Indica Shatter

Shatter online in Canada: glassy, clean dabs

Shatter gets its name from its texture. It's a thin, translucent sheet that looks like amber glass and snaps when you bend it. It's made by using a solvent to pull the resin from cannabis, purging that solvent out, and letting the concentrate set into its hard, glassy form.

Dabbers like it because it's easy to portion: snap off a piece and you're ready. Colour ranges from pale gold to darker amber, and the flavour is usually clean and straightforward.

How to use shatter

The most common way is a dab rig. Heat the nail or banger with a torch (or set an electronic nail), let it cool for a moment, then touch a small piece of shatter to the surface and inhale slowly. Lower temperatures keep more of the flavour. If you're new to dabbing, an electronic nail takes the guesswork out of temperature, and a carb cap helps you get more vapour from a cooler surface.

No rig? You can lay a tiny piece on top of a packed bowl of flower instead. Either way, start with a crumb-sized piece and wait before having more. Shatter is much stronger than flower, and there's no rush.

How to store shatter

Shatter likes it cool and dark. Heat and handling can soften it into something sappy, and over time it can "sugar up," turning cloudy and crystalline. Keep it folded in its parchment inside an airtight container, and use the fridge for longer storage. Handle it with a dab tool rather than warm fingers.

As always, store it well away from kids and pets. Your shatter ships in the same plain, smell-proof package as everything else at GOOII.

Where to go next

Love the clean flavour? Try diamonds next. If you'd like something with a louder aroma, live resin is worth a look, and hash is the old-school alternative.

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