Looking to get your hands on some herb grinders?

If you’re new to the world of cannabis, or if you have a history of tobacco usage and want to jump into the world of weed, you’re going to run into something called a grinder, and you will certainly be left with a few questions about what it is.

In the stoner world, herb grinders are among the most common smoking gear you’ll find. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from something as simple as a grinding card to a significantly more complex multi-chamber device.

Why Should You Choose a Herb Grinder?

Grinding your weed or cannabis, by way of a grinder can prove very useful if you’re looking to save time and avoid a mess. In addition, a grinder would also help you closely monitor the type of granulation, which would help you grind it to just the right amount depending upon how you want to consume your dried cannabis. You could either smoke it by rolling papers or inhale it as vaporized substances by way of a vaporizer. Though my only complaint with the latter is that the drug administration in Canada suggests you consult a licensed health care provider before using a vaporizer since it doesn’t necessarily eliminate all the toxins found in vaporized substances.

Where to get one?

They are available at any head shop at the market or if you prefer to be a customer in the online market space, you can search up a website or page like “My Pure Canna” where you can, not only purchase the grinder for your cannabis but also some of the legal dry herb along with it.

What Exactly is a Weed Grinder and Why Would I Want One for My Dry Herb?

You’ve probably already guessed what a herb grinder would do, it simply just takes your weed or cannabis and breaks it down into smaller pieces which can then, in turn, be more easily used in blunt wraps and smooth-hitting bowls.

Using a grinder helps to enhance the smokey flavor of your cannabis products, by uniformly grinding down the cannabis flower.

Though there are a number of ways in which you could grind up your weed, an herb grinder certainly proves to be the best due to its efficiency and other perks such as a kief catcher, which helps prevent creating a mess.

Kief Catcher

This catcher refers to the lowest chamber in a grinder, where it sits collecting all the potent crystal kief which get knocked off the buds of the weed during the grinding procedure. A mesh screen is usually atop the catcher and allows for the crystals to filter through. If the mesh screen gets too messy or if the mesh screen gets clogged up there are some grinders with an easy change screen you could get to avoid having to deal with such problems.

Easy Change Screen

An easy change screen is exactly what it says it is, if your screen gets clogged up simply remove it and replace it. You can easily search for and buy an easy change screen from an online website or shop. If you keep having to face troubles with clogging, you can go back to the online website and buy them in higher quantity and stock them up in your house, though I should mention, if you do choose to stock up, be sure to have money on hand as you’ll be paying a larger price.

The Different Types of Herb Grinders

There are a variety of different herb grinders out there ranging from metal grinders to acrylic grinders and even electric grinders. However, the following are the most common ones you’ll find when you search it up on a website:

A Grinder With Only One Chamber

A single chamber grinder is the simplest form of grinder you could get your hands on. Its simple design factor makes it perfect for those who want to quickly grind up a bit of their weed and have it ready to be consumed.

Sharp Teeth That Give You That Finely Ground Cannabis

The single chamber contains blades that are sharp teeth-like objects, which when combined with the blades of the cover, grind up the weed placed in between the blades. It goes without saying that the sharpest teeth grinders are often the highest quality and most efficient.

A Grinder With Two Chambers

Also referred to as a two-piece grinder, this one is perfect for anyone that is looking to get some quality grounded weed to roll smoother joints, by way of smooth grinding.

Unlike the previous grinder, this grinder comes with two chambers, as the name suggests. The second chamber is a storage compartment, which sits below the processing compartment, the one with the teeth. Once the teeth split up the weed into tiny pieces, they fall through tiny holes, also called the screen, and land in the storage compartment.

A Grinder With Three Chambers

This grinder is similar to the second one, in the sense that it too has the same top and bottom components. The main difference between the two is the middle compartment in the three-chamber grinder.

After the teeth eat through all the cannabis given to them and break them into tiny pieces, the pieces fall to the middle chamber which consists of a lot of screens for the life to go through. These multiple screens work together to ensure only the highest quality of kief gets to the bottom chamber.

How To Use a Herb Grinder

The aforementioned grinders are the most well-known and used by almost every cannabis user on the planet. Though they all have a different amount of chambers, the process of using each of them is, more or less, the same. The following is a step by step process of how to use them:

Step 1: Fill Up the Cover of the Grinder

Open the top flap of the grinder and fill it up with cannabis. Though before placing the cannabis, be sure to cut it up into smaller chunks so that it can fit into the lid, and get ground up.

