Inside the rooms where the marijuana plants are dried during the warm autumn months. A table is used first, to allow two or more people to work simultaneously so they can complete this first handling of the bulk of the plants as speedily as possible.
The worker can apply the greatest pressure to the rubbing of the plants, with an ingenious tool and, literally, push them through the metal net. A large amount of seeds and stems are eliminate at this stage. The process continues by the same principle of sieving over and over again. At least three or four different-size sieves are used in order gradually to reduce the plant to powder.
The skilled worker performs the miracle, using the finest sieve with extraordinary speed, of transforming the plant into the hashish powder known as Blond Leb. After pressing the finished product a brick of Blond Leb.
Note About Lebanese Hashish
The high quality Lebanese hashish available in Lebanon ranks with the worlds finest, but the Lebanese hashish available in most areas of the world is not very potent, as far as hashish goes.
It is usually gold (blond leb) red (red leb) or brown (brown leb). The darker colors come from older plants that were allowed to mature before harvest.
If you break a piece off and look closely, you can usually see the small resin glands. This goes for most hash made by using the sieve process mentioned above.
100 pounds of marijuana yield about one pound of premium hashish and various amounts of lower grade hashish. Lower grade hashish is sold, the best hash is kept by the producers.
