When you first buy weed, it comes in the form of dense, sticky buds. While you can break these up with your fingers, it’s much better to grind your weed using a weed grinder. A grinder is a handheld tool that cuts your weed into fine, smoothly-burning pieces within a couple of minutes. They’re affordable, practical, and will make your smoking sessions much better.
While these devices are fairly straightforward, beginner users might need some guidance on how to use a grinder. There are a few steps before you start enjoying your finely-ground weed, and you might also want to know about the different types of grinders and their advantages. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to use a grinder.
Step 1: Get Your Grinder
Before anything else, you’ll want to buy a weed grinder. Although you can cut weed using scissors, a knife or a multitude of kitchen tools, a weed grinder is specially-designed to give you finely ground cannabis that burns smoothly whether you decide to smoke it in a joint, bowl, pipe or even use a vaporizer.
There are various types of grinders you can buy. Many users stick with a simple 2-piece grinder. These grinders are made of two halves, and all you have to do is put your buds inside and grind the two sides in opposite directions until your weed is satisfyingly cut into small pieces.
You can also get a 3-piece or 4-piece grinder. These grinders come with extra chambers for collecting your ground weed. While 3-piece grinders will separate your ground weed into a collection chamber, 4-piece chambers have an extra chamber for collecting kief- the dusty high-THC trichome particles that can be used to enhance your joints or even make concentrates.
Fortunately, grinders don’t cost much and can be found in many places. You might want to grab a grinder from your local cannabis store or head shop. Alternatively, it’s even easier to buy grinders online. They’re not too expensive and pretty much any weed grinder will make your smoking experiences better.
Step 2: Choose Your Weed
The next thing you’ll need to do is choose your strain of weed. It’s important to note that you should only use a grinder with Cannabis Flower. You can’t grind cannabis concentrates such as Hash, Shatter or Live Resin- trying to do so will result in you ruining your concentrates and damaging your grinder.
As far as weed goes, you can grind any strain you want. If you’re looking for relaxing, pain-relieving effects, then it’s usually best to use indica strains, whereas sativa strains are known for delivering a more stimulating and uplifting high. If you’re having a hard time choosing between the two, you can always try hybrid strains– these contain a mix of indica and sativa genetics.
Before you grind your weed, you might want to break the nugs up into smaller pieces. Grinders can grind a fair amount of weed at a time, but you won’t be able to grind your weed effectively if you cram a whole half-ounce in there.
Step 3: Grind Your Weed
Once you have your chosen strain of weed and a weed grinder, it’s time to start grinding your weed. Using a grinder is very straightforward and you can use a grinder as many times as you want. Grinding your weed only takes a minute or two and you’ll end up with satisfying ground weed that you can use in a multitude of ways.
There are a few different types of grinders, but they all work more or less the same. Open the top of your grinder to reveal the teeth or pegs inside. Break up your weed and put the buds between these teeth. You can add a fair amount of weed each time, but make sure you don’t try to cram too much in.
Once you’ve filled your grinder with weed, reapply the top part of the grinder and begin to twist it. As the teeth of your grinder twist against each other, they’ll chop your weed into small pieces, making it much easier to pack into a joint or bowl and burn smoothly.
Step 4: Empty Your Grinder
Emptying your grinder is also simple enough, although the way you do this will depend on the type of grinder you’re using. If you have a two-piece grinder, then all you have to do is open it up and your weed will be right there. If you feel your weed isn’t fine enough, you can reapply the top half and continue to grind. If you’re satisfied, you can empty the weed.
A 3-piece or 4-piece grinder will separate your weed into a separate chamber. In these cases, you simply have to open up the weed collection chamber and empty it. With 4-piece grinders, you also have a separate chamber for collecting kief. You can add the kief to your joint or bowl or save it until you’ve collected more.
When you empty your grinder, it’s best to empty it into a container or a flat piece of paper. This will make it easier to collect all your ground weed without losing any. You might want to use a collection tool to scrape out any excess weed or kief at the bottom of your grinder.
Step 5: Enjoy Your Weed
Now that you’ve ground, all that’s left to do is use it. Ground weed will make smoking weed much better no matter how you use it. Since it’s broken into small pieces, it’ll burn much more smoothly and the hits will feel less harsh and more satisfying.
You might want to add your weed to a joint. Take a rolling paper with a filter tip at one end, add a pile of ground weed in the middle, pick up both ends of your paper and cradle the weed into the middle and roll one end over the other.
It’s even easier to use your ground weed in a bong or pipe. Simply add some weed to your bowl, light, and inhale. You might also want to sprinkle some kief on top. You don’t need to pack too much weed in a bowl- it doesn’t take many hits to get high and you can add more later.
Conclusion
If you want to know how to use a grinder, it isn’t too difficult. Once you buy a grinder and some weed, you can simply add your weed to the grinder, twist it, and end up with some high-quality ground weed. You can buy a grinder, weed, and everything else you need online at CanadaCannabisDispensary.co.