Be sure to not put any herbs in the middle part of the chamber and that you only add what you intend to grind to the lid. To make sure your desired herbs grind correctly, try to fill in the lid by placing the herbs in between the teeth, at both sides of the chamber.

A Tip to Remember

When you’re filling up the lid with herbs, try not to add too much to the grinder as that would create difficulty in rotating the grinder and effectively grinding the herbs.

This could take some practice, to get down exactly how much you should use at once to not only effectively grind the herb, but also efficiently grind it. To find the perfect amount for your grinder, start off with small amounts and go up from there until you feel you can’t twist the lid as effectively.

There are different reasons for the variation in amount each grinder can effectively and efficiently grind, but it’s mainly due to the size of the chamber and also the sharpness levels of the teeth.

Step 2: Commencing the Grinding

After filling up the lid, lock it in with the rest of the grinder. If you experience any difficulties when closing the lid, try to move pieces of herb into the chamber itself. If the lid closes smoothly, you should have no trouble starting the grinding process.

Use one of your hands to firmly grasp the lid, while with your other hand, grab the rim of the grinder, below the lid. Start rotating the grinder in opposite directions, the grinder itself should be rotated clockwise, while the lid should be turned counter-clockwise.

Initially, you should feel some difficulty when rotating the two parts, but after a bit of turning, thighs should begin to ease up and move a lot more smoothly. Eventually, the blade within the processing component will start to glide through the herb and cut it up nice and easily, with no resistance at all.

A Trick to Keep in Mind

It would prove more helpful when you’re grinding, to grind with the grinder flipped upside down. This allows most of the herb to stay within the processing chamber when grinding and allows for you to thoroughly grind through every last piece of cannabis you placed within it. Once you feel comfortable with the amount you ground your herb, flip the grinder back around to allow for the kief to find its way down to the storage chamber.

Step 3: Empty the Storage Chamber

The last step to grinding your weed is to collect it. To begin with, start by pressing the lid a few times to ensure no herbs remain trapped in the inside area. This is especially important if you’re using a grinder with more than one chamber, as it ensures all the material goes down to the final chamber.

Finally, very carefully remove the lid and collect the fine powder you’re sure to have made. If your grinder came with a scraper, you can use the scraper to gather every last bit of material that’s in the storage chamber.

What Are Some Ways to Effectively Collect All the Kief in the Grinder

While the prior mentioned steps only help you to use a grinder, there are a few things you can do to effectively turn all your cannabis into the tiny precious material you desire. The following are methods to enhance the performance of your grinder:

Use a Penny

Aside from just simply grinding and getting your powdered herbs, there is a simple technique that allows you to get more out of your grinder, literally.

Simply add a penny or any small coin for the matter, to the middle chamber of a three-chamber grinder. When you are done twisting the grinder, make sure all its components are securely attached to each other, and then begin shaking the whole grinder vigorously. Doing this before collection will help more kief fall down to the bottom chamber which previously couldn’t due to being caught up in a screen or a wide array of other reasons.

This will allow you to amass more of the precious kief you desire when you open up the grinder for collection.

Freezing Your Cannabis Beforehand

This tip might sound very strange but it actually does help a lot when using a grinder. Doing this will allow you to more easily remove any of the hair structures from your kief powder, by making them more fragile.

Advantages of Using a Grinder

Though we have mentioned some of them before, within this article, we’ll be taking a deeper look at each one and telling you why a grinder is your best choice for breaking down cannabis. Though there are a lot of reasons for the aforementioned claim, we’ll only cover the following few:

It Provides Excellent Accuracy

Using a grinder will help ensure that the powder that you get will be of even quality when you smoke it. It provides the much-needed consistency in the art of processing a herb’s natural chemical components.

In fact, it is particularly the purity of the herb that has a lot of impact on the taste that you get from it, even more so than the type of water filter people use when looking for a good smoke. 

An herb that is more uniformly filtered, such as the one you get from a grinder, burns a lot more reliably than an unevenly filtered herb. This makes it a more viable and enjoyable option for a joint to smoke.

The uniform filtration also leads to a more steady stream of flavorful vapors whether it burns in a joint you choose to smoke or whether it heats up in a vaporizer, though as previously mentioned, you would be using the vaporizer at your own risk if you choose to do so without consulting an expert.

It Gives a More Natural Taste

If you choose to grind with your hand, you’ll notice it to be quite difficult trying to extract the powerful mixture of the different chemical compounds within the cannabis.

