Loose Blends

We have heard about good experiences with many differenct devices, but we do have one dry herb electric piece that was created with Bear Blend in mind – Cipher’s NOVA! They have created a piece that works with all sorts of herbs, both cured and dried.

Although we have created each blend with intention, if you really want to, go for it! We encourage people to safely experiment with herbs!

The only piece of advice is to understand how the herbs affect you, as some herbs can be more potent than others. Herbs such as lobelia are better left in small amounts. That doesn’t mean that Lobelia is necessarily bad for you! Please see the Health section for more information.

People enjoy the herbs in all sorts of ways! They can be used as a smoke, brewed in water, as a vape alternative, as incense – just to name a few!

Much like the uses, the ways to smoke herbs are expansive! Rolling up with a paper, using a dry or water pipe, vaporizing, it’s more about personal preference. The only real difference is how you smoke herbs! Our herbs are a little different than cannabis and tobacco in that they contain very little moisture. Cannabis and tobacco usually go through a curing process, which gives both some moisture content. That content is a lot of the reason there’s a big cloud of smoke and the heavier throat hit. The water vapor collects the ash and pulls the combination into the lungs. It also means tobacco/cannabis need a bit more heat and a heavier lung pull in order to burn properly.

Conversely, with our dry herb blends, there is less resistance to burn. The extra heat or pull will cause the herbs to singe, which negatively affects the taste and the effects. The only thing I would recommend is to “sip” on the herbs, and maybe even try using a hemp wick if you have one! Hemp wicks are great for controlling the heat and don’t produce the same butane taste as lighters.

The pieces you’re probably referring to are the inside core stem of the mugwort! When we process the mugwort, the thicker stems break up and get sifted out, but a little bit of what’s on the inside of the stem (porous plant matter) gets mixed into the batch. It’s just not big enough for the sifter to catch. The pieces are not styrofoam, or vermiculite.  They are just part of the mugwort plant.  It is harmless to smoke and is part of the herbs, even though it looks funny!