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If it doesn't Shatter, it DOESN'T Matter! 
I just had to post this, to counteract the now infamous "It if Doesn't Bubble, it ain't worth the trouble", quote.
Personally, I cannot stand bubble hash, and never have liked it. I even started a joke thread a while back, about how much better oil is than bubble. But this thread is meant to be serious, as a dedication to Amber Glass, Jolly Rancher, Absolute Amber, ala Jump, and the many other forms and appearances of the legendary "Shatter" material.
Recently, I started making this on my own after about 10 years now of various oil experiments, and I have to say, thanks to the folks like HMK, I can finally taste my oils for what they really, truly are. What I notice first, is that all my previous oils were severely contaminated with waste by products, that are not only costing more for some people to purchase, but adding to the harmful carcinogens in the smoke from improperly purged material.
I like fresh and frozen the best, but boy is it a PITA to deal with wet sticky trimming. Next in favorites, is the stuff that comes direct from fresh buds, but not directly off the plant. And last but not least, the serious nice trim, frosty with crystals.
When smoked with a titanium pad, the amber oils are by far the most flavorful, and delicious, purest, and most headiest smoke I have ever had in my life. I've had all kinds of oils, from dark alcohol extracts, to lighter alcohol extracts, and i've had the best full melt bubble, and bubble that was too sticky to touch, even. I've had clear yellowish oils that were viscous, from Divisadero many years ago, and all kinds of various concentrates. Maybe it's the fact that I grow my herb in organic soil, combined with the vapor action, but the results are not easily dismissed. The high is the headiest, most clear, most consistently potent, and the smoke is the smoothest and most flavorful I have ever had.
Now can anyone identify the pictures below and tell me what you see? Is it Honey Oil, or Poo Poo?
What you are seeing above, is the waxes and fats and lipids, and regardless of what it appears to be, there is no oil present in that gob of goo. It has been filtered several times, frozen to separate, warmed in slightly warm temps, separated, filtered again, and so forth. The only oil in those pics is on the side of glass, and there is very little there, either.
When you are buying BHO, Butane Honey Oil, and smoking it, the gob of goo you see in these pics, is AFTER a cotton filtration, then to coffee filtration, so it's already filtered twice, in approx. .15 micron ave. Then frozen in ethanol, and re-filtered, and this is what cannot be dissolved. This is what you are smoking and ingesting that gives you no actual effect, for the most part, as far as I know. Granted this was from sugar trim, but still, plant matters, waxes, fats and lipids get through, even butane extractions, and need to be completely cleaned up before they can be considered true "medicine".
I have to say this, because it recently occurred to me, now that i've been ingesting REAL meds.
The other thing that is most particular that I have noticed is that although my mind can be soaring high, and my body perfectly relaxed, I do not get the normal tired effect, like drowsiness, or sleepiness. I'm alert and high at the same time, and very relaxed as well.
I can truly say I notice a complete difference between the quality of Amber Glasses and Water Extracted Hash. Hash is HARSH, no matter how full melt it is, is ALWAYS burns my throat. I cannot smoke it, being asthmatic to begin with. But Glass actually expands my lungs severely, and makes me cough, but not from harshness, but rather expansion of the lungs, which is exactly what asthmatics need, not harsh contaminants.
That is my ode to Amber.
Anyone care to join in the fun?
Do you enjoy Amber Glasses specifically more than other kinds of extracts, and if so, what have been your experiences with it, in your own medicinal benefits?
I just had to post this, to counteract the now infamous "It if Doesn't Bubble, it ain't worth the trouble", quote.
Personally, I cannot stand bubble hash, and never have liked it. I even started a joke thread a while back, about how much better oil is than bubble. But this thread is meant to be serious, as a dedication to Amber Glass, Jolly Rancher, Absolute Amber, ala Jump, and the many other forms and appearances of the legendary "Shatter" material.
Recently, I started making this on my own after about 10 years now of various oil experiments, and I have to say, thanks to the folks like HMK, I can finally taste my oils for what they really, truly are. What I notice first, is that all my previous oils were severely contaminated with waste by products, that are not only costing more for some people to purchase, but adding to the harmful carcinogens in the smoke from improperly purged material.
I like fresh and frozen the best, but boy is it a PITA to deal with wet sticky trimming. Next in favorites, is the stuff that comes direct from fresh buds, but not directly off the plant. And last but not least, the serious nice trim, frosty with crystals.
When smoked with a titanium pad, the amber oils are by far the most flavorful, and delicious, purest, and most headiest smoke I have ever had in my life. I've had all kinds of oils, from dark alcohol extracts, to lighter alcohol extracts, and i've had the best full melt bubble, and bubble that was too sticky to touch, even. I've had clear yellowish oils that were viscous, from Divisadero many years ago, and all kinds of various concentrates. Maybe it's the fact that I grow my herb in organic soil, combined with the vapor action, but the results are not easily dismissed. The high is the headiest, most clear, most consistently potent, and the smoke is the smoothest and most flavorful I have ever had.
Now can anyone identify the pictures below and tell me what you see? Is it Honey Oil, or Poo Poo?
What you are seeing above, is the waxes and fats and lipids, and regardless of what it appears to be, there is no oil present in that gob of goo. It has been filtered several times, frozen to separate, warmed in slightly warm temps, separated, filtered again, and so forth. The only oil in those pics is on the side of glass, and there is very little there, either.
When you are buying BHO, Butane Honey Oil, and smoking it, the gob of goo you see in these pics, is AFTER a cotton filtration, then to coffee filtration, so it's already filtered twice, in approx. .15 micron ave. Then frozen in ethanol, and re-filtered, and this is what cannot be dissolved. This is what you are smoking and ingesting that gives you no actual effect, for the most part, as far as I know. Granted this was from sugar trim, but still, plant matters, waxes, fats and lipids get through, even butane extractions, and need to be completely cleaned up before they can be considered true "medicine".
I have to say this, because it recently occurred to me, now that i've been ingesting REAL meds.
The other thing that is most particular that I have noticed is that although my mind can be soaring high, and my body perfectly relaxed, I do not get the normal tired effect, like drowsiness, or sleepiness. I'm alert and high at the same time, and very relaxed as well.
I can truly say I notice a complete difference between the quality of Amber Glasses and Water Extracted Hash. Hash is HARSH, no matter how full melt it is, is ALWAYS burns my throat. I cannot smoke it, being asthmatic to begin with. But Glass actually expands my lungs severely, and makes me cough, but not from harshness, but rather expansion of the lungs, which is exactly what asthmatics need, not harsh contaminants.
That is my ode to Amber.
Anyone care to join in the fun?
Do you enjoy Amber Glasses specifically more than other kinds of extracts, and if so, what have been your experiences with it, in your own medicinal benefits?