Since a majority of the cannabis vaping machines available for purchase to customers contain a vaping chamber for loading it up with weed, the cannabis must be consistently grounded.

If done correctly, you’ll notice the flavors when vaping to be stronger, and the clouds that form to be thicker.

It’ll Save Your Weed and Your Time

One of the biggest advantages of using a grinder for your cannabis is that it will end up saving you tons of money. The price of weed isn’t exactly cheap, and you’ll keep having to pay that price more often if you don’t invest in a grinder.

Cutting up cannabis into smaller pieces with your fingertips not only creates a lot of room for debris but also greatly reduces the plant’s quality, as a lot of its kief crystals get stuck to your fingertips while you’re cutting.

Paying the small price of buying a grinder can help solve that problem. The weed you grind will stay in your grinder, leaving no room for some excess residue, and as a result, would give you the most bang for your buck.

Since you won’t be touching the weed during the finding process, there won’t be any room for plant degradation either.

Grinding your cannabis will also only take half the time of doing it by hand, and since herb grinders come in a compact form, you can take it with you anywhere you need to grind a bit of weed.

Looking For Weed Grinders

If you’re looking to get a new grinder from one of the top grinder brands in the world, delivered right to your door in Canada, head over to ‘My Pure Canna’ right now.

They sell a wide selection of grinders and to purchase one of the great grinders that they sell, simply make an account on their page.

To create an account, go to their page and sign up with an email address and password. You must also verify your age, as their page states their customers need to be at least 19 years old. Once you’ve created your account l, you’re ready to purchase any one of the many grinders to choose from. You’ll even get free shipping if your order is over $100.

To get the best grinder, there are some user-submitted reviews found on their site which you could read through. While they might not have necessarily shared personal experiences, the review should be well informed enough to give you an idea of the product. If the grinder you’re currently reading a review of doesn’t seem like what you want or maybe the price isn’t right, you can simply look through the other grinders.

Once you find one you like, add it to your cart, and select a date for delivery. You can be sure that your order will be handled with so much care, and that you’ll receive it on the date you selected.

If you’re looking for the best grinders or anything to do with cannabis at all, head over to ‘My Pure Canna’ right now to get them, while also avoiding amazing services such as the aforementioned, free shipping.

Things to Look for When Buying CBD Oil Online in Canada

The great thing about CBD oil is that its popularity is soaring. This means that Canadians can buy their favorite products both online and locally.

Both online and local shopping for CBD oil does have their strengths and weaknesses. But we’re here to talk about the things everyone should look for when buying CBD online in Canada.

Look For Ratings and Reviews

The great thing about online shopping is that we can get an in-depth look at where we’re shopping from. While physical stores are also jumping on the trend of implementing product reviews, testimonials, etc., online stores have had it for years.

The convenience of buying CBD oil online means we can know more about each individual product before buying it. No doubt CBD oil is one of the most popular products in this niche. It is so popular that many stores struggle to keep it on their shelves.

With such high demand for CBD oil come plenty of shoppers who have had past experience with certain online retailers. This provides valuable information for savvy Canadians looking to learn more about specific stores and products before buying the oil.

And by reading reviews and ratings for said stores and products, Canadians will know whether or not to buy the product.

Look For The Ideal Use Of the Product

Cannabidiol is a very beneficial compound that does plenty of things. Most Canadians are familiar with CBD’s pain-relieving effects, ability to reduce inflammation, anxiety, and depression, help us sleep better, etc.

Taking CBD oil in Canada for any number of these reasons will certainly help you achieve that. But considering that CBD oil comes in many forms, it might be better to shop for certain products that help alleviate certain conditions. Let’s take sleep as an example. CBD oil can indeed help you sleep better.

But if you’re looking to get a good night’s sleep, then taking CBD from a tincture might be a better option than gummies or edibles. Whenever needing to solve sleeping issues, Canadians have to use a faster-acting solution. Edibles don’t offer that, but tinctures do.

The consumption method of each CBD product will help you determine if they’re good for your problem. This is why most CBD oil products contain a label that tells you what the product is best used for. And that puts us nicely to our next point, which is…

Always Read the Label

We understand that it can be quite tricky to read product labels when shopping online. But the label contains a lot of vital information. CBD oil isn’t just CBD. It contains a carrier oil such as MCT oil, olive oil, etc., and many products contain other ingredients to enhance the effects of the product itself.

