Many of you may have seen or heard of Rosin. Since 2015 it has become an increasingly popular option for the home consumer and medical patient to be able to create a high-quality medicine at home safely and solvent-free, more conveniently than most manual dry sift or water hash methods.

The process relies on having two heated plates to squeeze your flower or hash, to extract the oils and terpenes but too much pressure can cause lipids and unwanted plant material to be pressed out.

One of the biggest factors in good rosin is having a good starting product, some flowers can yield from as little as under 10% to over 30%. Flower creates a beautiful terpene filled end product and hash can produce far higher yields when pressing, usually creating a more stable end product with great flavour. Moisture content of the flower before pressing is also an important factor and a prefered humidity of around 55-62% seems to be widely believed to be the best, 2-way humidity control packs can help re humidify material that is too dry. The end product can be incredibly versatile with modifying variables like using flower or hash/dry sift, what pressure, time or temperature is used and even the strain or time it has been cured can have a great difference on what comes out in the end. Which is a big reason why many find squishing can become a rewarding hobby they love spending time on and experimenting with.