Can i vape kief

If your screen is starting to get clogged, you can tap your grinder against something to try to dislodge any remaining kief.

You can also clean your grinder and screen to increase the amount of kief that filters through. Using a dry herb vaporizer is one of the most efficient ways to consume your kief.

Anders Nelson New Member. Abysmal Vapor Saturnine in my mind. All jokes aside - my friend did that, years ago - he gagged, and it was fun to watch. That was at least 10 or 15 years ago. Well keepsake, I had never vaped kief straight before, but I tried it because you asked about it. I have a mixture of kief from the trim of the 6 varieties of cannabis I'm smoking, plus grinder kief to compare. I first tried the trim kief. I gently hand screened it myself and it is a beautiful blond.

I loaded a quarter bowl in a stock dbv wand. I took one just massive hit that had me floored, and coughing for several minutes, but after that I took my normal quick second hit and for the same lungful, for me, the kief seemed smoother.

It caked up a bit at first then, crumbled a bit, but stayed sticky and chunky as it vaped. The flavor, while very intense and wonderful, lacked the freshness and complexity of it's bud counterparts. The perceived "freshness difference" could have been the result of differences in storage. The bud has been kept airtight. The kief is just in a ziplock, often left open. I know, I should put it in glass and keep it closed. The grinder kief was a mix of Green Ribbon and Green Crack.

It melted and bubbled so I only took a fairly small hit before I scraped it out, as I thought it may clog the screen. That stuff tasted amazing, much better than the trim kief, and although it may be because of the small hit, I felt it also was smoother than the bud. This was pretty cool to try out, and I got really stoned, but for me, I think I will stay with just mixing the kief with bud.

I think that my comparison may be somewhat flawed as the temperatures for optimum vaporization of a particular kief is different seemed higher to me than it's corresponding bud, and I didn't pursue dialing in the sweet spot for kief and I wasn't comparing bowls of the same mass. It was an imperfect comparison, but I did get the feeling that for these particular buds, and the corresponding kief, that the kief was smoother.

A different cannabis and kief combo could be different for all I know. I have only tested what I have, but I may try it again as I have a new 14mm set-up, and my above comparison was on the stock 18mm. Peace and happy vaping to all. I have a Solo my first vape, about a month in and am a total convert now and filled the end of the stem with kief with just a little plant material to keep it from sucking through. I use a screen in the stem, inverted so that the middle pushes up like some other people have suggested here.

It worked very well, and the bowl lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. I've combusted bowls of kief in the past but was always disappointed how quickly it melted away, so whenever I had some kief I just used it to dust the top of a bowl on occasion. I always knew there had to be a better way than trying to burn this stuff, and vaporizing seems to be ideal for this kind of delicate organic material that's bursting with THC.

Flame kills it, but vaporising at the right temperature gave me hit after hit, each cloud hitting me like a hammer.

The taste of the kief wasn't as sweet as vaping the buds where this kief came from, but it wasn't harsh; more like the taste of the last decent vapor you could get from a bowl, which is usually not the best tasting IMO but not especially irritating. But it was powerful, a level above hash and way more than attempting to smoke it ever did for me- I had trouble finishing the bowl before the timer ran out on the Solo. So, when I vaporize kief now I'll add some to crushed plant material and maybe mix in some bubble hash with it.

Still get hit after hit of powerful clouds, but the taste is much sweeter, and it's not quite as debilitating as vaping a full bowl of glittering trichomes. But it's nice to know I can make use of this stuff and go there if I want, that is if I have no plans and want to melt on the couch for a few hours BTW, as to your question, my guess is that vaping kief tastes different and usually not as sweet as the buds because you're getting a much higher concentration of THC per weight and are mostly tasting that instead of the other chemicals in the plant, some of which contribute to the taste and smell.

If you purify THC to very high concentrations and eliminate the plant material and other chemicals, it doesn't taste all that great, but it's obviously much stronger than concentrations in high grade bud. I personally love the taste of quality buds mmmm gs cookies , which is a big reason why I chose the Solo, so for me I want some flavor to my vapor and use kief to mix in with other tasty goodies.

Purer kief contains more of these components, but requires a finer sifting process. While cannabis plants utilize their resinous trichomes in the wild to fend off potential pests or fungi invasions, humans have a completely different relationship with these precious chemical factories.

Humans turn to trichomes and kief for:. These crystals are excellent on their own or mixed with some flower, providing an overall boost to your medical or recreational experience. Kief's potency, terpene profile, and flavor depend on its source strain. Genetics, nutrition, and environment all play a role in deciding how strong and diverse the plant - and its kief - will be.

Kief poses no more risk than any other cannabis product. However, if you're inexperienced or don't use cannabis often, we don't recommend you add kief to your recreational or medical bowl, joint, or blunt. Even though it's not dangerous, excessive THC can make you feel anxious and ill. It's good to stockpile some kief, so you have room to experiment. The good news is you probably have everything you need to collect it. Why a three-chamber grinder? Because one chamber contains a mesh screen meant to let kief through, collecting below.

To separate the kief from the plant matter, grind your weed as usual. Don't put too much in at once. You'll want to leave space for the kief to fall through your mesh without being blocked by ground herb. You can also gently scrape a nug across the mesh screen in a back-and-forth motion until a fair amount collects.

After grinding your flower, giving a gentle shake to your grinder before opening also helps collect a bit more kief. This method is affordable and accessible but also requires patience.

It'll take quite a while to build a decent amount. What separates good kief from great kief is the level of refinement. Your grinder might work well collecting tiny plant matter and full crystals, but it's the trichome heads we want. To separate the weed from the chaff, you'll need a very fine single screen at 80 to LPI lines per inch or several layers of gradually smaller screens. There are also specially-designed sift boxes you can get online if you're willing to pay a little extra.

Either way, you'll get more potent, better-quality sift compared to a grinder. Cannabis flower alone isn't nearly as potent as the hairs around it. Consequently, you sacrifice the plant material's potency in exchange for kief. Thanks to the many cannabis consumption methods available, we can use kief in several ways. It's as easily accessible as the rest of the plant matter and has carved a prominent place in cannabis culture.