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Little Z Cubed #5 scoop for this Solventless Sunday. This cultivar doesn’t normally yield well (like most Z genetics), but out in Florida she’s dumping this time around.

For those of you newer to solventless extraction, a yield refers to the weight of the final output after a cultivar has been washed and dried, divided by the initial starting material WET weight. Yield generally is determined by a few factors, chief among them being the cultivar itself. Some cultivars are “dumpers” — like Wedding Cake, Sour Tangie and GMO — meaning their trichomes easily wash away from fresh-frozen plant material, and in turn, they often yield high. Z Cubed is not generally like this — the resin type typically makes it tougher to wash and actualize bigger yields, but in rare cases like Florida’s this time around, a large dump is occurring. This means this batch of Z Cubed is gonna be flavorful, giving you all a great peek at this cultivar’s best genetic expression.

This is a perfect example of why our tiering system is in place. Consider it like a wine’s “vintage” from a vineyard. The same exact grapes can be used year to year with the exact same processes in place, but variance in flavor and expression will differ year to year, making some vintages more desirable than others. The same goes for our concentrates. Some batches, like this Z Cubed, will present a more robust genetic expression than others, and thus receive a higher tier. It’s a plant after all, whose growth and resin structure will always vary from batch to batch.