Cannabis
What is a Weed Grinder and How Do You Use One?
Sep
Since the introduction of smoking devices like bongs and pipes, a weed grinder has become a must-have.
Herb grinders are necessary tools that can enhance your smoking experience and make your green taste better. Gone are the days of having to break marijuana into pieces with hands or a pair of kitchen scissors!
Grinding weed with a grinder not only speeds up the process but also helps extract a better flavour from the plant and helps your joint or bowl burn more smoothly!
Curious to find out more about these helpful devices? We’ve got you covered!
Our guide explains what grinders are, how they work, how you can use them, and the best ways to keep your weed grinders clean and tidy.
Let’s get started!
What is a Weed Grinder?
Grinding your weed is the foremost step for its consumption. Whether you are planning to smoke weed with a dry herb vaporizer or a weed pipe, you’ll need to make sure your weed is ground up first.
Using a grinding device helps to create uniform pieces, producing an even burn. Secondly, the greater the surface area of the plant, the greater the flavour of its active cannabinoids and terpenes and the smoother the burn. So, it is necessary to grind weed to get the best out of it!
Bud grinders come in a variety of shapes and designs. There are wooden grinders, metal grinders and acrylic grinders, all coming in different sizes, shapes and colours.
That being said, your typical bud grinder consists of a single chamber with metal grinder teeth and a lid that screws into place. Its teeth or blades do the grinding part while the top cover rotates.
Due to their compact size, you can easily hold grinders in your palms. Additionally, most grinders will have a magnet on the lid to keep the contents contained inside.
Kief, the fine powder made from cannabis trichomes (outgrowths on the surface of cannabis flowers or buds), is also able to be collected by using a grinder. Grinders that have multiple chambers and a mesh screen at the bottom chamber can be used to collect kief.
Why is kief important? Kief refers to the dried-out trichomes of the cannabis plant. Trichomes contain the highest concentrations of THC and terpenes within weed. It’s used to create hashish and can be added to joints and bong bowls to add an extra kick of potency.
So, using a grinder helps you collect this essential part of the marijuana plant from the kief catcher.
How to Use a Weed Grinder
Available in multiple designs, weed grinders are simple and intuitive to use. Here is a step-by-step guide that will help you to use your herb grinder properly.
1. Loading
Remove the lid and fill the grinder chamber with dry cannabis flowers buds. Break the large parts with your fingers to evenly distribute the plant material between the metal blades.
If your grinder has a magnetic component in it, make sure to avoid placing weed there since nothing shreds underneath it.
2. Grinding
Replace the lid and rotate it clockwise or counter-clockwise 5 to 10 times until all the material is ground and falls through the holes into the next chamber. You can unscrew and tap against the grinder’s sides to loosen any material that has stuck between the metal blades.
With a two-piece grinder, you can determine that the grinding is done by the amount of rotation resistance and by a diminished grinding sound.
With the four-piece grinder, you can continue rotating until all marijuana has passed through the various chambers and its sieves.
3. Collect the Ground Weed
Unscrew the chamber from the metal blades and collect your ground herb from the holder at the bottom. Now fill the collected weed in your pipe or vaporizer and enjoy.
Collecting your weed from the two-piece grinder is also simple and easy. Just remove the lid and find your ground-up weed at the bottom of the chamber!
To collect your kief, ensure all of your weed has been ground and has fallen into the second chamber. Then, tap the grinder lightly to free up any kief that may have stuck to the sieved screen. Open the bottom chamber and a small spoon or scraper to reap your harvest!
How to Clean a Weed Grinder?
If you keep grinders safe and clean, they can last for years. Clean your bud grinder every time after grinding some sticky herbs. Here we will show you how to clean your grinders and what materials you will need.
Materials Required
- Toothbrush
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Jar
- Freezer
- Clean water
- Towel
How to Clean Your Grinder
- Ensure your grinder is empty and disassembled, and separate each chamber.
- Put each part of the grinder in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. Freezing will help to clump any left-over weed stuck to the sides of your grinder. You can then scrape the clump easily. That said, if you want a quick clean, you can skip the freezing step, but it may affect the cleaning process.
- Take a toothpick or a soft-bristled toothbrush and brush each chamber. Clean the metal blades, grinder sides and lid circumference.
- Pour isopropyl alcohol into a jar and soak the grinder in it for 20 minutes. Then, gently swirl the jar to separate the stuck cannabis from the grinder. Isopropyl alcohol will remove the stubborn resins from the grinder.
- Lastly, pour out the isopropyl alcohol and give your grinder a rinse with hot clean water. Dry off the weed grinder with the towel. It is ready to be used again!
Weed Grinders – Must-Have Weed Accessories
Herb grinders make your cannabis journey smooth and mess-free!
If you clean the accessory regularly, herb grinders can last for years. There are many weed grinders available, from single-piece grinders all the way up to 5-piece models that double-filter your kief.
If you are looking for something basic, single-piece grinders will be a great start. And for those experienced connoisseurs, other multi-piece grinders are available as well.
We hope you find a grinder that will perfectly suit your needs. And in the meantime, check out our online dispensary for a huge selection of cannabis flower to make sure you are not empty-handed before your next smoking sesh.
Happy shopping!
