difference between eighth samples of A+++ Himalayan placed alongside an eighth of 3rd pass resina (or ‘zatla’) where residue is collected from old sieves and mixed for malleability along with paraffin, henna, shoe polish, isnt always immediately obvious
ideally need q oz or more to really study what’s in front of you, hold it up to a light source and partially burn it, 10-30 seconds and it’ll be clear, frustrating looking as bothering immediately invokes hassle
lunch break post - hashish I’ve known, loved and despised
beautifully dusty with barely any heat applied, you can tell it’s Moroccan dry sieved immediately when it’s as delicious as below, can’t fake the grain consistency or colour and eating it adds another few levels to reality, not to be confused with caramel further below
00, not as soft as temple ball but can loosen naturally over time the higher the quality, stunning in yoghurt
Black Spice - ‘my god, it’s full of stars’, if you ever get a heads up and the person isnt full of shit, move. Don’t even need heat just wee scrapes off, compliments most hot drinks partially dissolved in warmed cream or eaten with yoghurt if you prefer something cold and utterly enveloping for 12 hours meditating on the divine
Red Leb, haven’t seen since over 35 years. Stunning with a smell complexity I want to know one more time before departing Earth, just look at it
Caramel, still quality but more likely to get mixed up with chunks of soapbar, nearly always available but have to wait for a trusted line in, if you break it open rather than cutting the smell is timeless (avoid if it clatters dropped on work top/table)
and the fly in the ointment, so many variations it can even get cut further as cutting polymers to choose from have increased, henna’s clovey presence is hard to pick out if the original resin was particularly good or if moulded into Afghan repeatedly by the kilo
a labyrinth today, yes = the internet yet admit to waiting for mates to give us a nudge, too old for resin quests
