So I’ve seen three types of distillate in pens
A translucent greenish color
a translucent piss yellow color
a golden yellow
What does this mean? How do I get the translucent green? Is that cat 3? Is there an additive? Consistently I’ve had those been the best reviewed
water clean - very light piss yellow color are really the only ones you should be shooting for. no one wants to puff on green distillate
Ok piss see through water yellow over just a golden yellow?
Where are you getting greenish from? Heads kinda have that color sometimes, never seen green distillate
The color of a cart doesn’t really tell you much about the original distillate, especially if it has HTE added
Authentic Blinkrz and Pachis dispos have the color. I’ve never seen it anywhere else and never in a liter. The closest I’ve gotten to is the clean see through piss yellow liters.
im trying to understand why / how the green happens
What’s a recommended HTE add?
You might have just exposed yourself as a retard
Look I realize nothing is authentic I’m learning and asking question. They might not be the best questions but to my best knowledge I’m trying to point people in the right direction to help answer me.
I’m trying to figure out what they are using because originally I thought the blinkrz were weird color but got great reviews and now I’ve seen it somewhere else and so it can’t be a fluke. Somewhere this water clear green tinted translucent disti is happening and I want to drill down the how
P.s. yes I am in fact a retard at this but thats why I’m here because y’all are the experts and I wanna be knowledgeable like y’all
only colors you should see in disty are golden/amber. there are no cannabinoids that are green afaik.
likely azulenes from distillation or (probably) conversion…
Azulene production - Hash and Stuff / Distillation - Future4200
I guess it could also be from a flavoring additive… terps, HTE, etc. but that would be a first for me.
I think the real question you are asking is how to tell good distillate from bad, which is a GREAT question.
Unfortunately, color isn’t the metric. I’ve seen shitty water-clear, and I’ve had great yellow distillate. I’ve had great water-clear, and shitty yellow distillate.
Its very hard to grade it ultimately. Cat 1,2,3 etc is about pesticides and only applies for california. Don’t buy that nonsense.
What you want is distillate from natural Cannabis plant. No conversions, no synthetics, no hemp shit. Most websites that sell over the net are selling what you do not want. Go to a licensed dispensary, that checks your ID at the door and works with main-stream brands. If you are in a state without legal weed, or foreign country, its tough.
Most professional labs are just now developing methods for determining whats fake and whats not. Obviously an experienced user with decerning pallet can feel the harshness from fake distillate, but thats not something I’d want to test-monkey for.
I would guess it’s a formulated blend with a terp/plant oil fraction (a similar fraction to where sesquiterpene derivatives can be found hence the tint)
I would strongly recommend avoiding distillate product with a green tint.
Your lighter terps, which should be removed, will have that color. These are isomerized and degraded and have a thin to thick green consistency. They smell like they look, gym sock funk.
That is how it is for ethanol extracted distillate.
Ideally, distillate is clear but often you’ll see a bright orange to bright yellow for good quality. Red can be alright in the high 80s but will have more CBN or THCv.
Typically, cooked disty is darker. Cooking can happen accidentally or from conversion.