West Coast Cure® | WCC™ (2024)

For the love of the nug and its intricate weed nug anatomy, we at West Coast Cure are committed to our legacy of deeply respecting and caring for cannabis.

For us, being a legacy brand means nothing less than having absolute love, care, and respect for cannabis. And knowing every moving, living part of the weed nug anatomy that leads to those bright, beautiful buds with all those juicy terps and mind-blowing cannabinoids.

Everyone from the seasoned toker to newly canna-curious knows and loves the plant for its sweet, sweet buds. We call those manicured buds nugs because that’s just what they are—golden nuggets of everything that went into the plant from seed to shelf. Knowing the ins and outs of the miraculous plant that gives birth to the precious nugs is key to recognizing true quality and botanical craftsmanship when it’s in your bag. So join us as we take a closer look at the plant that makes it all happen, and the nugs that deliver the goods.

Know Your Nug Anatomy: Parts of the Plant

Mary Jane goes through a wonderful transformation as she grows from tiny seed to full-grown Mother of all dankness. From the branches and palmate leaves that form in infancy to the clusters of sticky, aromatic buds that come into being with changing light cycles, the cannabis plant’s iconic appearance is a testament to its unparalleled diversity and adaptability in the botanical world.

Stem

The stem is the cannabis plant’s central support structure in the weed nug anatomy, moving essential fluids and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant. The stem also provides the necessary base structure for fan leaves to access light and ensure growth. When those nugs grow to maturity, the stem is there to carry the weight.

Node

The nodes hold one or more leaves, or offshoots, and are vital in determining the sex of the cannabis plant. As the plant grows into gender differentiation, the node will begin to grow a male plant’s pollen sac or female plant’s pistils

Fan Leaves and Sugar Leaves

Leaves are essential components of the cannabis plant, and there are two main types: fan leaves and sugar leaves. Fan leaves, the big guys sticking out everywhere, are like the plant’s solar panels, helping it with photosynthesis. Important as they are, fan leaves aren’t what you want for smoking. Instead, we go for the sugar leaves, the small ones surrounding the nugs. They’re called sugar leaves because they’re absolutely covered in trichomes, giving them that iconic sugar-frosted look. Sugar leaf trim is often used in edibles and concentrates.

Flower / Cola

Here it is: the main event. The nug, the crown jewel of the cannabis plant. The cola is the central part of the weed nug anatomy and the site from which small floral clusters grow, packed with trichomes and, by extension, all that THC that gives weed its special buzz. Generally, the more densely populated with frosty trichomes a cola is, the higher the quality of flavor, aroma, and experience.

Bract and Calyx

Bracts, often confused with calyxes, are tiny leaves that surround and protect the reproductive cells of the female plant. When exposed to pollen from a male plant, these bracts shield the seed pod and ensure fertilization. The real calyx is a translucent covering of the female plant’s ovule.

Stigma / Pistil

The terms ‘pistil’ and ‘stigma’ have a sordid history of being used interchangeably. But here’s the final word on the matter: The pistil is made up of a single ovule with two protruding stigmas. Stigmas are thin, hair-like structures that extend from the bract to catch male pollen. Identifying stigmas is crucial for growers, signifying the plant is ready to make some top-shelf buds.

Know Your Trichomes: The Three Types

Trichomes are the icing on the cake, covering the cannabis plant with a frosty look and a sticky feel. They’re the plant’s defense system, containing resinous glands that produce cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. All the goodies we enjoy.

There are three types of glandular trichomes:

• Bulbous Trichomes: Tiny bulbs scattered all over the plant, too small to be seen with the naked eye
• Capitate-Sessile Trichomes: More abundant than bulbous trichomes, found on the underside of sugar leaves and fan leaves, usually visible only through a microscope
• Capitate-Stalked Trichomes: Shaped like mushrooms with a large trichome head at the top of the stalk, easily seen on the surface of the flower.

What Does a Good Nug Look Like?

While size isn’t entirely insignificant, a good nug is more about density. Denser flowers typically indicate better quality and a greater abundance of all those precious compounds. Trichomes aren’t always frosty white, but should have a prominent crystal-like appearance. They not only enhance visual appeal but also reflect careful cultivation and handling.

As for the feel, a high-quality nug should be sticky to the touch, like syrup but not overly so. Avoid confusing stickiness with moisture, which could signify improper drying and curing. The ideal nug strikes a balance, being easy to break without crumbling into dust.

How to Spot a Male vs. Female Plant

What are the observable differences between the male and female cannabis plant? Knowing them is key to cultivation. Only female plants produce the coveted flowers rich in THC and other cannabinoids. Male plants, on the other hand, produce pollen sacs—essential for fertilization but not for consumption.

Female cannabis flowers do have calyx cells, but they do not have a defined calyx. The calyx cells are part of the perianth, a delicate veil of tissue that partially encloses the ovule or potential seed. In botanical terms, a perianth is made up of a corolla and sepals. Sepals are the green cup-like structures that protect the flower’s base.

Quality Nugs: The WCC Difference

Whether you’re a seasoned toker or an enthusiastic newbie, exploring the anatomy of the nug adds a whole new level of appreciation for the experiences it facilitates. And when you’re ready to experience the full-spectrum cannabis trip, check out our dank indoor and top-shelf flower options. Our Top Shelf bud boasts elevated THC content and carefully preserved terpenes, ensuring a fragrant and potent experience. For those seeking quality on a budget-friendly level, our Premium nugs are a terpene-rich choice in a convenient resealable package. The legacy farmers we work with have perfected their craft, working carefully with the environment to produce the ultimate expression of cannabis flower—dense, vibrant nugs in all their variety.

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What are the best strains for Halloween?

Spooky season is finally here—a celebrated time in the world of weed to get down with the spirits, vibe with the harvest moon, and embrace all things eerie and ethereal. Canna enthusiasts have always had an affinity for the spooky, the mysterious, the groovy uncanniness of life and the beyond. What better way to celebrate than with a devilishly curated selection of cannabis strains, live rosin dabs, and carts that capture the essence of All Hallow’s Eve.

Quality Reigns at West Coast Cure. Our devotion to the plant extends to every occasion and every shade of the cannabis experience. From the best of the dankest Indoor crypt, our top shelf buds are harvested by our partners at peak maturation, carefully curated to preserve all those mysterious terpenes and flavors. So light up your jack-o’-lantern, spark your j’s, and join us as we kick the season off with 13 Spooky Strains to keep close by this Halloween.

Step right up and get ready to shriek with delight. Introducing the enigmatic Jokerz Gelato. A diabolical, indica-dominant fusion of White Runtz x Jet Fuel Gelato gave birth to this wicked masterpiece from the mad scientists at Compound Genetics.

You’ll be spellbound by shimmering frosted buds with dastardly hues of olive green and deep purple. Earthy Kush flavors do a jester’s dance with sweet, seductive, fruity notes. Take a toke and go to a place where the lines between tricks and treats blur. But beware: make Jokerz Gelato your sesh circle’s potion of choice and the room may erupt with silly, stoney laughter.

Jack the Ripper is a hyperactive Sativa-leaning flower born from the unholy union of Subcools Jack’s Cleaner and Space Queen. An embodiment of vigor and peak creativity, Jack is destined to make a real mark on your Halloween festivities.

Stand-out conical flowers adorn a resinous trichome layer, calling all tokers to delve deeper into the unknown. Unmask Jack the Ripper and you’ll be party to a zesty citrus aroma with sharp pine notes. Spicy, earthy flavors linger with each puff like an eerie mist over the streets of London.

From the unholy union of Sour Apple and Animal Cookies comes Candy Apple — a sweet, Sativa-leaning marvel offering a flavor as sweet and tart as its Halloween treat namesake.

Close in on Candy Apple’s large, dense buds and you’ll be greeted by a candy carnival aroma with notes of zesty lemon and a hint of diesel. Effects are equally invigorating for the body and mind — a comfortable, focused high that inspires creativity and mental clarity.

Step out of the shadows and under the cover of Garlic Juice, an Indica-heavy bud forged by the alchemists at Oni Seed CO. Its flavor smacks of GMO’s zesty garlic and cloves and finishes with the sweet fruity notes of its Papaya parent.

