Kief

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For the city, see Kief, North Dakota.

Kief, Kef, Keef or kif refers to the dried resin glands (or trichomes) of cannabis which accumulate on containers or have been removed with a kiefing screen or sieve. Kief is a rare item among consumers of cannabis, and is prized because of its extremely high THC content. A small amount of kief is typically placed on top of cannabis when loaded in a smoking pipe or bong and requires good cornering technique to avoid burning all of it at once. Kief can also be smoked on its own or vaporized for inhalation.

1 Etymology
2 Manufacturing
3 Storage
4 See also
5 Regional Meanings
6 External links

[edit] Etymology

The word "kief" comes from an Arabic language word (classical Arabic form kaif كيف) meaning "pleasure, well being." ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Manufacturing

Kief is perhaps the simplest form of hash. It can be found by taking a bud covered in trichomes and brushing it. The dust that falls off is kief. This dust is essentially trichomes that have broken off of the plant. This dust is often the byproduct of grinders used to break the bud up as well. An additional method of obtaining trichomes is to rub the bud against silk. These trichomes, or resin glands, may be inadvertently combined with small pieces of plant matter that may break off from the bud, which is detrimental to the quality of the kief. Once collected, the dust may be smoked as-is or subjected to high pressure until compressed into a hard piece. This pressure-cooking can be accomplished by placing the kief between two coins in a vise.

[edit] Storage

A kief screen is extremely fine; in fact, one can barely feel the holes by touch. Some people will store their cannabis in a box with a kief screen at the bottom. Over time the agitation of storing and removing cannabis in this box will force the kief off the cannabis buds through the screen, where it is collected and removed.

[edit] See also

[edit] Regional Meanings

Renfrew County, Ontario: Kief is a term used to describe marijuana of high quality.
South Africa: Kief (often spelled Kif) is a term used as an expression of admiration or approval.
Morocco: Kief refers to a traditional smoking blend composed of herbal type of cannabis using a pipe called Sebsi.