Kief

For the city, see Kief, North Dakota.

One gram of screen-sifted cannabis Sativa trichomes, commonly called Kief.

Kief collected from a grinder with a screen.

Kief collected from a sieve.

Kief, keef or kif (sometimes kef) refers to the resin glands (or trichomes) of cannabis which may accumulate in containers or be sifted from loose dry cannabis buds with a mesh screen or sieve. Kief contains a much higher concentration of desired psychoactive cannabinoids, such as THC, than other preparations of cannabis buds from which it is derived. Traditionally kief has been pressed and baked into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping, but can be vaporized or smoked in its powder form.

According to the Oxford dictionary the word "kif" derives from Arabic: كيف kayf, meaning well-being or pleasure.

See also

• Bhang
• Hashish
• Legality of cannabis by country
• Vaporizer

External links

• Kief (What is it and how is it made?) Ed Rosenthal, Cannabis Culture Magazine