Sugar Wax Explained

Sugar, or sugar wax, is a solvent-based cannabis concentrate with a wet, grainy texture like brown sugar. It is made in a licensed lab by extracting the resin with a hydrocarbon solvent, purging the solvent and letting the extract slowly crystallize into small grains coated in liquid terpenes. Sugar is gold to amber, sticky and is dabbed in a rig, e-rig or concentrate pen.

Sugar forms when an extract is left to crystallize, or nucleate, on its own. Tiny crystals grow through it and the liquid part settles around them, which gives it that glistening, sugary look. It is often made from live resin, and a jar of sugar can separate over time into firmer crystals and a wetter sauce.

Sugar starts like other solvent-based concentrates: plant material, dried or fresh frozen, goes through a closed-loop hydrocarbon extraction in a licensed lab, and the solvent is purged.

Then it is given time. Left alone, the extract crystallizes into small grains while the liquid terpenes settle around them, producing the grainy, wet sugar texture. The same process taken further, with bigger crystals, gives sauce and diamonds.

Safety note: hydrocarbon extraction uses flammable, pressurized gas and belongs in a licensed lab with closed-loop equipment. This page does not cover extraction steps, and Angies Boutique does not sell extraction equipment.