Dab Habit Shatter - Hemp Star

Hemp Star, the strain behind this Dab Habit shatter, began as Dutch Passion Seeds’ tribute to hempsters and the international hemp movement, according to Leafly.

Skunk, Oasis and Haze, then Brainstorm

Leafly and AllBud both write the name as one word, Hempstar, and both give Brainstorm as another name for it. Leafly says Dutch Passion first bred the strain as a three-way cross of Skunk, Oasis and Haze, the same trio AllBud lists as its parents, then later combined Northern Lights #5 with Haze to create the modern Brainstorm. That second pairing is the one Leafly’s genetics panel shows.

Lemon, pine and a basil-like edge

Leafly calls the taste mild and tags the flavour woody, earthy and tea. AllBud finds the smell quite fruity, which it calls unusual given the strain’s heritage, and says the taste follows suit with earthy undertones; its aroma notes are earthy, fruity, pine and sweet. Reviewers on Leafly fill in more: fresh, citrusy lemons that became tropical citrus once ground (April 2016), pungent earthy notes with a herbal, almost basil-like scent (June 2016), and pine mixed with sweet fruit (November 2017). One reviewer in August 2018 found it a little harsh, with a peppery taste.

Focused and energetic, by reviewers’ accounts

Leafly’s terpene data from tested products names myrcene as the most abundant, followed by pinene and limonene. Its effect gauge points mostly toward energizing; its reviewers name focused, energetic and uplifted ahead of every other feeling, and Leafly sums up the effects as classic sativa. AllBud describes a high of at least three hours that comes over body and mind with deep relaxation and a happy mood, and its reported effects are euphoria, giggly and happy.

Hempstar’s THC on Leafly and AllBud

Leafly describes Hempstar as sativa-dominant, shows THC around 18% with CBD at 0%, and places it above average on its potency gauge. AllBud gives 25% THC, a level it says should not be taken lightly, and splits the strain 90% sativa to 10% indica. On Leafly, 127 ratings average 4.2.

Snapping, dabbing and Health Canada’s view

In shatter form, the extract is glassy and see-through, and a cold piece is brittle enough to break with a snap. Dabbing is how most of it gets used, while some people crumble a broken-off shard over flower. Shatter also comes in bar form, and our bars-versus-regular comparison spells out how the two differ.

Health Canada‘s lower-risk advice names shatter in a short list of THC-rich extracts, alongside hash, kief and wax, and the agency would rather beginners and infrequent users passed on every one of them. Its lower-risk guidelines separate cannabis use and driving by 6 hours or more.