Garlic Juice’s effects wrap you in a protective shroud of tranquility. Inhale the essence of Garlic Juice, and let the world’s chaos dissipate as you slip into a foggy sanctuary safe from the lurking shadows.

Nightfall got you down? Fear not, Lights Out OG is here to alleviate the daily stressors haunting your mind. This Indica-leaning weed is a cross of Triangle Kush, Chem 91, and Birthday Cake—a heavyweight collection of genetics to guide you through the darkest shadows.

Lights Out’s oversized nugs are like a dark forest with flashing neon green hues, fostering a pungent zest of earthy pine and spicy fruit. This Indica-heavy bud also delivers a powerful embrace of heady terpenes and trichomes that’s sure to soothe your worries and help you drift off to sleep, even in the darkest of hours.

As the spooky holiday season goes on and the nights carry more ghostly whispers, there’s no better way to embrace the shadows than with Midnight Snack — a delectable Indica-dominant blend of Ice Cream Cake and Gushers strains. This cannabis confection is a devilish delight for the senses, each puff igniting an olfactory seance of vanilla, ripe berries, and earthy notes.

As you savor this Halloween dessert, you’ll likely feel swift, deep relaxation, making for a tranquil dance of the senses tailor-made for the witching hour. Keep Midnight Snack on hand for a Halloween treat that promises to make your night magical.

Sugar Coated is a balanced hybrid flower born from the mystical union of Dosidos and Triangle Kush. This plant’s densely packed buds offer a sweet aromatic surprise, accented by notes of fresh herb and exotic spice. And the flavors are just as sweet with each toke, igniting a delicious combo of citrus and gas with an earthy exhale that hits like a secret whisper of autumn leaves.

Whether you’re seeking adventure, mental clarity, or a straightforward sweet escape, Sugar Coated is the cannabis treat to snag from the barrel.

Venom OG is the very embodiment of Halloween—mysterious, powerful, and full of wonder. An Indica-leaning bud from the dark and potent union of Poison OG and Rare Dankness #1, this dense, forest-green nug emits a heady aroma of earthy skunk and lemon pine with a strong diesel kicker. Each stoney puff from Venom OG pierces the mind with emotional clarity and elevated thoughts, a perfect accent to Halloween’s gleeful, eerie vibes.

Unleash the power of Bruce Banner—a powerhouse Halloween treat with a super chill twist. Born of the fearless cross strains of Strawberry Diesel and OG Kush, this hulking flower boasts a dense bud structure with iconic green and purple hues.

But don’t worry: this green isn’t the least bit mean despite its namesake. Expect a sweet, gassy aroma with a citrus twist, followed by stoney, tranquil effects for both body and mind. Show up at your next October smoke sesh with Bruce Banner and you’ll be the hero of relaxing times.

Treat yourself to a spooky twist on a stoney trip with West Coast Cure’s Durban Poison Live Resin Vape Cartridge. Its earthy and spicy aroma is perfect for conjuring up ghostly tales or decorating with your buds. This provides an energized boost to navigate the eerie night with an elevated mood.

Made from fresh, frozen flower, live resin preserves more of Durban Poison’s tasty terpenes and flavonoids for a vivid journey through dynamic flavors and effects. No matter what your Halloween celebrations look like, the Durban Poison Live Resin Cart is a clean, convenient potion for a haunting good time.

Another clean, convenient elixir for your canna-friendly, on-the-go Halloween activities. The Ghost Train Haze Live Resin Cart promises a hazy, citrusy, floral experience with an enveloping rush of THC, awakening the senses and igniting wonder for all things natural.

Crafted from whole plant, full-spectrum live resin, this 1-gram cartridge promotes an increased enthusiasm for the day — fresh eyes with which to embrace the world and all its enchanting apparitions. Whether exploring haunted woods, gazing at the stars, or simply finding joy in the rustling leaves, you’ll want to jump aboard the Ghost Train Haze to get there.

Looking to infuse your Halloween celebrations with a little raw desire? Our Jealousy Live Resin Badder is a bewitching concoction with a gassy aroma and a flavor, blending earthy graveyard notes with a forbidden funk.

Jealousy takes you to a euphoric realm of creative thoughts and feelings, sure to spark intrigue and affection in your closest spooky season companions. Our Live Resin Badder is whipped to perfection, creating a uniform matrix between the terpenes and THC-rich crystalline for a consistency that’s clean and easy to dab with any rig. And this Halloween, it’s your dark elixir for indulgence and enchantment.

Extracted from an Indica-leaning cross of Ice Cream Cake and Jealousy, West Coast Cure’s Temptation Live Resin Badder yields an enticing bouquet of gassy berry and tropical fruit flavors, followed by a seductive earthy exhale. It’s an exceptionally dank spooky season extract that promises to elevate your senses and add intrigue to your festivities. Savor its bewitching flavors, surrender to its seductive effects, and experience the magic only a dab of Temptation offers.

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Full melt hash is the crème de la crème of extracts. As terp chasers, we at West Coast Cure are here to bring you fire weed and fire weed only, in all its viable forms. And we do this through the ancient, holistic art of hash-making. When we add a new product to our lineup, you can rest assured it’s a fine-tuned manifestation of the cannabis plant’s dankest properties. The whole plant — carefully condensed and beautifully expressed in every dab, toke, or bite.

Our live ice water hash (made by freezing the trichome glands off with ice water) preserves the distinct, aromatic power of the plant’s natural terpenes and the sweet sensations of its full cannabinoid profile in an unadulterated form. With hash and other solventless concentrates, the goal is always to remove the bud’s resin glands, packed with all those cannabinoids and terpenes, mechanically rather than chemically. And when you do that, you’re honoring the land, the farmer, and the genetics that brought the plant to life.

As stewards of the plant and cannabis community, we want you to recognize high quality when you see it, whether you’re looking for the cleanest dab or the most holistic weed gummy on the market. Our Cultivar Specific Solventless Gummies are the latest West Coast Cure product to deliver the full spectrum of flavors and sensations of a solventless dab, powered by a “best of batch” full melt hash.

So what is full melt hash? How is it different from other forms of ice water hash, and what makes it an invaluable resource for formulating our cultivar specific gummies and concentrates? Find out in our helpful guide below.

What is Full Melt?

Ice water hash is collected by mixing plant material with ice to freeze off the resin glands, then sifting the mixture through mesh bags of varying micron screen sizes (kief, essentially a dry, decompressed hash, is typically collected through similar means: agitating dry trichomes through a mesh sieve or sifting screen). Larger micron sizes capture the entire trichome gland, including its stalk, but with bigger micron sizes, you get an increase in contaminating plant material. Smaller micron sizes tend to remove the top trichome gland without the stalk and significantly decrease the amount of plant material pulled in.

A full melt is an ice water hash of the highest purity, also known as bubble hash. It’s a high concentration of oil and little to no concentration of plant material, which means it’ll bubble up when you dab it rather than burn residual plant matter you get with a lower-grade hash. Nothing but the original cultivar’s pure, molecular goodness.

The Six Star Rating System

Ice hash is measured on a scale of one to six — from food grade to full melt — based on how well it melts under a flame. It’s the most common grading system among hash makers, accounting for the many variables that arise if measured purely by micron sizes.

Here’s how the six-star rating system is typically broken down:

Food Grade Hash: 1-2 Star

True to its name, food grade or cooking grade hash is most commonly used to make edibles. Typically sifted through the broadest range of micron sizes, food grade hash doesn’t melt well enough to be suitable for dabbing.

OurFlavored Solventless Gummies are made from food grade live ice water hash from farming partners in the Emerald Triangle. These gummies not only pay homage to the art of rosin but deliver the full spectrum of sensations you get from dabbing or vaping solventless concentrates.

Half Melt: 3-4 Star

Half melt is also very much true to its name. It melts about “halfway” when dabbed, leaving a modest amount of plant residue in its wake. Half melt is typically better for vaping than is food grade, and it’s equally appropriate for sprinkling over a bowl or joint. Half melt is also pure enough in oil concentration to heat and press into a finer rosin.

