Introduction to Desert Melt - what is it?

Desert Melt is an innovative, new-school take on traditional hashish - a kind of “frankenhash” if you will, made by blending premium Delta-9-THC distillate with a high CBD variant of kief and a carefully selected mix of cannabis derived terpenes. The result? A dark, sticky and pliable concentrate that looks, smells and smokes like traditional hash, but with a smoother and more refined profile.

What gave me the idea?

I’ve always loved CBD hash, and I came to realise that most products on the legal/grey market use distillate as a binder because CBD kief doesn’t press well on its own. That got me thinking… If it works so well with CBD, why wouldn’t it work with THC? I made a small test batch and it blew my expectations out of the water.

Why choose Desert Melt over commercial hash?

With commercial hash, you never truly know what you’re getting - you have to trust the integrity of the producers and smugglers to A. not contaminate the product and B. to make it in the most sanitary way possible so that it’s safe to handle and consume. A lot of commercial hash, sadly, has been tampered with in some way. Contaminants like henna, you can smell, but things like beeswax and pine rosin are almost impossible to detect. You also can’t detect bad handling practices - did you know that over 80% of hashish tested on the streets of Madrid had dangerous levels of e-coli bacteria?
Desert Melt contains 100% cannabis - no wax, resin or mystery binding agents, and it was made in a completely sanitary environment while wearing gloves. Desert Melt is safe, clean and effective. It offers a more balanced THC:CBD ratio than most black market products, making it ideal for users who get anxious from high-THC strains, need both cannabinoids for medical reasons, or just prefer a more well-rounded high.

Is it strong?

This is a bit of a complicated one, because, while it contains around 36.4% THC and 8.75% CBD, it doesn’t give a full entourage effect (yet!). The entourage effect is what gives a high its depth - it’s essentially a combination of many cannabinoids and terpenes working in synergy to give the high some “character” if you will. It’s why haze makes some people really talkative and why OG sends some people to sleep. Since it doesn’t have that true entourage effect yet, the high is more akin to a cart high - still quite strong and definitely effective, but somewhat lacking the synergistic effect that the other cannabinoids would bring.

What’s the future of Desert Melt?

This batch is a market tester. It’s been through extensive personal testing, but now it’s your turn! I want to see what the community thinks and whether Desert Melt has a place in today's market. Right now, I’m looking for as much feedback as possible so I can change and improve things in future batches. Currently, we’re working with quite a simple “classic” terpene blend, which consists of 5 terpenes, but future batches will include more complex blends - either to replicate the notes of traditional hash from around the world or to create completely new and unique flavour/effect profiles. I’m also planning to add CBG and CBN distillates (both containing 7 other minor cannabinoids) in upcoming batches. These will help to create a true entourage effect, giving Desert Melt the depth, body and therapeutic power that only full-spectrum products can offer. I may add more cannabinoids to the mix in future, but I’ll need to do more research to make sure that I can get clean, tested distillates and to make sure that those things really will add something valuable to the experience.

What Desert Melt will NEVER be:

At no point will Desert Melt ever include semi-synthetic cannabinoids (HHC, D8 or THCP) in place of real delta-9 THC, nor will it ever contain any non-cannabis derived materials. Any trace cannabinoids like CBN will only be added in naturally occurring levels to contribute to the overall effect, never to cut corners. And if I don’t know the exact source of anything I plan to use in the mix, I simply won’t buy or use it. My goal is to create a strong, flavourful, clean and cost-effective hash which is safe to use and genuinely worth the money, and I will never compromise my values for the sake of profit.

Sidenote - why I’m saying all of this:

It’d be easy to tweak the terp profile and sell this off as regular commercial hash, but that’s not what this is, and I won’t pretend otherwise. I know some people might not be into it, and that’s okay, but by being transparent and showing the quality behind Desert Melt over time, I hope people will be open-minded enough to give it a fair shot. I feel as though a good percentage of the hash market is already made up of this kind of product, the only difference is that I’ll be upfront and let people decide whether it’s something they want to include in their lineup. This is a product which I believe can not only stand the test of time, but also move with the times - to improve and evolve with every single batch.

If you have any suggestions, questions, queries or concerns, please either send a message or reply to this post so that I can address things publicly.