracted cannabinoids and terpenes from the trichomes found in the cannabis plant matter.

To put this extracts strength into perspective, on average even the most potent, best weed strains available will typically have a THC potency ranging from around 15% to almost 30% in very strong strains.

Shatter, however, boasts strength as high as 80% THC in some cases. Even for veteran smokers, this extract has the potential to knock them for a loop; especially if they overindulge, or if they aren't prepared for the intensity of their high.

HOW IS SHATTER MADE?

Making shatter is a relatively straightforward process. With that said, and we cannot stress this enough, you SHOULD NOT try to make shatter at home. Many injuries, explosions and home fires have occurred because of users trying to make their own shatter at home, without the proper experience and equipment.

There are very specific, expensive pieces of equipment used to make this extract safely. The professionals who are making shatter have years of experience. Experience that even the more veteran cannabis users won’t have. You can buy shatter online canada anywhere.

With that said, to make shatter cannabis flowers are added to liquid butane; in order to separate the trichomes, cannabinoids and terpenes from the flower.

The resulting mix is then collected and heated, to remove as much as the butane as possible from the extract.

After it's been heated, the result is left to settle and cool; where it becomes the brittle, glass-like substance we know as shatter.