Full Melt: 5-6 Star

Full melt is the highest possible grade and the purest end of the ice hash spectrum. But can you dab it as easily as fine-pressed rosin? Absolutely, especially if you’re able to achieve a pure six-star melt. The goal of any solventless rosin should be to retain as much of the plant’s molecular profile as possible. A proper six-star full melt will have already achieved that retention on its own, fit for the most discerning of dabbing connoisseurs.

How We Use Full Melt Hash

At West Coast Cure, we seize every opportunity to be good stewards of the plant at the center of our rapidly growing and ever evolving industry. Using full melt hash as the basis for new products is how we ground every WCC experience in the plant’s holistic heady goodness.

So how do we achieve a full melt, and how do we make sure the full melt experience translates to other forms? We start with live, fresh frozen plant material taken from the finest whole plants our Emerald Triangle farm partners have to offer. Starting with fresh frozen flower instead of dried and cured bud is how we preserve more of the plant’s tasty terpenes and flavonoids for a full spectrum of effects and flavors.

Once we’ve got our fresh frozen material, we subject it to the hash washing process—mixing and churning ice water to release the plant’s trichome heads from the rest of the plant material. Then we collect a “best of batch” full melt hash using 70-149 micron pulls, achieving a greater terpene profile and fuller, dab-ready flavor.

Full Melt Concentrate Jars

Our “best of batch” full melt is pressed under expertly controlled conditions to form our Fresh Press Rosin, a terpene-rich product that’s ready to punch you with pure flavor and aroma when heated at the right temperature. We also whip our award-winning Live Rosin Fresh Press and set it to cure under controlled temperatures until it reaches a badder like consistency. The resulting Cold Cure Badder locks in the whole plant’s cannabinoid and terpene profile and extends the product’s shelf life. As we’ve clarified earlier, full melt hash comes ready to dab as is, but the refined textures of our Fresh Press and Cold Cure Badder make our full melt even easier to dab with virtually any smoking apparatus.

Cultivar Specific Hash Gummies

At West Coast Cure, we want the full melt experience available in every product type out there, especially edibles. That’s why we’re using our full melt hash to craft small batch Cultivar Specific Gummies. First, we put our full melt hash through a slow, careful, in-house decarboxylation process. Decarboxylation is how we activate the noticeable effects of the plant, methodically applying heat so cannabinoids can interact with the body’s cannabis receptors. Then we formulate it into Cultivar Specific Gummies, allowing you to taste the terps and feel the heady effects of the source plant like you would in a super chill dab, only in convenient edible form.

Feel the Full Melt Difference

Cannabis products that truly capture each source plant’s unique, multidimensional effects can be frustratingly few and far between. West Coast Cure is out to change that by example. For us, exploring the world of solventless cannabis and harnessing the power of full melt hash is how we meet that goal. The plant deserves the full melt treatment, and so do you.

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West Coast Cure is here to bring you fire weed and fire weed only, in all its viable forms. And we do this through the ancient, holistic art of hash-making.

When we add a new product to our hash-heavy lineup, you can rest assured it’s a fine-tuned manifestation of the cannabis plant’s dankest properties. The whole plant — carefully condensed and beautifully expressed in every dab, toke, or bite.

Fire in Fire Out. That’s our north star, the golden rule for our extraction process.

At West Coast Cure, we value the hard work of our farming partners. And we love that our solventless concentrates connect the consumer’s experience directly to the farmer’s labor of love. Our solventless concentrates contain juicy trichomes, full of terpenes, cannabinoids, and flavonoids—bringing the plant to life in its most vibrant and accessible form while maintaining its purity.

So what makes hash so special, and how does West Coast Cure transform the dankest hash into a rare assortment of fire solventless weed products?

How is Hash Made?

Hash, or hashish, is a cannabis concentrate made by pressing or rubbing together the resin glands from the cannabis plant to form brick, slab, or rolled pieces. It’s been around for ages, with texts dating hash making as far back as the 12th and 13th centuries. Today, the goal of hash is the same: remove the resin glands, or trichomes, from the cannabis plant and compress them to form a solid piece. Trichomes are small mushroom-like structures found on top of the cannabis plant. They contain all the cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids that give weed its dank flavors and groovy sensations.

At West Coast Cure, we use award-winning plants from Emerald Triangle Farms to make fire rosin. Our farm partners harness the natural environment to maximize trichome size and terpene production. Indoor growth with LED or halogen lights can deviate from the natural light spectrum, affecting trichome expression. A natural terroir produces more trichomes and a richer terpene profile.

Preserve the Terps

We value the Harvest Moon as growers and cultivators have for centuries. That’s why we work with our farming partners to harvest our buds at night, around 3-4am. The warmth during the day can cause trichomes to become volatile, so we want to preserve them as much as possible by harvesting them when it’s colder. We also aim to trim and freeze the plants within 20-30 minutes of cutting them in the field. Touching the plant with warm fingers can damage the trichomes and terpenes, so we avoid it as much as possible. Freezing the flowers right after harvest is a crucial part of ensuring their full preservation.

Once we’ve got those buds harvested and frozen to lock in all the volatile terpenes and flavonoids, we make an ice water hash – soaking the plant material in ice water and agitating the mixture to separate all those cannabinoid and terpene-rich trichome glands. Once we’ve thoroughly sifted the mixture through mesh bags of varying micron screen sizes, we let it dry and collect the hash.

What Makes Hash So Special?

Imagine you are standing near an apple tree during harvest season. If you shake the tree, the most ripe apples will fall off, along with some rotten ones and those eaten by bugs. The ones that are just ripe for picking will be left behind. If you shake the tree a little more, the less ripe apples will also fall off. However, the apple remains intact with its protective skin, allowing it to be stored for a long time.

Similarly, with hash, the trichomes on the top of the flower contain 99.9% of the plant’s value, including cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. By agitating the flower in ice water, the plant material absorbs the water, while the oil and the trichomes freeze and become brittle. When the flower is agitated, the heavy trichome heads sink to the bottom and can be separated from the plant material through filters.

What is Full Melt?

Ice hash is measured on a scale of one to six — from food grade to full melt — based on how well it melts under a flame. A 1-2 Star food grade or cooking grade hash is most commonly used to make edibles. We use our food grade hash to formulate dominance-specific Solventless Gummies, with hash batches selected based on effect dominance (Indica, Sativa, Hybrid), then carefully paired with all-natural flavors for a better vibe in every bite.

A 5-6 Star full melt is the highest possible grade and the purest end of the ice hash spectrum. You can dab a full melt hash as easily as fine-pressed rosin, making it fit for the most discerning of dabbing connoisseurs. For full melt, focusing on the oil-rich trichomes typically found in the 90 and 120 micron range is crucial because they contain the least amount of plant material. Granted, every cultivar is unique, so there are no hard and fast rules. You might achieve a full melt with 5 or 6-star hash from a 70 micron, but the 90 and 120 micron range is generally considered the sweet spot.

Why Full Melt?

Using full melt hash as the basis for new products is how we ground every WCC experience in the plant’s holistic heady goodness. Full melt captures all the hard work the farmer put in throughout the plant’s lifecycle, from nutrients and water to organics and soil. Everything that went into making the plant and its fruit is now present in the trichome. It’s a result of the farmer and the plant working with nature to create a high-quality product. When you receive it as hash, frozen, it’s like walking through the field on the day of harvest and smelling the plant. You’ll get the same sensations, variety, and smell. You get exactly what the farmer intended.

Hash vs. Rosin: What’s the Difference?

Hash and rosin are both made without chemical solvents—hash by physical agitation and separation of the trichomes from the rest of the plant, and rosin by applying heat and pressure to plant material. The simple difference between them is that one begets another. First comes hash, then comes rosin.

Think of hash as the starting material for rosin. The goal is to remove the bud’s trichome glands mechanically rather than chemically. We place our hash into mesh bags and apply heat and pressure with steel plates to remove any plant material and extract all the oils from the trichomes. Then we squeeze the oils onto parchment paper through the mesh bag. The result is an oily, resinous form called rosin, considered a cleaner extract and preferred by cannabis enthusiasts for its pure, terpy taste.