These ingredients are added to the label. Thus, Canadians should try and find ways to read the label of the product before purchasing it. In addition to the ingredients, the label contains information such as the amount of CBD per serving, the total amount of CBD, nutritional information, weight, and more.

This information, as we mentioned, is very important for each shopper. If you cannot read the label from a particular online seller, then try to get in touch with them to send you the information via email.

Determine the Type of CBD Used

You’ve probably heard the age-old cliche that not every CBD oil product is made the same. And that is certainly true as CBD can come from three types. Those are full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, and CBD isolates.

What separates all three is the content of the hemp plant. Full-spectrum CBD oil contains every cannabinoid from the plant, including THC and many terpenes. THC is yet another popular compound that many Canadians are familiar with. But you shouldn’t be alarmed as the THC content in CBD oil Canada products cannot go more than 0.3%.

Broad-spectrum contains cannabinoids and terpenes, but it doesn’t contain THC. And CBD isolate is the purest form of CBD out there. It is close to 99% pure cannabidiol, hence why many call this form of oil pure CBD oil. Canadians should know the type of CBD in the oil before purchasing the product.

Doing this will help them identify whether or not the particular product appeals to their needs. If Canadians want to buy CBD oil with THC, then they need to look for full-spectrum oil. If they want the purest possible form of CBD, then they need to look for pure CBD oil.

Look For Deals, Discounts, and Delivery

Since the point of this article is to offer Canadians a simple guide on the things to look for when buying CBD oil online, we have to mention a few things specific to this form of shopping.

Online shopping is easily accessible to everyone nowadays. With hundreds of brands launching websites and online stores to appease the wider community, it is a never-ending battle for market dominance. Because of this, brands will usually offer shoppers all kinds of deals, discounts, and methods of delivery. That said, in Canada, most products are sent with Xpresspost shipping.

Looking for discounts will save you tons of money. And many online sellers also offer free shipping deals. Identifying the sellers who offer these deals and discounts isn’t difficult. All you need to do is simply go online and start browsing.

Finishing Thoughts

CBD oil is easily available online in Canada. The sheer number of online sellers and products makes the selection process quite difficult. But we can start eliminating the bad sellers by looking at specific things. The purpose of this article is to do that. We hope that through this article, Canadians will know what to look for when shopping for CBD oil online.

What is Pure CBD Oil and How is it Made in Canada?

The brilliant thing about cannabidiol is that it comes in many forms, shapes, and sizes. With such huge variety, it’s only natural for Canadians to want to learn more about the most exciting ways to take CBD.

And one way to do that is to take pure CBD oil. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, then this is the place to be. In this article, we will talk about what pure CBD oil is and how Canadians are making it. So with all that said, let’s start.

What Is Pure CBD Oil?

CBD oil comes in three types. Those are full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, and CBD isolate. For the purpose of this article, we will talk about the last one.

Many refer to CBD isolate as pure CBD. This is all thanks to the way isolated CBD is made – more on that later. For Canadians looking at taking cannabidiol in its purest form, there are a few things to know first. What everyone should know is that this might not be the best form of taking CBD.

This is all because of the unique connection when all cannabinoids of the hemp plant are present. Namely, many think that CBD is much more effective when paired with other cannabinoids. This gives CBD products the “entourage effect.” This effect, in short, makes the product more effective.

But that doesn’t mean CBD isolate doesn’t work. CBD isolate, or pure CBD is preferred by many shoppers. Those who don’t like THC and want to try CBD in its purest form can try pure CBD oil.

While anyone can take pure CBD oil on its own, there are many more ways to do it. Once CBD manufacturers are done making the oil, they turn it into tons of products. Some products do contain other ingredients, but the fact remains that CBD is the only cannabinoid present.

Canadians looking at the many ways of taking pure CBD oil should know that their options are many. From tinctures, gummies, and capsules, to lotions, salves, and creams, there is enough for everyone to go around.

How Is Pure CBD Oil Made in Canada?

To make pure Canadian CBD oil, you have to follow a strict process. Since CBD isolate comes in a pure or powdery form, you will have to do that before you can turn it into oil.

To make CBD isolate, follow this guide.

Making of CBD Isolate

The first thing Canadian CBD manufacturers do with any product is extracting the CBD. This first step is highly important as we need to somehow remove the CBD from the hemp plant. To do that, Canadians are using a CO2 extraction method. This method returns crude oil that contains many other compounds, terpenes, and cannabinoids. In addition, it also contains terpenes.

