HASH: The entire, illustrated water-extraction process

Created by Tripper
Reassembled by GreenElf

O.k everybody, i've been putting this off for way to long. I'm going to post with pictures The entire process of making the water extraction hash, with the bags. First picture is everything that you need to start.

So we'll start by filling up the first bag (Blue) inside of a bucket, with some water. Make the water as cold as possible, this is important to harvesting the crystal heads. We are not interested in anything but.

Now we throw in the leaf material, Make sure it's been in the freezer for at least a half hour before putting it in.
I usually use trim leaf for my highest quality hash, mila in amsterdam calls this stuff butter.

throw some ice in. We want our liquid to remain around 5 degrees C. This is very important for making the crystal heads brittle.

now it's a good idea to stir the dry leaf on top , until it is nicely wet, before we start mixing.

now it's time to mix with the electric mixer for us lazy guys. What this does is it breaks all of the brittle crystal heads off of their stalks.

Here we have a nice froth building up on top.

now we allow a half hour for settling. This allows for those crystal heads to sink down thru the mixture to the bottom of the bag and thru the special micron sized screen wholes.

now we pull the blue bag out of bucket no. one. allowing for it to drain thoroughly.

it's a good idea to speed this proccess up , by pressing the last of the water out with your hands.

You should now have a beautifully ice-tea coloured water in your bucket, this is a very good sign!!!!

Now we poor our prized liquid thru the second bag(Yellow). This will allow for the water to pass thru, but not our crystal heads.  It's almost time to celebrate!!!!

The crystals will begin to collect at the bottom of the yellow bag. IT will appear as a rusty brown wet sand .It is a good idea to pull the yellow back out of the bucket and hold it just above the bucket for the last little bit.

Let the bag drain thoroughly. But don't press the crystal inside the bag, just allow it to drain naturally. You don't want this screen to get plugged with crystal heads.

The hash is collecting nicely.
oh ya i almost forgot to mention. the water that is left over makes a great drink. It won't get you high , but it taste just like the strain that you use. You see, terpenoids-the things that give bud their taste-are water soluble and are pulled out thru the water. That is why it is a good idea to add a little kief to your finished product for taste.

Clean this bag immediately with cold , cold water. You want this bag as clean as possible . Other wise the quality and quantity of your hash making will go down!!!!

we should now collect the wet hash out of the yellow bag. I use a spoon for this. Then we place it in the pressing screen(I Supply with bags)

Now we wrap the screen in a towel, then roll with a wine bottle or rolling pin or jar, whatever you have will work. Keep moving the screen to a dry spot on the towel until you no longer see wet spots coming out .

and voila, we have some slightly pressed bubble hash. For a nicer smoke though it is good to press properly. I will post a picture of what this looked like after a finger press.
This piece by the way was 10grams, and i used about 200grams of leaf to make it.

Hash ball after a finger press sitting on Marcel's Millennium pipe

Pressed bubble hash w/ good shine

One of the bags used for filtration

For questions/supplies, contact Tripper at emeraldforest@direct.ca