What Is Live Resin?

Live resin is a cannabis concentrate extracted from flower that was frozen immediately at harvest instead of dried and cured. Freezing the plant at its peak locks in the volatile terpenes that normally evaporate during curing — which is why live resin tastes and smells like the living plant in a way no other extract does.

How live resin is made

Within hours of harvest, whole plants are flash-frozen. The frozen material then goes through hydrocarbon extraction at low temperatures, pulling cannabinoids and the full terpene spectrum without cooking off the delicate compounds. The result is purged of solvent and finished into formats like sauce, badder, or cart oil.

Live resin vs. distillate

Distillate strips the plant down to isolated THC and re-adds flavor afterward — often with botanical terpenes that never came from cannabis. Live resin keeps the original cannabinoid and terpene profile intact. That full-spectrum character is what people mean by the entourage effect: the strain actually behaves like the strain.

Live resin vs. cured resin and rosin

Cured resin starts from dried flower, so the bright top-notes are already gone. Rosin is solventless — pressed rather than extracted — and excellent when done well, but it's a different texture and price point. Live resin sits at the sweet spot of flavor, potency, and consistency.

How Globs does it

Globs runs small batches from fresh-frozen California flower — no botanical terpenes, no distillate cut, no shortcuts. Every drop is strain-specific; you can read the lineage and tasting notes of all 26 cultivars in our strain archive.

Where to try it

Globs live resin is available at licensed dispensaries statewide across California. Find a store near you.