customer order for a specific illness. “We would love to fill something and have the evidence it worked,” Gardiner says. Feria, despite his age, is more old-fashioned. “You’re playing God at this point,” Feria explains of mixing elements. “Besides destroying the structure, you are losing the full spectrum and capability of what that plant can do. We don’t destroy that structure.” EPC makes rosin chips using food-grade pressing screens. They also produce whole plant cannabis capsules made with organic virgin coconut oil as well as temple ball hash as high as 80 percent THC without solvents, and ice water sieve to collect ripe trichome heads. EPC also utilizes heat press and low-temp vapor distillation. “For people medicating with hash, you get more of your life back -- you don’t have to medicate as often,” Feria relayed to elevate. To further avoid butane, “I light a hemp wick with a lighter and hover it above the ball until it bubbles.” Feria often goes to the harvest of plants to assure the process is performed in the same day. “We eliminate the need for solvents and expensive machinery and are able to provide the community with the highest quality clean concentrates,” says EPC boss Rick Stierwalt. “The way he (Feria) does it is more enriched than going through cutting and stripping machines. It’s like a hand-crafted Bentley versus a Ford.” When Steinwalt submitted his temple ball hash for the first time to the state for approval, “The state said, ‘Wow, this in on
point and at a whole new level,’” Stierwalt recalls. “Cannabis products need only meet state standards and earth-friendly derivations have been welcomed thus far.” For EPC, they use nothing but organic right down to the packaging. “The mandate is to make good medicine and we think solvent-less is the best way to make medicine,” Stierwalt says. “We don’t want to enter any process into the medicine.” Or be a polluter. “We believe so much in the environment that we package temple balls with hemp and you can light it with hemp and not let butane touch your product. Our philosophy is being respectful of the earth and the people on the earth,” explains Stierwalt. “We use recycled bags, recycled water, and packaging that will stamp into the ground and sprout flowers.” Feria says it’s easy to bypass solvents when medicating. “You can put some crumble on top of a bowl or put a fuse of pressed rosin in the core of a joint. Those are simple ways to get the full effect of a concentrate using familiar tools,” he offers. “A hash pipe can take a few different forms but is essentially a pipe with a very fine screen.” The more steps taken in extraction, generally, the more the product costs, but for most, $30 of cannabis disappears faster than smoking a half-gram of concentrate.
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