Loose Flower: Loose flower refers to the dried bud from the cannabis plant. When you purchase loose flower at a dispensary, it is bud that has been cured and trimmed for your consumption. Before smoking or ingesting loose cannabis, cannabis users often grind it and pack it into a pipe or joint. Ground flower lends benefits to the consumer – it typically burns more evenly, and it is easier to measure, manipulate and smoke.
Shake: Shake is loose plant material packaged together, it can consist of different types of cannabis plants that are harvested together. Because of this, some dispensaries sell shake a lower cost than premium bud. However, often times shake contains plenty of kief that also fell off the buds, making it a potent product.
Popcorn Flower: Popcorn buds are buds that are just about or a little smaller than popcorn. They usually have an intermediate position between budget cannabis and high-quality bud. The potency of popcorn buds should be on par with, if not slightly lower than, A-grade buds of the same strain (by the same producer).
Reserve Flower: Reserve or Private Reserve flower is the highest quality flower available at that dispensary or by that grower. Cannabis flowers can be graded as low shelf, mid shelf, top shelf, and Reserve. There are different price ranges for each shelf, depending on the quality of product. Private reserve cannabis commands the highest premium. Reserve buds are exotic and are often grown by an influential grower or brand. Sometimes a rare phenotype of a common strain is considered Private Reserve because it has a different color, flavor, aroma, or other unique traits.
Pre-Rolls: Pre-rolled joints are packaged and sold in marijuana dispensaries—it’s a joint that someone else has rolled for you. Pre-rolls have become the preferred term, but many cannabis consumers still refer to them as “joint.”Although you can roll your own joints at manually home, most dispensaries use a machine, ensuring a more consistent fill. Pre-rolls are crafted using thin paper, often rice, wood pulp or hemp, and include a paper filter tip.