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Getting To Know Our Family of Tinctures

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One of the most common questions we get is, “What’s the difference between your tinctures?”

It’s a great question because we have three different kinds of tinctures with a total of 7 different potencies.

First of all, all our tinctures are made with Co2 extracted oil. That’s important because using the subcritical (Liquid Co2) extraction method you get the cleanest extract without any residual solvents left over.

Now let’s talk about the difference between the Holistic Blend and the Signature Blend.

HOLISTIC BLEND:

The Holistic Blend is the darker oil. This oil is the first extraction from the plant and is unwinterized. This means that it contains all the parts of the plant including the waxes, lipids chlorophyll etc.

It’s the rawest tincture that we have.

So DARKER IS BETTER? Yes, it is. Made of 100% UNREFINED full-spectrum CBD! 100% chemical and preservative FREE! NOT ALL Full-spectrum CBD is created equal! Did you know CBD is DARK when extracted from the hemp plant? This is the RAW, UNREFINED state. It takes a lot of refining to make the oil GOLDEN and PRETTY like most other companies on the market. Cannabinoids, nutrients, and terpenes are LOST at EVERY STAGE of the refining process. So, the darker the oil the better! DARK, Unrefined, full-spectrum CBD contains the MOST cannabinoids, the MOST terpenes, and the MOST plant nutrients over any GOLDEN REFINED oil.

So what’s the catch? Taste. 

Some people don’t like the taste of this oil.

SIGNATURE BLEND:

Winterized CBD oil (such as the oil we use in our Signature Blend) has the waxes, lipids, and chlorophyll removed from it.

You don’t lose CBD potency but you don’t have all the compounds of the plant left in your final product.

The added benefit is taste though.

Both oils work great and it just depends if you are a purest or not and how much the taste effects you.

The leaves our Entourage Blend.

ENTOURAGE BLEND:

The Entourage Blend gets its name from the Entourage Effect. The Entourage Effect is the idea that getting the full spectrum of the cannabinoids of the plant is the most effective method for cannabis consumption. So while many people have heard of CBD and THC there are at least 113 cannabinoids! Our Entourage Blend takes the three main therapeutic ones CBD, CBG and THC and combines them to deliver the Entourage Effect.

We start with our Signature Blend extract oil and we augment it with CBG to create a 1:1 CBD to CBG ratio.

 

 

Understanding Our Terpene Profiles

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Currently, we have 28 different terpene profiles across 4 different categories. One of the most common questions we get is, “what’s the difference between them?”

28 does seem a little overboard but for those that really know what they are looking for in their terpenes they are able to dial in their experience.

This post is meant to help you with that.

The 4 different categories of terpene profiles we have are:

-Hemp Strains

-Cannabis Terps

-Fully Involved

-Fruit Terps

Let me explain each category a little more so you understand the differences between them.

HEMP STRAINS:

Our hemp strains were some of the first terpene profiles that we offered. The hemp strain terpenes are natural and organic but they are botanically derived. This means that they come from natural organic plants but that they don’t actually come from hemp. So why are they called hemp strains? This is because we took the terpene profile from our popular hemp strains and duplicated it. Each profile is a copy of the terpenes that they hemp flower has in it.

Our Hemp Strains Are:

CANNABIS TERPS:

Cannabis Terps are the terpenes taken directly from the cannabis plant. The profile is the exact same and the cannabis strain because it is the terpenes from that strain. None of the THC is extracted with the terpenes so they are legal of course but they have the same taste and smell as the popular cannabis strains. You’ll notice these cost a little more because it’s much more expensive to take the terpenes from actual cannabis instead of an orange for example. It’s a great way to get an excellent CBD product that has the same taste and terpene effects as the cannabis counterpart.

Our Cannabis Terps Are:

FULLY INVOLVED:

Fully involved is a terpene blend that is natural, organic, and botanically derived. They are the profiles of popular cannabis strains but they are amped up a little more in their flavor. Terpenes by nature aren’t flavors. They have an aroma and some taste but they aren’t flavors. These profiles are formulated to have more taste while also maintaining the effects of the strains they are duplicating.

Our Fully Involved Terps Are:

FRUIT FLAVORS:

Fruit flavored terps are natural, organic, and botanically derived but they don’t represent any specific hemp or cannabis profile. Instead, these are formulated first with taste in mind. So the terpenes for Green Apple taste like a Green Apple and it has an up or a down effect. Sativa or Indica. We don’t get into that right now but for the sake of brevity we will stick with Sativa is good for daytime and indica is good for nighttime.

Our Fruit Flavored Terps Are:

Hopefully, that helps clear up any confusion between different terpene profiles!

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