First a word on the quality and grade of the cannabis.

1] It's very important to know who grew the cannabis:
[if you don't, you really need to follow step 1 and step 2]
a] This is primarily to specifically know whether there was pesticides used on the crop, or the crop is not property flushed therefore still too high in fertilizer. You really don't want either.
- the fertilizers contain [notably] phosphorous and other nasty chemicals and un flushed organic plants may even have fecal matter and the pesticides will make you very sick, especially when eaten .
- NB -
The truly best way to know to know for sure is to grow it or know the grower

2] If you don't know where the cannabis [bud or trim] came from:
a] Most people can detect pollutants by the chemical taste you get when they smoke.the bud.
b] The other major indicator of pollutants is how black the ash is from the joint - [this test can be deceiving tho [fatties, & badly rolled joints can have a black ash from incomplete combustion].

c] The ash should be free of lumps, and when you rub the ash into your palm, it is supposed to have some gray color to the ash, but if there is a black oily/tar residue then there is a problem & if there's a hard ash, then that's probably pesticide.on the bud [it's water based & acts differently]
- NB - Leaf or trimmings from bud, as a rule will have a black ash, so smoking it is not a good indicator.

3] NOTE: If your raw material is fresh [or dry] trim from a grow-op or outdoor crop.
a] Most trim that is found in a dumpster or dumped period have a pesticide problem, [or it would not be dumped] and all [at least successful grow-ops] flush long enough for the outside leaf to be fertilizer free, even if the bud is not totally leached, [leaf is the 1st to drain their food to the bud]
b] Now, this next step is just a good idea, for cleanliness reasons: Wash the leaf with clean cold water [lots of it] in like a wash tub and gently stir it around, then drain and repeat, and then you need to spin dry the leaf, to take out the large part of the water.
- The best way [on a small scale] is to use a [tupperware] salad leaf dryer /spinner, then spread it out on screens to dry., and keep turning it until the leaf is really dry. it then can be crumbled [not powdered] for storage

- NB- None of this washing will wash off any of the resin that was on the leaf. But pesticides are all water based, and designed to be washed off with water. After all you want to eat safe edibles

4] On the potencies of different parts of the same plant, and from one crop to another
a] All leaf is exceptionally consistent in being about 4-5 % THC levels, and they always have a higher percentage of CBD and CBN and all the other cannabinoids than the bud.
b] Bud can swing from 15-20% for outdoor, to highs of 25-30% with conditions that are great and beyond by grow ops that can tweak better conditions than nature could ever duplicate
c] Using bud simply is not as economical as using trim, but bud does have its inbuilt advantage of simply being stronger, with less green bulk, & frankly contain cannabinoids that the leaf doesn't have
d] But by just using 2-4 times more leaf than you'd use bud will get you a very similar effect, and
e] Frankly, on a medical perspective the close trimming of bud is better for you than the bud itself because of the extra fiber, which really is very
beneficial to your entire digestive system..
e] the further away from the bud you get, the weaker it is in cannabinoids versus green bulk, and
- this leaf is good for people who want a high fiber low THC content, which means you can eat 2 or 3 times more to get to the same psychoactive effect, which is good if you're wanting the fiber or
- You can also use this grade to make butter the traditional way, where you throw away all the fiber, by separating the two, therefore lump /fibre free, which is an advantage in a some dishes, and especially for vegetable oil applications, where filtering can remove all to most of the non oil base
.
5] On dose control and getting predictable results from different grades.

Rule #1: The best way to have consistent results is to process large batches of concentrate,
a] By storing really large batches of one strain, you are guaranteed to always get the same consistent results, because it's impossible to have a variation when it comes from that batch, and it can be branded as a 'strain specific' with specific benefits that address specific medical conditions,

b] As long as the supply of concentrates last as long as the next crop, means there is no real reason for a variation from one batch from the same grower, [because the conditions are similar]

- NB - You can now promote this Hash Plant [indica] bakery to be better for sleep disorder, or this Purple Kush [indica] bakery for real chronic pain,
- as opposed to this perfectly good energy filled Lamb's Breath [sativa] bakery for lunch[ed] [and your product /service becomes unique]

c] Frankly every strain will be slightly different and each and every one of them will find its niche market [consistent dose control is essential - period]
- Frankly I can't see how this notion would not create a niche for a really cool cottage cafe and or bakeries in every neighborhood market.
- It would be a welcome initiative that would better society.
- It really is a concept for a niche market that's bigger than MacDonald's,
yet best suited to personal interaction between the provider and the customer in a comfortable environment
- I'm saying that people would flock to a cafe where the whole menu promoted medical benefit,

6] In order to offer some kind of standard and offer different applications for each grade

a] The first major cut back of a live standing crop
- This consists of leaf, and fan leaves, - They can all be lumped together as what is gathered before final mannicuring.of the bud and
- brachs & pistols, which are the fine hairs that 1st drop off the branches,
[when you're still handing big branches for final trimming] - this product is very consistent in THC @ 5%, and is really low in green mass

-- It has all kinds of unique properties, so it really is a grade by itself.
- Once processed into Delta 11-THC carboxy it is saline soluble; this powdered /sifted leaf will transfer to flour by simply pre sifting it in.
- Then this flour can be used for pancakes, waffle cones, cookies, muffins, noodles, tortilla shells, etc.. [with consistent medical and psychoactive results]
- The brachs and pistils are ideal for making vegetable oil extractions,
[due to low green mass] and/or you can use it as a low green mass, high fiber alternative flour.

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b] This is the immediate trim from final manicured bud:
This trim as a rule is frostier than the 1st cut
- But the real reason for it being a separate grade is that it's gathered separately at final trimming and we can make sure that there is inevitably bud particulate in this trim, which definitely makes it a higher grade.
- Once processed into Delta 11-THC carboxy it is now powdered and sifted then folded into any fat like butter, mayonnaise, high fat yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese, peanut butter etc