Is Whipping Rosin Good or Bad?

The art of whipping rosin is a common practice in the solventless community. Most rosin pressers have tried whipping their rosin. Despite it being a commonly used technique, there is contention within the solventless community that whipping your rosin actually increases the quality of your product. Some prefer to leave their rosin as is after pressing.

Whipping rosin can create a homogenous product and change the consistency of your rosin so it is more stable and easier to work with. It can also destroy the valuable terpenes and cannabinoids you worked so hard to extract. In this article, we will discuss both the benefits and the downsides to whipping rosin. A lot of it is subjective and the best method is what works best for your end goals. We will also discuss how to whip rosin. 

What is Whipping Rosin?

When we say ‘whipping rosin’, we mean the act of stirring and agitating rosin with a tool. This practice adds air pockets to your rosin. Basically you are accelerating the oxygenation process and this will change three main things: consistency, cannabinoid content, and terpene content. It is like beating cake batter. Whipping rosin is not a necessary step to create a premium rosin product, but it could help you achieve your goals.

Benefits of Whipping Rosin

The main benefit of whipping rosin is to achieve a desired budder consistency. The consistency change happens because the whipping process adds air to the rosin, similar to beating cake batter. Rosin fresh off the rosin press can have many different consistencies including: shatter-like, sappy, and butter-like. Whipping rosin that has a shatter or sap consistency can change it into a budder which is much easier for the user to work with. This has a lot of value to those looking to create an easy-to-use end product. Rosin with a budder consistency is in high demand.

You can also homogenize rosin by whipping it. Rosin that is left to cure might go through a terpene separation sometimes referred to as “crashing out”. This means that a layer of terpenes will separate from the cannabinoids and sit on top when in a jar. Whipping the terpenes back into the rosin will affect the flavor profile and consistency of your rosin. 

Downsides of Whipping Rosin

As we just discussed, whipping rosin adds air which accelerates the oxygenation process. This is what causes the consistency change. But oxygenation also degrades terpenes and cannabinoids. You cannot have one without the other. This is why many choose to leave their fresh pressed rosin untouched. Not whipping your rosin is the best way to maintain the valuable terpene and cannabinoid profile you just extracted. 

Is Whipping Rosin Good or Bad?

To whip or not to whip. This question is best answered by asking yourself what your end goals are. If you want an easy to work with and highly demanded budder consistency AND you do not mind the loss of some terpenes, then whipping your rosin is the right call. If you are all about the terpenes and want to keep the terpene profile as is after pressing, then do not whip your rosin. There is of course a wide area of middle ground to play around in. You could whip just a little, or you could whip a whole lot. Experimenting is part of the fun of pressing rosin! 

How to Whip Rosin

To properly whip your rosin you will need a standard dab tool and a glass jar filled with rosin. Insert the dab tool into the rosin and rapidly mix it in small circles. The goal is to expose as much surface area of the rosin to air as you can. If you see terpenes begin to separate, you can mix those right back in.

Whipping rosin can take place right after pressing to achieve a budder consistency. It can also happen during the curing process to reincorporate separated terpenes. After whipping your rosin, it is important to seal the rosin in an airtight container so that air does not interact with the rosin and the consistency you just achieved stays the same.