Fire Out: Our Hash Rosin Products

Take our Live Rosin Fresh Press as a fire showcase of top-tier rosin production. We take our ice water hash made from fresh frozen material at peak maturation, then press it in a heavily controlled setting so the terpene content is locked in until you heat it for consumption.

We also cold cure our Live Rosin Fresh Press into a Cold Cure Badder, preserving all the good stuff that makes live rosin a uniquely rich, flavorful experience. After our award winning hash makers whip our fresh press, we set it to cure under a controlled temperature until it reaches a cake badder like consistency. Whipping the rosin helps with the stability of the product, extending its shelf life by locking in the whole plant’s terpene and cannabinoid profile. The slightly firmer texture makes this tasty rosin easy to dab with any smoking apparatus.

Our badder also serves as the starting material for our Live Rosin Diamonds. We “diamond mine” our badder (separating THCa crystals from the rest of the extract through carefully timed heat and pressure), then bring the full flavored sauce back together with the THCa diamonds in a ratio we determined to be the most optimal for your senses. As always, the result is an exceptionally flavorful, high potency product.

A Better Vibe in Every Bite

At West Coast Cure, we want the full melt experience available in every product type out there, especially edibles. That’s why we use our full melt hash to craft small batch Cultivar Specific Gummies. First, we put our full melt hash through a slow, careful, in-house decarboxylation process. Decarboxylation is how we activate the noticeable effects of the plant, methodically applying heat so cannabinoids can interact with the body’s cannabis receptors. Then we formulate it into Cultivar Specific Gummies, allowing you to taste the terps and feel the heady effects of the source plant like you would in a super chill dab, only in convenient edible form.

Dab in a Cart

Portability can be tricky when it comes to dabbing. Even the “portable” dab rigs and e-rigs can be cumbersome and difficult to maintain for the uninitiated. Though distillate vape pens and THC vape cartridges don’t offer what you might consider the “full dab” experience, we’re starting to see a need for more cartridges in the market that deliver quality full-spectrum live rosin in a convenient vape cart form. West Coast Cure’s Rosin Cartridges offer unfettered access to an authentic dab’s full spectrum of flavors and sensations, especially when paired with our CUREpen Pro Battery, great for achieving lower vape temperatures and unlocking the entire dab-like experience in a cart.

The WCC Way of Hash

We at West Coast Cure take our responsibility as stewards of the plant seriously and carefully consider the input that goes into every one of our products. We’re all about providing the best possible experience for our customers and always put forth the time and effort to ensure we capture the best of the farmer’s work.

Cannabis products that truly capture each source plant’s unique, multidimensional effects can be frustratingly few and far between. We’re out to change that by example, and one of the ways we do that is by diving head first into the world of hash. Fire in Fire Out. The plant deserves it, and so do you.

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For real heads and hip newcomers alike, dabbing represents the ultimate high. Every mode of consumption offers a unique, worthwhile shade of the cannabis experience (as long as it’s a quality product, of course), but nothing hits quite like dropping a silky dab of premium extract in your rig at the perfect dab temperature, molecular goodness of the plant in a clean, flavorful vapor. And though dab technology has come a long way in a relatively short time, the barrier to entry for dabbing can be steep, even if it ain’t your first rodeo.

But mastering the art of the dab isn’t as complicated as it looks, especially when you know temperature control is the critical factor.

So what’s the optimal dab temperature? The question has entered the mind of anyone who’s ever heated up an e-nail or taken a torch to a quartz or glass banger. Dabbing requires a unique set of equipment (and a quality weed product) to “get it right.” And like anything worth experiencing, no one size fits all. For every dab setup and concentrate, there’s a pitch-perfect temperature that’ll unlock the full dankness. To help you get there, here’s the West Coast Cure guide to dab temperatures: how dabbing works, the range of temperatures at which cannabis compounds will give up the ghost, and which products you should reach for to get closer to the perfect dab.

What’s the Best Dab Temperature?

At its core, achieving the perfect dab is about melting the concentrate thoroughly without burning it completely. It’s a delicate dance with no one-size-fits-all solution. Moreover, there isn’t one absolute best dab temperature for every dab. Your ideal dab will depend on the chemical makeup of the concentrate in your nail. But don’t worry, it’s not a total guessing game. There’s a definite range of temperatures that lead to a good dab: between 400 and 650°F (204-343°C).

Now, let’s break that range down a bit further into low, medium, and high-temp dabs to give you a better sense of the different experiences you’re likely to get within the safe zone:

400-450°F (204–232°C): A low-temp dab. Your best chance at vaporizing terpenes without burning them, delivering a full-spectrum high and the best possible flavor.

450-550°F (232-287°C): A medium-temp dab. You’ll likely experience a lower flavor profile with thicker clouds and a bolder psychoactive rush upon inhale.

600-650°F (315-343°C): A high-temp dab. Your concentrate may combust quickly and produce thick, smoky clouds. Many unique flavors will be lost as the terpenes will be burnt off.

Go below 350°F and you risk wasting your concentrate by not fully vaporizing it. But once you hit above 650°F, you’re really in a bad spot. Going that high or higher results in harsh or straight-up burnt dabs. Cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids are volatile compounds that break down into carcinogens under such extreme temperatures. Best to avoid them and stay below 600°F minimum. The more we come to know about cannabis, the clearer it is that a low-temp dab at around 450°F is your best bet at getting the most out of a quality concentrate.

Cannabinoids, Terpenes, and Boiling Points

So why go so low when it comes to dab temperatures? What makes dabbing such a unique, worthwhile experience is also what makes it a tricky one to master. Every cannabinoid and terpene has a unique activation and boiling point. The primary psychoactive compounds in cannabis, such as THC, have specific activation temperatures that make them available to your body’s endocannabinoid system, unlocking the effects for which they’re known. For instance, THCa has an activation temperature of 220°F, which is when it converts to THC and becomes psychoactive. It also has a boiling point of 315°F. Go past the boiling point and you risk burning off THC and sacrificing potency.

Terpenes also have different boiling points, with some like Pinene boiling at 311°F Fahrenheit and others, like Linalool boiling at 388°F. Other prominent and frequently sought-after terpenes and their corresponding boiling points include:

• Myrcene: 334°F / 168°C
• Limonene: 349°F / 176°C
• Humulene: 388°F / 198°C
• Terpineol: 426.2°F / 219°C
• Phytol: 399°F / 204°C
• Citronellol: 437°F / 225°C

Full spectrum is a critical concept in cannabis, meaning whatever molecular structure the original plant had, the extraction will have the same ratio of cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. At West Coast Cure, we set out to get the plant exactly as it was at harvest on a molecular level because we know the fullness of a cultivar’s cannabinoid and terpene profile is the only thing that can deliver a well-rounded, pure cannabis feeling and flavor. The key to unlocking that experience in a dab is hitting a temperature that activates cannabinoids without burning off your concentrate’s predominant terpenes.

Temperature Guide/Chart

Finding the right temperature is crucial for optimal flavor and effects from your dab. Check out this chart for guidance on the temperature range necessary to activate common terpenes and cannabinoids.

• Low-temp Range 400-450°F / 204–232°C
• Mid-temp Range 450-600°F / 232-315°C
• High-temp Range 600-650°F / 315-343°C

Dab Rig vs. E-Nail vs. E-Rig

Dabbing has come a long way since the days of “hot knifing” — heating a concentrate over a stove between two hot knives and inhaling the resulting vapor in the open air. Just a few decades and a wave of cannabis legalization later, dabbing has moved even beyond the modern dab rig and butane torch setup to e-rigs, e-nails, and portable dab pens.

So which is best for hitting your optimal dab temperature? The answer isn’t as straight-fowrard as you might think, though there’s obviously something to be said for newer devices that offer more precise temperature control and less guesswork.

