Imported or domestic? Which do you prefer?

[mtbazz]

Lately I've noticed a funny thing with hash that makes me ask how popular hash is in the different areas that forum members live in...

Around me, weed is king..You don't ordinarily see hash of any kind, much less full melt bubble in circulation unless you "know someone"...and even than it is not that popular, especially if it is known that it is "domestic" hash.

However, call it imported from Morroco, Afghanistan, Nepal, etc...and people are all of a sudden all over it.

Now, aside from once or twice 20 some years ago when I happened to get my hands on some true afghan hash, I never really had a chance to really smoke much hash until I started growing and making my own ice water extracted hash, so I can't even compare "domestic" hash to "imported" hash fairly since that memory of my one time encounter with imported hash is so distant.

Thanks to icmag, and some print material I do understand how hash is made in these countries, and it seems to me that hash from those areas would be more contaminated with plant material, and also be of less quality than ice water extracted hash..Thoughts?

 

[Gray Wolf]

Without question that which I make myself, from favorite strains that I've tended, which makes it domestic.

Our garden is organic, so there is never any question what is in the material and I prefer it unpressed.

Hard to find that in an import.

PS: People can and do call their stuff by what ever name they choose on the black market, and add what ever they choose as filler. Some of those folks are fine fellows, and some are not, so unless you know the complete history, you can't really know what you've got.

 

[Guest02345]

i dont really care as long as its dank and not packed full of chemicals

 

[thesloppy]

15 years ago I bought a hundred dollar block of hash off a guy at a bus stop. He told me it was "straight off the boat from Amsterdam"...considering that I'm on the West coast, this was unlikely. That didn't stop me though, and I should've been more suspicious when he started doing a little dance and referring to himself in the third-person ("Go Tony! Go Tony! Go Tony!), once I agreed to buy it.

I swear that thing was made out of solid nutmeg.

 

[djonkoman]

I prefer imported. most hash around here is import, and it's also pretty common, I have some friends who exclusively smoke hash
I have a few reasons for preferring import.
1. domestic hash is often more expensive(since it takes more weight in weed for a smaller weight in hash), while import is usually about the same price per gram as weed
2. with domestic hash you never know what you're getting, weed is sold by the strain here , while domestic hash is sold under a new name or a common name, in both cases no relation to the strain it was made from. so you don't even know if it's indica or sativa, and hash with the same name from a different source could be made from a completely different strain. for example 'ice' or 'ice-o-lator' is a common hash, wich is just any hash made with the ice-o-lator technique(and is 20-30 euro a gram, compared to 5-10 for most other hash and weed)
with import you know wich area it's from, and so you also have at least a idea of what it is

and llast but not least
3. I buy hash because I want something different, not just the same effect as the commercial weed but in hashform instead of weedform, I want something that's more unique, with a significant difference from all the strains available in weedform.
you'll ocassonally see afghanweed, but from all other hashes I've never seen weed available.

so for these 3 reasons I prefer importhash over domestic.
I especially like nepal, there has been a period of a few months that I vaped and smoked nothing but nepal, then it suddenly wasn't available anywhere, but now I have some again and vaping from it for the first time in a few months was like meeting a longlost friend, really like the high from nepal. and with a nice unique taste too

I think the most common here is moroc, wich comes in many forms under different names, I know a place that has up to 4 different morocs, varying in price and quality
afghan and nepal are both pretty common too

 

[sixixix]

Proper imported hash is awesome. The taste and high is different from most of the weed I smoke. I make dry sift, ice water extract and BHO, and even if it might be more potent, pure and all that, it`s just not comparable. My house could be filled to the ceiling with the best buds in the world, and I`d still be on the lookout for import hash. The constant hunt for the best quality is half the fun

 

[mtbazz]

Proper imported hash is awesome. ....The constant hunt for the best quality is half the fun

Is it really?? I mean, compared to ice water extracted hash, isnt the imported stuff much less pure ? I mean, its either hand rubbed or very crudely dry sifted from what I understand which would allow more contaminants to get in.

 

[sixixix]

Is it really?? I mean, compared to ice water extracted hash, isnt the imported stuff much less pure ? I mean, its either hand rubbed or very crudely dry sifted from what I understand which would allow more contaminants to get in.

60% Vodka is much purer than a bottle of red vine, but still people buy both. It might be a bad comparison, but the whole experience of smoking imported hash is different to smoking the stuff most people grow in their gardens. And if you find good import, it`s pretty pure, just not as pure as what you can make yourself on a small scale. Anyway, it`s all about the experience. The taste of a good import hash-joint is something every stoner should experience.

Another thing is the availability. Pure drysift/bubble is not something you stumble upon on the streets here in Europe, while import is relatively easy to find. It is part of our stoner culture, and it is an addition to all the different kinds of extracts from cannabis, not a competitor

Edit:
I don`t know how much you know about import hash, but you should check out Strainhunters Morocco. Yeah, i know, strainhunters=greenhouse=controversial, but you get to see lots of nice stuff from Morocco in that vid. They visit different farmers and get to see how they make their product. Lots of mouthwatering stuff in there!

 

[TripleDraw27]

We talking EU or the States, cause I think...I think we here in the states pretty much make our own for obvious reasons. If I was over there , id absolutely love the Imports. To me in a way its like Baseball cards when I was a kid. Different kinds, from reigons all over. Some good, great, bad , etc, from where the stuff actually originated . I think that would be exciting in its own way. I read the Hash sticky, and those guys know a lot about cultures I do not, first hand xp with this stuff. Very cool, envious. I guess I just see it a little different from the traveling we have done and living abroad.

Sixix, one of my fav videos for hash porn.

 

[kln]

The good Morrocan hash is really hard to find especially for tourists on streets of europe, the most you find is low quality hash with a serious of other stuff to make weight, something that morrocans wouldnt even smoke.

But if you are planing some trip, go to rif mountains in morroco, there you can find the best quality, and do never believe on the first thing they show you, most of the times they have a even better grade, so be sure to really ask for the best, and you will have a nice experience.