Terp School
What a DEA-Registered Lab Actually Tests For
Lab tested is the least informative phrase in this entire industry. Here is what the words on a COA actually mean, which ones carry weight, and how to check a specific batch yourself.
Learn moreBisabolol: The Terp That Smells Like Chamomile Tea
Chamomile tea smells like warm hay and honey with something floral underneath. That smell has a name, and the story of where industry actually sources it is stranger than the smell itself.
Learn moreWhat to Eat and Drink With a Terp Chew
Wine gets a pairing vocabulary. Candy does not, which is strange, because a terp chew has more going on aromatically than most of what people set next to it. Here is the start of one.
Learn moreNerolidol: The Terp Named After a Princess
Limonene is named for lemons. Nerolidol is named after a perfume, by way of an Italian town and a 17th century princess. Here is the terp that adds depth to a profile without ever taking the lead.
Learn moreGeraniol: The Terp That Smells Like a Rose Garden
Geraniol boils at 230 degrees, smells like roses, and gets used to build eleven different fruit flavors that are nowhere near rose. The heavy end of the terpene shelf.
Learn moreSame Strain, Different Jar: Why No Two Profiles Match
Two jars of the same cultivar can come back from the lab looking like different plants. Genetics set the range. Everything after that decides where in the range you land.
Learn moreHow to Taste a Terp Chew Like You Mean It
Wine has a method. Coffee has a method and a scoring sheet. Candy people just put the candy in their mouth. Here is the five-minute version, with nothing to spit out.
Learn moreOcimene: The Terp That Will Not Sit Still
Ocimene is named after basil, turns up in hops and bay leaves, and the reference books call it unstable in air. Terp of the Week meets the most fragile molecule on the shelf.
Learn moreThe Terpene Wheel, Explained (And How to Actually Use One)
Wine got an aroma wheel in the eighties and the whole industry started talking to each other. Cannabis borrowed the idea. Here is how a terpene wheel is built and how to use one without feeling ridiculous.
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