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Cannabis resin contains a high amount of THC, which is the most psychoactive compound of marijuana. Its color can range from gold to red to black, depending on the plant’s strain, production method, and storage conditions.

Resin is sticky, sappy and luscious, and is primarily composed of cannabis trichomes. It can be smoked alone, but it is usually used along with other substances like regular marijuana, tobacco and other herbal mixtures.

Benefits of live resin

Dabbers love live resin because it is more flavorful and “terpy” than other concentrates. In preserving trichomes and terpenes, it retains the flavor profile of the original plant. Preserving trichomes also keeps cannabinoids intact, and live resin is also known to be potent.

Growers like producing plants for live resin as well. Fresh freezing plants at harvest means growers don’t have to go through the long, arduous processes of drying, curing, and trimming plants—whole plants can be chopped down, frozen, and sent directly to the extractor. Producing plants for live resin saves growers enormous amounts of time, labor, and money.

Live resin can be consumed in a few different ways.

Dabbing

Dabbing is the most popular way to consume live resin. To do so, you’ll need a dab rig, torch, and nail, or an e-nail or e-rig. You’ll also need a dab tool to handle the concentrate and place it in the nail, most likely something with a scoop on it, given live resin’s goopy consistency.

Read more on the best dabbing temperatures.

Vaping with a dab pen

You can also put live resin in a dab pen, a device similar to a vape pen, except for concentrates.

Be sure to use a dabber tool to get the live resin into the oven or bowl of the dab pen. Then just adjust the temperature, press the button, and inhale.

Topping off

You can also put some live resin on top of a bowl, joint, or blunt for an added kick.

How to store live resin

Keep live resin cool and in an air-tight container, preferably in a fridge if you can. This will preserve its terpenes and keep it tasting and smelling great for a while.

Leaving it out in the open with the lid off will expose it to air, light, and heat, which will degrade the terpenes and make it less flavorful. This will also cause it to dry out and harden, making it difficult to handle.

How much does live resin cost?

Live resin has come a long way. Only a few years ago it was a new, rare product only found in certain connoisseur markets at premium prices, sometimes exceeding $100 per gram.

Although live resin is still sold at a higher premium than other concentrates, nowadays, live resin prices are much more affordable and most dispensaries carry a range of options.

On the low end, live resins typically go for $20-30 a gram, but on the high end they can be upward of $50 a gram.

How are live resins different from one another?

Live resins can differ slightly in consistency—although they sit between waxes and sauces, some can be more like saps, sugars, or jellies.

The amount of terpenes in a live resin can affect viscosity, and some only contain lighter terpenes such as pinene and myrcene. Variations can also occur because some extraction processes fail to capture all terpenes.

Concentrates can also be mechanically altered post-extraction, such as when saps are whipped into butters, creating different consistencies.