“If you were to take a nice bud and put it through a grinder, dump it out, and then open up a pre-roll and dump it out, it should be the same,” said Patrick Rooney of Vashon Velvet, a Washington grower that makes premium pre-rolls.

Is shake worth it?  

Many pre-rolls (joints) are sold that are made with that particular strain's "shake", or "the stuff that falls to the bottom of the bin while the buds are getting all the attention."

Answer?  Depends on the grower.  If you can look at the shake and it looks like decent ground up flower, you're good.  Pretty much expect that you're never going to find shake for sale that's sticky.  Probably.  I've only ever bought shake that look dry, but I've passed over many ounces (and grams!) that looked extremely dry.  I'd go so far as to say completely dehydrated and could break down into dust if you attempted to open the package.  Those aren't great deals.

It's like that red & white tin of Thyme you'd find in the back of your grandma's cabinet...what magic must that hold?  Oh, just grey dusty sticks.  Why does she even have this?

It occurs to me that shake mixed with actual flower of the same strain would just extend your investment into the nicer buds, saving you money for those times where you just want to get baked.  Period.  No fancy, high; just baked.

Otherwise, it's good for rolling and baking/extracting.

Still, I'd stay away from a shake I couldn't examine before purchasing even for baking, so if your budtender won't, or can't, show it to you, it's probably time to find a better dispensary.

Now I'm wondering what a budtender would do if I looked him square in the eye and asked him to cut open a pre-roll of, say, an $18 1mg preroll so I can check its' quality.  Heh.


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“If you were to take a nice bud and put it through a grinder, dump it out, and then open up a pre-roll and dump it out, it should be the same,” said Patrick Rooney of Vashon Velvet, a Washington grower that makes premium pre-rolls.

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