Imperial Moroccan Blonde Hash

Listed as a concentrate as well as a hash, Imperial Moroccan Blonde Hash carries a label that calls it Moroccan and blonde. It is weighed out in five sizes, starting at a single gram and finishing at 28 g.

Kif first, export hash later

One belief, reported by Sensi Seeds, is that Arab traders carried cannabis into Morocco at some point between the 7th and 15th centuries. From the 16th century, Wikipedia’s Cannabis in Morocco page says, Moroccans raised it for their own use in gardens, orchards and small plots, and by the 18th century Morocco’s far northwest was an acknowledged centre of production. While quantities stayed small, most of it was smoked as kif, the traditional mix of black tobacco with unpollinated female flowers. That changed when young Western tourists arrived in a wave during the 1960s and 1970s, and growers moved from artisanal methods to larger-scale ones to meet demand from visitors and outside buyers.

Lebanese pieces before the Hippie Trail

Hashish itself was scarce in Morocco before the first Hippie Trail travellers arrived, according to Wikipedia’s Hashish article: just a few small Lebanese pieces. The same article says large-scale hash production for export is believed to have begun there in the 1960s. Legends differ on how hash-making reached Morocco; the version most people accept, the Morocco page says, places it at the height of Western tourist influence.

Chira, the sebsi and the soap bar

Moroccans call hash chira as well as hashish, Sensi Seeds says, and usually blend it with tobacco to smoke. The Moroccan pipe for kif or hash mixed with tobacco is the sebsi, which Sensi Seeds’ Morocco page describes as having a bowl made of clay or copper at the end of a long, thin stem. Abroad, Moroccan hash once came in 250-gram blocks nicknamed soap bars, which dominated Europe’s market in the 1990s, per Wikipedia’s Hashish article.

Hash among the high-THC extracts

Health Canada’s lower-risk advice classes hash as one of the THC-rich extracts, alongside kief, wax and shatter, and steers anyone inexperienced with cannabis away from them. Anyone planning to drive after Imperial Moroccan Blonde Hash should allow 6 hours or longer, a wait Health Canada sets in its guidelines for lower-risk use. Our dry sift hash guide covers the sifting method itself, and our guide to smoking hash runs through pipes, joints, bongs and vaporizers.