Decarb rosin or not?

**MrC** · 16-04-21, 01:45 PM

Wondered if anyone knows whether rosin from a press needs decarbin before using for edibles. The argument is that during its press process it gets decarbed then. Even though using shatter etc takes 20 mins in the oven .

**Mac** · 16-04-21, 01:54 PM

From what I can see you need to decarb still

Originally Posted by rosintech

The Importance of Decarbing Rosin

If you’re going to use any form of cannabis in edibles, then you’re going to need to decarb it, solventless rosin included. The reason for this is because THCA, that natural form of THC is very difficult for our bodies to metabolize. This is why simply eating cannabis flower, doesn’t really do anything. Decarbing “activates” the THC in cannabis so that our bodies can metabolize it with ease, making edibles way more potent.

Many people still believe that the rosin pressing process automatically decarbs your rosin, but that’s unfortunately not true. The pressing times are not nearly long enough to decarb rosin in any significant way, so a full decarboxylation is necessary before rosin is useful for infusing into edibles.

**MrC** · 16-04-21, 01:59 PM

Yeh thats what I thought mate, 2 minutes in the press wouldn't cut it especially as it oozes straight anyway. Cheers for clarifying. Gonna do some edible gumming just by meltin haribo bears and melt rosin into that. Did a test run that had positive results.