How to choose your CBD flowers wisely

Many people checkout cannabidiol products online, unfortunately, a majority of them don't really know what they are buying.

 

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Choosing the Right CBD Flowers: In this first blog post, we'll give you several tips on selecting 100% legal cannabidiol cannabis flowers , and at the same time, we'll discuss some unscrupulous practices applied to your favorite products. (Warning: this article won't be to everyone's liking!)

Adding terpenes to low-odor cannabis flowers

Terpenes , are aromatic molecules naturally produced by plants. There are several thousand different terpenes, each with its own characteristic scent. This is why some CBD cannabis strains can have a fruity, earthy or even cheesy aroma!

 

Some varieties produce few terpenes and therefore have little or no aroma. While a strong scent isn't always a sign of quality, some market players don't hesitate to add terpenes to their productsto create the illusion, upon opening the package, that the flowers have a naturally exceptional aroma.

 

How can I tell if my flowers have a natural or modified scent?

It's very easy to check. Once you receive your checkout, open the packaging. The scent should be the same as the one produced by the flowers when you crush or crumble them. If there's a fragrance when you open the packaging but no aroma is released when you crumble the flowers, it means they've been treated with added terpenes and the scent isn't natural.

The addition of hemp leaves, stems and dust

The presence of cannabidiol (CBD) in hemp is no longer a secret. However, its concentration varies considerably depending on the part of the plant. Just like sugar in a fruit tree: the sugar concentration is much higher in the fruit than in the leaves or branches. As you might have guessed, the CBD concentration is highest in the flowers, but almost nonexistent in the leaves, seeds, or branches.

 

CBD flowers are sold by weight. Adding these residues increases the weight without actually providing you with more product.

The sale of moldy CBD flowers

Indeed, some unscrupulous retailers do not follow proper storage practices. Mold can then develop on CBD flowers. But that doesn't stop them from selling them!

Moldy flowers will have less flavor, less potency, and can also be dangerous to your health. To avoid consuming them, it is essential tolearn how to recognize moldy CBD flowers.

Chemical process to lower THC levels

Ouch, ouch, ouch… We're tackling a subject that deserves to be highlighted. Today, European legislation authorizes the marketing of hemp with a THC level (the psychoactive molecule, considered a narcotic) of less than 0.2% or 0.3% depending on the country.

 

The concentration of cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are positively correlated : if the CBD level increases then the THC level also increases (conversely, if the CBD level decreases, the THC level also decreases).

 

Growers do their best to produce plants with a high CBD content while respecting the THC limit.

 

However, a high concentration of cannabidiol creates a risk of exceeding the legal THC limit. It's worth noting that this limit can vary from country to country; for example, it's 1% in Switzerland (five times higher than in France!), while Italian legislation only allows 0.6%. This is why some producers are unable to sell their products outside their country: their harvests have too high a THC level.

How do they manage to get around this problem?

They lower the THC level using unclean chemical processes. Unfortunately, these chemical actions don't just affect the THC; they lower and destroy all the cannabinoids present in the flowers… the same is true for our beloved cannabidiol.

 

The result? A low-quality, polluted product with few or no natural substances…but which complies with the legislation!

 

Most of these methods are normally used solely to extract and process substances from cannabis, not to reduce the THC content of the flowers! We are not familiar with all the methods used because we do not condone this type of process, but we are sharing the information provided to us by some unscrupulous operators.

 

One of the commonly used methods:

 

Simply soak the flowers in a solution of ethanol or butane so that the trichomes (resinous residue containing the active substances in hemp) dissolve in the solvent. This process also removes the THC and all the other natural substances from the final product—tough luck! The flowers are then rinsed and dried. This technique does not alter the external appearance of the hemp flowers.

 

Nice, isn't it?

 

Our advice? Choose unmodified products without added terpenes.

Buy your CBD from quality shops

We hope you enjoyed this first article and that it provided you with the necessary knowledge to choose your CBD cannabis flowers wisely, and above all, to avoid buying hemp with added terpenes, powdered CBD crystals and or worse, propane or butane residues… at 15 euros (or more!) per gram.

 

It is essential that the CBD flowers you buy meet all the elements mentioned above, so that they are of the best possible quality.

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