Dab Rig

Using a traditional glass rig and heating the concentrate in a nail (or banger) with the open flame of a torch is still the preferred method for many seasoned dabbers. In addition to the functional art element that appeals to heady glass collectors, a standard glass rig can offer a more even dab since concentrate is dabbed after the nail is sufficiently heated, rather than pre-loaded before heating begins. Depending on your dedication to knowing your rig’s functional ins and outs, it can also offer more freedom to modify your experience to your exact preferences.

Unfortunately, getting the right temperature is more of a trial-and-error process with the traditional rig setup. You have to get a feel for your piece and get a sense of how long it takes your nail to heat up over time (though with most nails it takes between 30 and 60 seconds after you’ve sufficiently torched it to achieve a suitable dab temp). There’s also the potential danger of working with a torch’s open flame to consider, as well as the need for butane refills.
If you go the old torch-and-banger route, be sure to use a dab temp reader, a digital thermometer explicitly designed to read the temperature of a dab nail. Some temp readers use gauge temperature with a laser, while others you can place right against the nail for an accurate temp.

E-Nail

An e-nail is an electronic dabbing device that regulates the temperature of the nail for a more consistent smoking experience than a traditional torch and banger setup. Similar to an electronic rig, which we’ll get to soon, replacing your rig’s nail with an e-nail means you can set the same temperature over and over again, honing in on and maintaining the optimal conditions for your concentrate.

E-Rig

An e-rig is a device that heats an attached atomizer with a battery and can be either portable or tabletop. It allows the dabber to set the temperature down to the exact degree, giving them the option to choose low temps for more flavor or higher (but not too high!) temps for big clouds. Once you find the temperature you prefer, you can quickly heat your device to that temperature repeatedly.

Price can be a drawback when shopping for quality e-rigs and e-nails. Most require a significant upfront investment, and each e-rig or e-nail brand offers its own unique design and approach to the technology. So knowing which device is best for you can be an uphill climb. But if you’re dabbing on the reg, or even semi-often, temperature consistency makes it a worthwhile investment.

Cleaning e-rigs and e-nails can also be a challenge. Due to their electrical components, e-rigs cannot be soaked in alcohol like a glass rig can. And e-nails usually have multiple pieces that require disassembly, soaking, and reassembly. Cleaning, maintaining, and properly storing and transporting your rig takes time to learn how to get right, but again, the ability to get your dab just right makes the effort absolutely worth it.

How to Low-Temp Dab

Unless you’re a genuine dab wizard, the more precisely you can control the temperature and keep it at the lower end of the dab temp range, the better the experience will be when you finally drop a dab in your rig and toke up. Here’s a quick primer on how to do a low temp dab using a glass rig, e-nail, and e-rig.

Regardless of which device you’re using, the real trick to finding the right dab temp is to refer to the activation and boiling points of the most prominent cannabinoids and terpenes, and land on the optimal temperature that’ll unlock the cultivar’s full flavor and effect. Every major cannabinoid and most of the common terpenes activate and evaporate within the low-temp dab range, so staying around or below 450°F is strongly advised. If you’re using a traditional glass rig, keep a reliable dab thermometer on hand and make sure your banger is heated around 450° before you drop in your dab.

Dab Pens and Vape Carts

Portability can be tricky when it comes to dab rigs, e-rigs, and e-nails. Even the “portable” ones can be cumbersome and fragile, and there’s still the problem of prompt, regular cleaning to deal with in most situations. Dab pens, not to be confused with vape pens, which utilize concentrate vape cartridges, are small portable devices that allow you to vaporize a concentrate straight from the jar without needing a water chamber, nail, or additional dab tools. Most dab pens have ample heat settings so you can still control the temperature as it suits you.

Though vape pens and THC vape cartridges don’t offer what you might consider the “full dab” experience, we’re starting to see more and more cartridges in the market that deliver quality full-spectrum live rosin in vape cart form. A quality rosin cart offers unfettered access to an authentic dab’s full spectrum of flavors and sensations, especially when paired with a vape battery that heats properly. West Coast Cure’s CUREpen Pro Battery offers a low-voltage setting that’s perfect for achieving lower vape temperatures and unlocking the whole, flavorful, dab-like experience of a rosin cart.

Which Concentrate is Best for Dabbing?

While different consistencies of concentrate elicit different shades of vapor and flavor when dabbed, what really makes the difference is the quality of the concentrate and the temperature at which its most prominent cannabinoids and terpenes evaporate. Sauce, Badder, Sugar, Diamonds, Wax, Shatter—if the product is quality and the temp is right, it’s all dank, dabbable goodness baby!

Ultimately, which type of concentrate you reach for is mostly a matter of personal preference. Some may be easier to handle and load into your rig than others. For instance, West Coast Cure’s Live Rosin Cold Cure Badder is set to cure under controlled temperature until it reaches a cake-batter-like consistency. The slightly firmer texture makes it physically easier to dab with virtually any device. But that’s for you to test out and discover. We’re confident we’ve given you the tools and know-how to find the perfect dab temperature for your rig and ensure you get the most out of every concentrate.

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Pure, potent, and unmistakably gorgeous. THCa diamonds are a marvel of modern hashmaking—an extraordinary feast for the eyes with a heady treat inside, waiting to be unlocked. Diamonds offer the promise of pure THC that’s sure to boost potency when added to any cannabis concoction. But how does non-psychoactive THCa deliver a powerhouse helping of psychoactive THC? And how do you get the most out of THCa diamonds as a consumer?

THCa diamonds are an incredibly versatile weed product, best consumed in careful, deliberate combinations with other forms of whole-plant cannabis. And while there are plenty of THC-heavy products out there to get you high, West Coast Cure is all about capturing the pure, molecular goodness of the plant and delivering it in a vibrant, accessible form. To help you get the most out of THCa diamonds, here’s a quick guide to how they’re made, what you can expect from them, and how we utilize them in our diamond-infused joints.

What Are THCa Diamonds?

You may have heard of “THC diamonds” in 420-friendly circles or while shopping at your local dispensary. It’s a synonymous term for THCa diamonds, which convert into pure THC when lit.

Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa) is the acidic form of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary intoxicating cannabinoid found in weed. The molecular difference between these two cannabinoids is an extra carboxyl group that blocks THCa from binding to the receptors in your body that kick off the cannabis high. In its resting state, THCa is non-psychoactive, which means it wouldn’t get you high if you consumed it raw.

THCa diamonds are crystalline structures that form under precise heat and pressure conditions, separating THCa from the other cannabinoids and terpenes in a cannabis extract. During the crystallization process, the THCa molecules chemically bond to each other, crashing and forming into large “diamonds”, nicknamed for their comparable texture and color, while the rest of extract forms a sauce. Our THCa diamonds are 91-92% pure, representing one of the purest, most potent forms of cannabis available for consumption.

Decarboxylation: How THCa Converts into THC

There’s a reason you never hear about anyone getting high from eating raw cannabis: Raw THCa does not fully bind to CB1 endocannabinoid receptors. The acid carboxyl group needs to be freed from THCa for THC to bind to these receptors and trigger the heady effects we love. Decarboxylation is a critical step serving as the on-switch for weed—activating compounds for the desired effect through heat application over time.

So when do you decarb your weed and how? Depends on what and how you’re toking. For example, when you smoke or vape cannabis, you’re decarbing bud at the moment of combustion, activating all the THC upon inhale. THCa diamonds can also be vaporized or “dabbed” in a dab or e-rig, activating the moment you drop them in your heated nail or banger. But since your digestive system “lacks” the level of heat needed to decarb THCa, the rosin we use to make edibles is put through a proprietary, “low and slow” “decarbing” process, carefully activating THC without burning off other viable cannabinoids and terpenes.

How We Make THCa Diamonds

Every extract we make at West Coast Cure begins with the farmer. To make our THCa Diamonds, we start with full-term, whole plants from award-winning Emerald Triangle Farms. Once the buds are harvested, we freeze them to lock in all the volatile terpenes and flavonoids that can evaporate when the plant is dried and cured. Next, we make an ice water hash – soaking the plant material in ice water and agitating the mixture to separate all those cannabinoid and terpene-rich trichome glands. Once we’ve thoroughly sifted the mixture through mesh bags of varying micron screen sizes, we let it dry and collect the hash. Then we press it into rosin, making sure the conditions are just right for capturing every available terpene. Finally, we cold cure our rosin into a badder, the starting material for our THCa Diamonds and the sauce that goes with them.

