What is degumming in cannabis processing? Degumming is the step that removes phospholipids and related polar lipids from crude cannabis oil before distillation. If winterized crude still darkens hard in the still, leaves stubborn residue on hot surfaces, or produces a distillate that tastes flatter than it should, degumming is usually the missing step. Most [...]
What Is Degumming and Why Should You Care? If you have ever run crude cannabis oil through a distillation system and noticed dark residue fouling your evaporator, cloudy distillate, or an unexplained drop in potency, the culprit is likely phospholipids. These amphiphilic molecules survive extraction, survive winterization, and then decompose at distillation temperatures, dragging your [...]
What Is Winterization and Why Does It Matter? What happens when you dissolve crude cannabis extract in cold ethanol and let it sit overnight? The fats, waxes, and lipids that made it through your initial extraction crash out of solution. You filter them off. What remains is a cleaner, more refined extract with higher cannabinoid [...]
The conversation around THCA flower has been dominated by compliance anxiety for so long that the actual science barely gets airtime anymore. I find that frustrating. Not because compliance is unimportant, it is critically important right now, but because operators who do not understand the chemistry underneath the product are going to get crushed when [...]
A comprehensive technical guide to authentic solventless piatella production and the CBD-derived alternative pathway, from first principles of trichome chemistry through finished product. https://youtu.be/ARQ7Ke7Stz8 Introduction Piatella has become one of the most talked-about cannabis concentrates in the world, and for good reason. It represents the pinnacle of solventless processing: a golden, butter-like slab that melts [...]
What Is Devolatilization and Why Does It Matter? Ask any cannabis processor what separates a compliant product from a recalled batch, and the answer almost always comes back to one step: devolatilization. It is the controlled removal of volatile compounds from cannabis concentrates after extraction, primarily residual extraction solvents like butane, propane, and ethanol. Every [...]
If you have been working with short path distillation and wondering why your throughput plateaus or your potency stalls at 85%, wiped film distillation is the answer you have been looking for. This is the technology that separates hobby-scale operations from labs running real volume with consistent, high-purity output. I have designed and built over [...]
What Is Remediation in Cannabis Processing? When a cannabis batch fails testing, should you remediate it or destroy it? This is one of the most expensive decisions an extraction operator faces, and most people make it based on gut feeling rather than chemistry. Remediation is the process of bringing a non-compliant cannabis product back into [...]
What Is Color Remediation Chromatography? Color remediation chromatography (CRC) is a post-extraction purification technique that uses layered adsorbent media in a pressurized column to selectively remove pigments, chlorophyll, carotenoids, and other color-causing impurities from cannabis extracts. Originally adapted from the edible oil refining industry: where magnesium silicate and activated carbon have been used for decades [...]
