It’s a complex process, requiring a lot of fancy machinery and an acute attention to detail at every step of the way. (And, lucky for you, it’s one that Insa has gotten very, very good at.) All of our extracts begin with one of two extraction processes. Which one we’ll use—either Hydrocarbon Extraction or Ethanol extraction—depends on what’s on the menu. In either case, we’ll wind up with the highest quality extracts on the market.
Preparing the material
Step 1:
Preparing the material
Let’s get ready to rumble! Good concentrate comes from good flower. Lucky for us, Insa’s got the best. Hydrocarbon extraction begins with the freshest sugar leaves and buds. The fresher, more potent, and more terpene-rich the cannabis that goes into our concentrates, the more distinct—and more enjoyable—the products that come out the other side.
Step 2:
Extraction
Break it down now! The buds and sugar leaves are loaded into columns for extraction, and then they’re washed with a solvent, which dissolves cannabinoids (including THC and CBD) as well as terpenes. Those solvents are collected in a separate tank to be reused, and what’s left drains into another collection and expansion column, where it’s ready for post-processing.
Step 3:
Post-Processing
It’s clean-up time! Once it’s been extracted, that solution is ready to be refined. Any remaining solvents are purged for a purer product, and then we’ll whip, vacuum, heat, pour, melt the good stuff that’s left to create our various concentrates. In every case, these extracts retain the cannabinoid and terpene profiles of the strain they were made from.
Ethanol Extraction
Step 1:
Preparing the material
It starts at the very beginning! Ethanol extraction, like hydrocarbon extraction, relies on high-quality materials for high-quality products. Because our distillates are tasteless, highly potent products, we’re able to use more of the plant than for our concentrates. No part of the plant is wasted.
Step 2:
Extraction
Getting to the heart of the matter! Plant matter is saturated with ethanol at -40 below 0. (Yeah, that’s cold.) The mixture is then agitated slightly, which helps to make sure material is fully extracted. At that point, the ethanol drains off, and we run a spin cycle like the one your washing machine does to get rid of any leftovers.
Step 3:
Post-Processing
Scrub a bud bud! In the roto evaporator, that extracted cannabis slurry becomes crude oil, which then goes through a decarboxylation reaction. It sounds very technical (and it is), but the result is some of the purest distillate on the market.
Step 4:
Distill! Distill!
It’s almost glowtime! That crude oil is then further distilled to create—you guessed it—distillate. It’s flavorless and very, very potent, and we blend it to produce consistent, predictable effects in our vape products, edibles, and some tinctures and topicals.
Live Rosin Extraction
What is Live Rosin?
Live Rosin is cannabis in its purest form—no solvents, just ice, water, heat, and pressure. Freshly frozen flower is pressed into a rich, taffy-like resin bursting with cannabinoids and terpenes. Easy to scoop, smooth to dab, and perfect for your pen or rig.
Live Rosin Cold Cure
Cold Cure gives Live Rosin a cool little twist. After pressing, it’s jarred and cured at low temps, letting terpenes rise to the top and lock in big flavor. The result? A glossy, batter-like texture that’s made for dabbing with a tool in your rig or e-rig.
Live Rosin Magma
Magma brings the heat—literally. By gently warming the rosin, THCA transforms into Delta-9 THC, creating chunky, lava-like crystals with bold flavor and kick. Grab your dab tool and rig; this one’s made to melt.
Live Rosin Vaporizers
Our Live Rosin Vaporizers bring solventless quality to a convenient format. Made from freshly frozen flower and crafted with only ice, water, heat, and pressure, the rosin is fully activated through heat to convert THCA into Delta-9 THC. The result is a clean, terpene-rich liquid rosin oil—pure, potent, and made for smooth vaporization.
Bubble Hash
What is Bubble Hash?
Bubble Hash is a pure, solvent-free cannabis concentrate celebrated for its potency and clean flavor, crafted through a natural ice-water separation process. Known for its rich terpene profile and smooth experience, it remains a favorite among cannabis enthusiasts seeking a refined concentrate.
The Process
Bubble Hash production involves freezing cannabis flower to preserve its delicate trichomes. The flower is then soaked in ice water, where the cold temperature makes the trichomes brittle. Agitation helps the trichomes break off from the plant matter, and the mixture is filtered through progressively finer mesh bags to separate the trichomes. The final product is dried, resulting in a potent concentrate that can be used for smoking, dabbing, or sprinkling onto flower.