Cannabis concentrates take many forms and consistencies, depending on how they’re cured and processed. We cold cure our rosin into a badder, which then serves as the starting material for “diamond mining,” the process of separating THCa crystals from the rest of the extract through carefully timed heat and pressure. The final step is to bring the full flavored sauce together with the THCa diamonds in a ratio we determined to be the most optimal for your senses—resulting in an exceptionally flavorful and high potency product.

How to Consume THCa Diamonds

The main benefits of THCa diamonds are purity and versatility. For seasoned recreational consumers and cannabis patients alike, THCa diamonds offer direct, unfettered access to THC’s heady effects.

For the most part, THCa diamonds are best consumed in tandem with other cannabis products. We combine our diamonds with a rich terpene sauce derived from our concentrates to create a pure product that delivers the full molecular goodness of the plant—an experience you’ll never get from consuming THC alone. The best way to get the full connoisseur’s experience is to drop our Diamonds in your dab or e-rig. THCa diamonds can also be effectively laced in a joint or sprinkled over a bowl to boost potency while still contributing to the well-rounded effects of whole-plant cannabis.

Get Your Diamonds from Jefferey

At West Coast Cure, we focus on concentrates that actually deliver the full spectrum of the plant’s compounds, straight from the source and as free from chemical intervention as possible. And though we work with solventless hash as much as we can, live resin is a more accessible concentrate we can produce at a much larger scale – all while preserving the plant’s tasty terpenes and flavonoids for a full spectrum of effects and flavors. In addition to larger scale production, occasionally when we come across cultivars that are so fire but don’t yield as well under solventless extraction methods, we opt for top-tier solvent-based processes to better capture the essence of those unique terpenes and cannabinoids.

Our signature live resin diamonds are carefully formed under highly specified conditions to deliver one of the purest forms of cannabis consumption available—potent and totally free of residual solvent.

Live resin diamonds have become an essential ingredient of infused joints. Most infused pre-rolls today are rolled with kief, bubble hash, wax, THCa diamonds, or terpenes — usually in a combination of two, three, or more of these products in a single joint.

The intention behind a diamond-infused pre-roll is to boost potency and enhance the flavor of craft cannabis in a widely accessible package. Unfortunately, not all infused joints are crafted with the TLC they deserve, resulting in a mad rush of sub-par products in the market.
That’s where Jefferey comes in.

You know Jefferey—the coolest bloke on the block, bringing a bit of this and a bit of that to every occasion. Carefully mixed with high-quality crushed THCa diamonds that convert to pure, active THC when lit, and finished off with a dash of all-natural terpenes, Jefferey offers a truly superior, potent, whole-plant experience you won’t find in other infused pre-rolls currently available.

At West Coast Cure, we believe THC potency is best experienced as part of the nuanced, multidimensional high that only a full spectrum of the plant’s precious compounds provide. When you smoke THCa diamonds in the Jefferey, you get maximum hits of THC and everything else we love about cannabis. You get the whole package.

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Ever wonder why you don’t get high from eating raw cannabis? It’s because the cannabinoids that bring the buzz haven’t been turned on yet. Decarboxylation is the on-switch for these cannabinoids — the process of applying heat to cannabis over time to activate its compounds for the desired effect.

Knowing the ins and outs of decarboxylation — most importantly, how much heat to apply to your weed and for how long — is especially crucial in making a proper weed edible. At West Coast Cure, we love cannabis products that seamlessly convert the pure, molecular goodness of the plant to mind-bending sensations. That’s why we’re making Solventless Gummies with Live Ice Water Hash — an homage to the art of rosin that delivers the full flavors and sensations you get from dabbing or vaping. Made possible through decarboxylation.

So how does it all work? Here’s a quick, helpful guide to decarboxylation — the science behind it, what’s required to do it right, and how we use decarboxylation to make pure, potent Solventless Ice Water Hash Gummies.

What is Decarboxylation?

Decarboxylation is primarily about removing a carboxyl group from the cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), turning it into Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main intoxicating weed compound. In its raw form of THCa, the molecule does not fully bind to the CB1 endocannabinoid receptor cell. Binding to this receptor is how cannabis achieves a psychoactive effect on the body. Decarboxylation is the process of converting the THCa to a form (delta-9 THC) which is full binding to the CB1 receptor.

How to Decarb Your Weed

When you smoke cannabis, you’re instantaneously decarbing your weed through combustion, activating all the THC upon inhale. That’s why you don’t need to decarb your weed before you smoke it. Cooking edibles is a different story. If you want that potent, permeating high edibles are known for, you must decarb your plant material first.

Decarbing for homemade edibles typically involves breaking your bud up, spreading it over a baking sheet with parchment paper, and baking it in the oven for 45 minutes at approximately 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 Celsius).

Why Decarboxylation Matters

Decarboxylation doesn’t just increase potency in weed edibles, it creates potency. In its natural form, cannabis is full of THCa. While a beneficial compound in its own right, THCa doesn’t elicit a high in its carbolic acid state. Whether it’s through combustion while smoking or at specified, controlled temperatures for edible making, you need some combination of time and temperature to unlock all that THC and get to the experience you expect from quality cannabis.

But is it possible to over-decarboxylate your cannabis? Absolutely. Decarboxylate your bud over 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 Celsius) and you may burn off the good stuff altogether. The real trick to decarboxylation, especially when making edibles, is to apply just the right temperature over an optimal amount of time, activating as much of the plant’s THC as possible without burning off terpenes and other precious compounds. Myrcene, Limonene, Pinene, and Linalool are all major terpenes in weed that contribute to the literal flavor and effects (linalool, for example, is thought to have soothing properties, which may contribute to a cultivar’s relaxing high). And they all have different boiling points, all of which are lower than THC. Terpenes are incredibly volatile compounds — the moment you harvest a plant, it’s a race against the clock and every environmental factor to save them in the final product. A finely tuned, professional decarbing process will ensure a thorough activation of THC without sacrificing all those precious terps and other compounds that make the plant sing.

Why Not Distillate?

Edible manufacturers often turn to distillate for its versatility and guaranteed potency. Distillate is a cannabis extract stripped of all compounds except a specific cannabinoid, most often THCa. You can easily activate it with rapid heat and, more importantly, use it to dose edibles with optimal consistency.

While there’s no shortage of edibles on the market with THC distillate, West Coast Cure wants you to get the most out of every cannabis experience, especially an edible one. So we formulate our gummies with handcrafted, solventless hash that offers the full-spectrum cannabis high, mirroring the unique ratio of cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids from its source plant. It’s our top priority as stewards of the plant, and we’re willing to do the work of precise decarboxylation to contain the full hash experience in a convenient edible form.

Low and Slow: How We Decarb

Each cultivar provides a unique sensory experience based on its cannabinoid and terpene production. Our Solventless Hash Gummies are a rare breed, harnessing that multisensory experience while delivering the potency you expect from a reliable, quality edible. And they work because we keep things “low and slow” when we decarb.

When you smell cannabis, you’re literally smelling the terpenes coming off the bud. That’s how volatile these compounds are, and that’s why we implement a proprietary, 16-24 hour decarboxylation process under moderate heat — activating all those groovy cannabinoids without burning off volatile terpenes that add vital dimensions to the overall experience. Everything we do is to honor the work of our Emerald Triangle farming partners. We fine-tune our decarboxylation process to preserve all the flavors and sensations the farmer cultivated just for you. And once our solventless hash has sufficiently decarboxylated, we formulate it into Cultivar Specific Gummies, allowing you to taste the terps and feel the holistic effects of a super chill dab in a tasty, convenient package.

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At West Coast Cure, we know there’s plenty out there to get you high. But craft cannabis that truly captures the pure, molecular goodness of the plant? That’s a rarer experience, and one we aim to provide as a legacy brand.

