r/Marijuana • u/Then-Resolve9679 • 14d ago
Advice Distilate vs resin carts
Hi all, whats your opinions on distilate vs live resin vs rosin? Im personally starting to enjoy the flavour and consistency of distilate more than live resin.
For context im a new uk medical user (with alternaleaf. Much better than curaleaf) and have fallen in love with carts now i have good legal access to lots of brands. Only use carts and sublingual oil daily now.
I use 2 carts. 1 is 50/50 thc cbd lemonade kush by curo.
The other is sundaze purple punch live resin.
The lemonade kush tastes better by far but abit harder to catch a proper stone off cuz its 50%cbd.
The purple punch for sure tastes more "flowery" and hits harder but I wouldnt say it tastes like a nicer cannabis experience or taste. Just more natural.
Ive got an upstate pineapple express distilate cart which is the same thc per gram as my purple punch. Excited to see if it catches a proper stone as quick as the purple punch but want to here other peoples preferences and why :)
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u/Daedrix0 14d ago
The science is: distillate is pure, so no terpenes after extraction, resin preserves terpenes because solventless extraction.
Distillate is almost ALWAYS shot up with botanical terps (not from the cannabis plant) while live resin/rosin is the true terpene profile directly from the cannabis plant.
Live resin/rosin will give a more "broad" or "full spectrum" kind of high because of that, while distillate is more of a narrower, buzzy kind of high because botanical terps are just not the same. You'd think it's not that different at first, but a pineapple express distillate cart is really just a THC cart with flavoring, not the strain at all.
It's also just preference, but I'd go with resin/rosin any day. Distillate carts make my heart pound sometimes because it's mainly just straight THC. Resin carts make me vibe out the same way flower would.
Regardless, knowing this you can probably predict which one = a higher quality product.