The Charas Thread

[hom]

A lady from Parvati valley and her hard working hands.

Here's some of her finished product. T'was tasty but not as tasty as the cream that was made last year. Below is a pic of some aged charas from Grahan village, the black balls in the background were from Tosh. Super tasty smokeables.

 

[Sadhu Sciences]

You mentioned shiva sadhu.you do know that shiva is the god of destruction right? Just seems wierd to have shiva in a thread about cannabis

Destruction of evil, perhaps. Shiva plays many roles in the Vedas. Shiva is the celebration of dance, the destroyer , right? Well in western terms we have heard it as " you must build to destroy." This is the yin and yang of Hinduism. Easiest way to explain it I guess. Shiva is very symbolic and holds many of these attributes/messages. Ganja is a part of Shiva's introspective process, this to remove the "destruction" of the mind. This is symbolic to the third eye on his forehead. We must remove all the tendencies and distractions of new world. This is sannyasin. There are many ways to interpret Vedas. I don't know Sanskrit , this is what I have understood based on my experiences!

PEace

 

[txuck]

First pictures charas and polen from Nepal,,,
Second pictures hash from kerala ( india)
Last Machapuchare

I prefer polen in Nepal , more tasty,,,,

agur

 

[hom]

First pictures charas and polen from Nepal,,,
Second pictures hash from kerala ( india)
Last Machapuchare

I prefer polen in Nepal , more tasty,,,,

agur

Hey Txuck....looks like we use the same dealer....hahaha

 

[DrySiftWizrd]

Interesting.. those hands though haha.. damn!

 

[ganja4mama]

You mentioned shiva sadhu.you do know that shiva is the god of destruction right? Just seems wierd to have shiva in a thread about cannabis

Shiva is the god of Destruction as well as Creation

A characteristic of Sadhu ritualism is their utilization of marijuana (known as charas) as a form of a eucharist in line with their worship of Shiva....

 

[Sirdabsalot46n2]

Frenchy needs to come back to ICMAG

Frenchy needs to come back to ICMAG

There is no Indica in the Parvati valley that I have seen and I spend 8 seasons making chars in the Parvati and Malana valley. Never saw an Indica

^^^
This gentleman needs to come back to ICMAG.

I think I will contact him and request his presence here, a forum that has a true respect for traditional Hashish, Charas in particular.

That being said,
thank you to the members that have contributed to this wonderful thread.

 

[EsterEssence]

Charas Cali style...

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Thanks Sirdab, you are right I do belong here and will try my best to keep up

 

[Sirdabsalot46n2]

Thanks Sirdab, you are right I do belong here and will try my best to keep up

It is my honor Frenchy,

Thank you for the response, traditional Hashshishins are in abundance here, and your knowledge in this area will be a great asset to this community.
Edit: Frenchy, when you have made 50 posts here, you can then do a lot more stuff, i.e,
Private Message, put your now globally recognized Avatar up,and give out rep.

Again, your experience in this realm of cannabis would be extremely appreciated over here.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Mendocino genetics

Mendocino genetics

 

[DrySiftWizrd]

Frenchy do you sieve or microplane at all? Or just let it dry naturally in globs?

Looks great.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

I do not microplane and this one was so sticky that I could literally not touch it. I stretched it half a dozen times a day to get it to dry evenly, it took 2 weeks.
Sorry guys that was not Charas pics let me create an album for my Hymalayan souvenirs

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Himachal Pradesh, Summer pasture Malana Valley

 

[Sirdabsalot46n2]

Frenchy!!!
Thank you for sharing such wonderful pictures.

I think you are going to love it around here my friend.

Respect,
[sd]

 

[Sirdabsalot46n2]

Frenchy do you sieve or microplane at all? Or just let it dry naturally in globs?

Looks great.

Sorry to answer on Frenchy's behalf...

I learn everything I do with ice water hash from him, so I dry from his teachings.

Remove as much water as possible, then chop thoroughly with dull knife.

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

It is easy to freeze dry anywhere you have electricity, even in jungles that are 100% humidity and hot as hell.... Its called sublimation.
-SamS

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

It is easy to freeze dry anywhere you have electricity, even in jungles that are 100% humidity and hot as hell.... Its called sublimation.
-SamS

No comments

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

I had to look up a new word Sam and I don't get the connection with freeze dry
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. Sublimation is an endothermic phase transition that occurs at temperatures and pressures below a substance's triple point in its phase diagram. The reverse process of sublimation is desublimation, or deposition.

At normal pressures, most chemical compounds and elements possess three different states at different temperatures. In these cases, the transition from the solid to the gaseous state requires an intermediate liquid state. Note, however, that the pressure referred to here is the partial pressure of the substance, not the total (e.g., atmospheric) pressure of the entire system. So, all solids that possess an appreciable vapor pressure at a certain temperature usually can sublime in air (e.g., water ice just below 0 °C). For some substances, such as carbon and arsenic, sublimation is much easier than evaporation from the melt, because the pressure of their triple point is very high, and it is difficult to obtain them as liquids.

Sublimation requires additional energy and is an endothermic change. The enthalpy of sublimation (also called heat of sublimation) can be calculated as the enthalpy of fusion plus the enthalpy of vaporization.

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

I had to look up a new word Sam and I don't get the connection with freeze dry
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. Sublimation is an endothermic phase transition that occurs at temperatures and pressures below a substance's triple point in its phase diagram. The reverse process of sublimation is desublimation, or deposition.

At normal pressures, most chemical compounds and elements possess three different states at different temperatures. In these cases, the transition from the solid to the gaseous state requires an intermediate liquid state. Note, however, that the pressure referred to here is the partial pressure of the substance, not the total (e.g., atmospheric) pressure of the entire system. So, all solids that possess an appreciable vapor pressure at a certain temperature usually can sublime in air (e.g., water ice just below 0 °C). For some substances, such as carbon and arsenic, sublimation is much easier than evaporation from the melt, because the pressure of their triple point is very high, and it is difficult to obtain them as liquids.

Sublimation requires additional energy and is an endothermic change. The enthalpy of sublimation (also called heat of sublimation) can be calculated as the enthalpy of fusion plus the enthalpy of vaporization.

Sublimation is how freeze drying works.....
Try it, you will like it, it makes water sift resin very very dry. And stops any damage from the moisture in the resin. Water hash resin then feels like dry sift, if the water hash is freeze dried and kept away from humidity.

-SamS