We’ve found that the best way to capture the plant’s essence for today’s market is through the ancient tradition of hash-making. Rosin and hash are solventless concentrates that bring the plants of our valued legacy farmers to life in a vibrant, accessible, and versatile way. The singular experience of ice water hash should be available to everyone, so we’ve crafted an edible that delivers it—with a tasty, tangy twist.

Introducing our Flavored Solventless Gummies, an incredibly dank addition to our hash-heavy lineup.

Made from live ice water hash from farming partners in the Emerald Triangle, these gummies not only pay homage to the art of rosin but deliver the full spectrum of sensations you get from dabbing or vaping solventless concentrates.

Ready to experience what hash lovers crave in a convenient, tasty, edible form? Here’s the full rundown on West Coast Cure’s Flavored Solventless Gummies.

What’s the Difference?

So what’s the difference between a rosin gummy and other THC gummies on the market today? And what are the benefits of solventless edibles?

While there’s no shortage of THC distillate or even live resin edibles out there to get the job done, it’s handcrafted solventless hash that offers the full spectrum cannabis high. A genuine full-spectrum product reflects the unique ratio of cannabinoids and terpenes from its source plant. Our live ice water hash preserves the distinct, collective power of the plant’s natural cannabinoid and terpene output in an unadulterated form.

Here’s what that means for your high:

Ever had a low-dose edible that got you there but left you with that dizzy, “blah” sort of feeling? You may have had a cheaply made product with THC distillate. Anyone who smokes weed knows that each plant provides a unique sensory experience based on its cannabinoid and terpene profile. It’s the difference between listening to a song through your phone speaker and piping it through your Beats for the whole sound. When we make hash, our goal is always to capture the molecular goodness of the plant exactly as it was at harvest. Live rosin gummies are a rare breed but no less capable of delivering the consistent potency of a THC gummy, all while containing the multidimensional experience mother nature intended.

More and more veteran tokers and enthusiastic newcomers alike are on the lookout for smoke-free, on-the-go options. As stewards of the plant and cannabis community, we’re here to meet that demand with a keen eye on a clean, whole-plant high. If you’ve been nervous about edibles or had a negative experience with distillate-infused edibles in the past, reaching for our Flavored Solventless Gummies may improve your groove next time around.

We always approach the cannabis plant with the utmost care, respect, and love. We follow the words of the late hash master Frenchy Cannoli in all that we do: “Everything starts with the land, the farmer, and the genetics. I’m nobody without my farmer.” Similar to the Live Rosin Diamonds, Fresh Press, and Cold Cure Badder, our Solventless Gummies are another example of us highlighting the hard work of our farming partners. We work only with full-term, whole plants from award-winning Emerald Triangle Farms. As a result, our all-natural, high fructose corn syrup-free, vegan-friendly gummies feel like the same plant from which the hash was extracted — made by hash lovers for hash lovers.

How are Solventless Gummies Made?

In case it wasn’t already clear, you don’t get a fire hash gummy without fire starting material. And we start with some of the freshest, most vibrant strains our Emerald Triangle farm partners have to offer. We harvest these buds under the gaze of the Harvest Moon and freeze them immediately upon harvest, locking in all the terpenes and flavonoids that would otherwise evaporate. The frozen material is then subject to the hash washing process of mixing and churning in ice water to release the plant’s trichome heads from the rest of the plant material.

We want to ensure you get the unique, multidimensional effects of each harvested plant in these gummies, so we put our hash through a careful in-house decarboxylation process. Decarboxylation is how we activate the noticeable effects of the plant, methodically applying heat so cannabinoids can interact with the body’s cannabis receptors. And when we decarb, “low and slow” is the name of the game. Since most terpenes have lower boiling points compared to cannabinoids, we implement a proprietary, 16 – 24-hour decarboxylation process under moderate heat to activate all those groovy cannabinoids without burning off volatile terpenes that add vital dimensions to the overall experience.

Once our food grade hash has sufficiently decarboxylated, we use it to formulate dominance-specific gummies, meaning ice water hash batches are selected based on effect dominance (Indica, Sativa, Hybrid), then carefully paired with all-natural flavors for optimal vibes. For instance, we formulate our Strawberry Banana Gummies with Sativa-leaning hash batches to boost both the physically relaxing and mentally exhilarating effects of the source plant, while batches used for the Blueberry gummy offer a more Indica-leaning full-body high. Also in the Flavored Solventless lineup: Watermelon, Peach Mango, and Cloudberry varieties—each containing 10mg THC per gummy, formulated to bring the best dimensions out of each batch.

Treat Yourself, Feel the Difference.

At West Coast Cure, we love craft cannabis. In a rapidly growing and ever evolving industry, we seize every opportunity to be good stewards of the plant that makes it all possible. Our Flavored Solventless Gummies preserve the clean, holistic, full-spectrum experience of the plant—one that THC distillate gummies may not deliver. So try one (or all!) of our Solventless Gummy flavors and let us know what you think. We’re excited to continue exploring the world of solventless cannabis and providing our customers with the best products possible.

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Ever roll a joint and sprinkle some fresh kief in there? How about a little of your favorite sauce or some crushed THCa diamonds? Bet the high was killer and the flavors were gravy (provided you used nothing but the good sh*t, of course). Well, that’s the experience that folks have been clamoring for since infused pre-rolls took the market by storm.

But do previously available products live up to all the hype?

The pros of a well-crafted infused pre-roll should be obvious: a tasty, smokable, high-potency mixture of craft cannabis you can easily spark and enjoy. Unfortunately, not all infused joints are crafted with the TLC they deserve, resulting in a mad rush of sub-par products in the market.

Whether you’re a first-time consumer or a seasoned OG, West Coast Cure wants you to get the absolute most out of every toke (no matter what you’re toking on).

That’s where Jefferey comes in.

You know Jefferey—the coolest bloke on the block, the ultimate plus-one, bringing a bit of this and a bit of that to every occasion. And West Coast Cure is proud to carry an infused joint that lives up to our guy’s name. Crafted with whole nug flower, Live Resin Diamonds, high-end kief, and a subtle infusion of all-natural terpenes, Jefferey is a potent toke for any advanced consumer ready for a full-melt body sensation and a blissful head space.

What is An Infused Joint?

An infused joint is essentially any joint with another form of cannabis added to the flower. Most infused pre-rolls on the market today are rolled with kief, bubble hash, wax, THCa diamonds, or terpenes — usually in a combination of two, three, or more of these products in a single joint.

Many infused pre-rolls in today’s market are also coated with a layer of kief on the outside. The outer kief coating has arguably become the visual signature of infused joints in a relatively short time. But an outer kief coating doesn’t necessarily translate to better quality or higher potency. More on that further down.

Why Reach for An Infused Pre-Roll?

The intention behind an infused pre-roll is (or at least should be) to boost potency, enhance flavor, and provide a well-rounded connoisseur’s experience in a widely accessible, ready-to-smoke package. West Coast Cure opted to infuse Jefferey with THCa diamonds as it converts to pure, active THC when lit, giving you the smack WCC is known for in all our products.

But just how potent is the average infused joint in the market today? Depending on the quality and ratio of kief, hash, wax or diamonds to flower, infused pre-rolls can test anywhere from 25-40+% THC. However, true OGs know that THC percentage should not be the only thing you look for when considering an infused joint (or any cannabis product really). A well-crafted infused pre-roll should offer an incredible bouquet of flavors and sensations from the cannabis ingredients inside it, all contributing to the rich, whole-plant experience mother nature intended.

Why Smoke a Jefferey?

So far we’ve given you a pretty good idea of what an infused joint should be; a careful, compact union of cannabis flower with top-shelf kief, concentrate, diamonds, or a combination of all three. A connoisseur’s j that’s easy to spark and enjoy.

But what should be isn’t necessarily what is.

Infused pre-rolls have seen a meteoric rise in market demand in the last few years, which makes it all the more unfortunate that so many of them out there today are rushed products, often filled with gnarly old shake or trim (sometimes mixed), haphazardly doused in distillate or terpenes. At West Coast Cure, we handle the cannabis plant with care, respect, and love. And we’re launching Jefferey to meet market demand with an infused pre-roll joint that showcases weed at its absolute best, brightest, and dankest.