At the end of the extraction process, the crude oil has to go through an additional process of extraction. Many Canadians call this next step winterization or distillation. They’re essentially the same thing. What this step does is remove all the cannabinoids, compounds, and terpenes of the crude oil. At the end of the process, Canadians get nearly 90% purified CBD.

But this isn’t the final product, and we need to bump up the purity levels even more. So an additional purification process that turns the distilled CBD into isolated is necessary. This process gives back nearly 99% pure CBD. Canadians should know that this entire process return CBD isolate in crystalline or powdery form.

So we’re a long way from making pure CBD oil.

Turning Isolate Into Pure CBD Oil

Pure CBD oil is very popular in Canada. We mentioned that the oil can be used to make all kinds of isolate products such as gummies, topicals, tinctures, and more. But before Canadians can make those products, they need to turn the CBD isolate into oil. So to do that, the first step is to acquire the necessary ingredients.

These include the CBD isolate, a carrier oil, and the necessary equipment. These include a stove, a whisk, and two pots with one being larger than the other.

The process starts by mixing the CBD isolate crystals or powder with the carrier oil of your choice. In Canada, MCT oil is the preferred choice for a carrier oil. To mix these two, Canadians use something called a double boiling method.

What this method essentially allows is for multiple ingredients to be blended together without exposing any of them to very high temperatures.

While it’s more complex than that, this is essentially how Canadians make pure CBD oil. It’s important to remember that no other cannabinoids are used, otherwise, you’ll lose the purity factor. For those of you who are interested in learning why pure CBD oil is so popular, here are a few benefits.

Benefits of Pure CBD Oil

CBD is very beneficial for us. Canadians are aware of this and they use it for a whole bunch of reasons. Many prefer CBD as a way to relax after a hard day of work. Many others prefer it to beat stress, reduce anxiety, and ease off tension.

A whole other group of people uses CBD as a means to lessen pain and inflammation. CBD is also used as a sleeping aid, and the sheer versatility of CBD isolate means you can incorporate it into your nighttime routine. While many other benefits exist, it’s important to understand that pure CBD oil can be also very effective.

Hashish is a type of cannabis concentrate. It’s typically pressed or rolled into a ball and smoked with dry product, but it can also be vaporized. You may have heard the term “hash” before in reference to this product, which simply means that it has been mixed with other ingredients like herbs and spices.

This post will introduce you to hashish: what it is, how to use it, what are its benefits for recreational users as well as medical patients who need more pain relief than marijuana alone could provide.  Let’s get started!

What is Hashish?

“Hashish” is a type of cannabis that you can smoke. It has been around for centuries and comes in many different varieties with varying degrees of potency, ranging from low-grade to high-quality “hash.”

What exactly does hashish look like? Well, it’s not an uncommon sight on the streets these days as more people are getting into smoking up or taking edibles. Hash is often confused with marijuana but they’re actually two very distinct substances; one being far stronger than the other depending on how much THC content was contained within when harvested during extraction processing.

How is Hashish Made?

The process of turning cannabis plants into hashish is not usually one that beginners attempt, as it does require a great amount of skill and experience.

The first step in the refining process requires painstakingly removing all seeds from the plant matter with tweezers or other tools before proceeding to remove any excess plant material including leaves, stems, and flower tops. Refiners will then separate their product by sieving out impurities such as dirt particles through mesh screens while maintaining finer parts like crystals or resin glands intact for further processing.

How do you use hashish?

Smoking

There are many ways to use hashish, but the oldest and most common way is smoking it. When combined with cannabis flower, you can pack them into a pipe or bong (water pipe) or roll joints out of it.

Vaping

One really popular way of consuming hashish is by vaping it! There’s hardly any smell or smoke involved so this method will keep you smelling fresh with no ashy fingers when people walk past you on the street. This method does not involve combustion, and so you can avoid the tar that is associated with smoking.

Dabbing/Oil Rig

While dabbing is reserved mostly for cannabis concentrates such as shatter and wax, you can also dab hashish if you’re patient enough.

To experience the full bouquet of flavors, it’s important to heat your nail at a lower temperature. With this in mind, grab your rig and dab away!

The Benefits of hashish

The benefits of hashish are plentiful. It has medicinal uses, it can be used as a sedative for those with anxiety and insomnia, and is even capable of helping ease withdrawal symptoms from other drugs such as opioids or alcohol. Unlike flower, hashish is an extract making it more potent but won’t be as intense as something like shatter.

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