So how do you build an infused joint that breaks with the mold and sets a higher standard for consumers? You start by making sure everything you put in the joint is formulated and added with a purpose. For Jefferey, we start with our premium whole-nug flower, grinding it in house so we know the input material in our joints will meet West Coast Cure’s high standards. Carefully mixed with high-quality crushed THCa diamonds and kief from our top-shelf indoor line, and finished off with a dash of all-natural terpenes, Jefferey offers a truly superior experience you won’t find in other infused pre-rolls currently available.

Jefferey is a .65g joint currently available in six expertly crafted, canna-friendly flavors: Banana Smoothie, Blueberry Cobbler, Mango Haze, OG Kush, Orange Cookies, and Strawberry Cream (with more flavors on the way). We craft these flavors with precise infusions of all-natural terpenes, just enough to bring out a delicious, discernable flavor without overpowering the terpenes already present in each whole-plant ingredient. Terpenes should only be added to a joint to enhance the overall experience, not to cover up bunk plant material. Jefferey is no exception in this regard.

Lastly, as a brand whose claim to fame is award-winning concentrates, we believe in “fire in, fire out” wholeheartedly. Because ingredients matter, West Coast Cure opted not to coat the outside of Jefferey. We believe the outer coating of kief or concentrates doesn’t add much to the experience outside the visual hype. Furthermore, we did not want the weight of an outer coating to mess with the synergy of all that good stuff working together inside. Whether infused or not, it’s the inside of a joint that matters.

As a legacy brand, West Coast Cure takes its position seriously. We’re not in the business of chasing fads, and we always develop new products with clear intention and devotion to craft. Quality ingredients, a precise terpene ratio, and thorough, honest testing ensure every Jefferey is fit for even the most discerning consumer. For us, it’s an opportunity to present everything we love about cannabis in a reliable little buddy that’s ready to burn whenever you are.

Why smoke a Jefferey? Cuz it smacks!

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Valentine’s Day means a lot of different things to a lot of different folks. Whether you’re doting on your S.O., taking a casual fling to the next level, or practicing radical self-care, this is a holiday about relationships. A good Valentine’s gift should celebrate the precious moments that make a relationship worth having. And there’s no better way to show you care than by giving the gift of weed.

As a cannabis legacy brand, our love affair with the plant has been in full bloom for a minute now. We’re intimately familiar with the connective power of weed, and we know it can enhance all kinds of relationships and shared moments, especially when you’ve got a top-shelf full spectrum product. At its best, cannabis will open new pathways to deeper, more emotional connections with everyone and everything around you, opening up your heart and immersing it in the joy of the now. Pair that experience with your secret crush, new plus-one, or ride-or-die, and the results can be out of this world.

No matter what you’ve got going on this Valentine’s, we’ve got the experience to suit the occasion. Here are the six best stoner gifts for Valentine’s Day, courtesy of West Coast Cure.

Disposable CUREpen for Your Situationship

Celebrating something more casual this Valentine’s Day? Match the easy breezy discretion of your situationship with some premium THC oil on the go.

The Disposable CUREpen offers the same potent, terpy rush you get from our 510 CUREpen carts, with a ceramic-core atomizer and rechargeable battery that’s good to go when you and your plus-one are ready to lighten the mood. For many users, vape pens deliver a high that’s not only discreetly attained but slow-rolling and even-keeled—matching the tenor of even the most casual flings. Still unsure whether your situationship is headed somewhere serious or staying on the back burner? No worries, a Disposable CUREpen will keep things chill and fun… for now.

CUREjoints to Keep the Spark Alive

Spark a CUREjoint and inspire some QT with your special cutie. Available in a variety of California’s dankest strains, the CUREjoint is rolled with top-shelf flower for a well-rounded high and flavorful smoking experience, tailor-made to strengthen your deepest bonds.

The 1-gram CUREjoint is perfectly fitted in a custom tube to preserve the bud and lock in the flavor for you and your special person. Cap off a romantic night and enjoy a CUREjoint together or save for another one-on-one occasion. Either way, it’ll stay fresh.

Curating a whole 420-friendly day for you and your stoney someone this February 14th? Fuel your special day with some gassy goodness, or go with the strain that sparks a riveting mealtime conversation. Not sure what strain to get? Try our Variety Pack that brings 3 different strains together in unique combinations of flavor and experience.

Maybe you and your partner are in a comfortable spot, just looking to add a subtle spark to your Valentine’s Day. Our 0.35g mini joints are perfect for starting the evening off on the right foot or keeping things nice and easy at the end of the night. Light one up, sit back with your partner, and enjoy a smooth, smoky ride down the green tunnel of love.

Jeffery Infused Joint When You Want to Spice it Up

Out for some good old fashioned excitement this Valentine’s? Look no further than WCC’s latest, the Jefferey. Trust us when we say this guy smacks! An infused joint crafted with whole nug flower, Live Resin Diamonds, and top-shelf kief, Jefferey is a 0.65g powerhouse of full-spectrum product. And it’s subtly enhanced with all-natural terpenes, deliciously strong for a next-level couple’s sesh or more, uh, open romantic scenarios. Whether you’re a couple, throuple, or single ‘n ready to mingle, Jefferey is the j to help you embrace your wilder side.

A Side Piece Cure by WCC Mini Messenger Bag for Your Side Piece

Show appreciation for that special someone on the side with a discreet yet stylish accessory. The Side Piece Mini Messenger from our Cure by WCC merch line comes in black and fiery red to match the heat of any forbidden fling. A durable nylon shell, magnetic button pocket closure, and four total stash spots in the bag make this Mini Messenger a perfect gift for the toker in your life who’s always on the move. We could all use a reliable, fashionable receptacle for our on-the-go stash. Show your secret love that you’re still savoring the journey with a Side Piece Mini Messenger.

Live Rosin Diamonds for Your Ride or Die

The process of creating our Live Rosin Diamonds is a slow and careful one. And the end result is a meticulously crafted product fit for your fiercest ride or die.

A state-of-the-art rendition of classic hash, Live Rosin Diamonds preserve the full flavor and effects of the plant through a two-part process. First, we put rosin through a methodical period of low heat and pressure to create beautiful THCa diamonds. Then we combine the diamonds with a rich, solventless terp sauce from the same rosin to create a pure, potent, delicious extract sure to impress your closest confidant.

What we love most about this solventless craft concentrate is that it really showcases all the work that went into it, from the farmer’s curation of top-shelf bud to the careful separation and reunion of the plant’s cannabinoids and terpenes. Capturing the pure, unfiltered essence of the plant is no small task, and you can feel and taste the difference in every dab of our Live Rosin Diamonds. Offer them up to your ride-or-die this Valentine’s Day as a token of your commitment to quality weed and enduring relationships.

Top-Shelf Flower for the Single Stoner

For many of us, Valentine’s Day can be a harsh reminder of our single status. But it can also be a chance to treat yourself and celebrate the good things that life offers everyone. If you ask us, there’s no better way to show self-love than by digging into your stash.

Our Top Shelf Flower is too good to share anyways. It’s the personal stuff – the kind of private reserve you cherish when the old “rainy day” finally rolls around. Our Top Shelf line includes the frosty, sugary Cosmic Cookies, the zesty, lazy Garlic Juice, and the pungent, heady Guava Juice and more—all mouthwatering strains fit for the most special occasions, even when you’re flying solo. Whether you’re taking some quality “me time” or getting together with other single friends this Valentine’s, break out WCC’s Top Shelf eighths for a dank, radical hit of self-care.

Give the gift of weed this Valentine’s Day

Those who know and love cannabis love how it brings out the spice in life. When you pair the right product with the right person, this miracle plant can be an incredible relationship enhancer. A shared 1-gram joint can help bring the spark back to a long-term union just as a quality disposable vape pen can accentuate the fun side of a new, exciting romance. Good weed connects people on a mental, physical, and spiritual level. No matter where you’re at with that special stoner in your life, West Coast Cure has a product to match your speed and help you spread the love.

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