With it still being illegal to grow any- thing above personal, non-profit use part of what makes the Spanish hash scene so special is the result of their limited cultivation space. Many find themselves producing single source and small batch simply by necessity. Every
round has to count and there’s little room
cifically with resin production in mind is of prime importance. Slite23 and Doc Hazed both expressed how farmers and breeders have been crucial in helping them thrive by providing reliable genetics and desirable options for the European community. This innovation and desire a group of them to develop something
that’s begun to create a stir, bringing even more eyes to their arena-Piattella. You’ve seen it all over the internet, this single word rattling through count- less Instagram posts and memes, but what exactly is Piattella? Hassans710, a European hash brand that’s been working with the stuff since 2019 described it as the result of “cold curing full melt[hash]to achieve a premium level of terpene retention.” Looking like a wet piece of spice cake, the growing inter-est in these soft bricks is something like when that awesome track you dropped four years ago suddenly goes viral on TikTok. Speaking with Uncle’s Farm, a social club and grow operation which is accredited with its creation, Piattella (pee-ah-tell-uh) is cold cured Ice-O-Lator hash named after the Italian word piatto meaning “flat.” Adding the diminutive suffix “-ella” changes the
definition to something more like “litle brick,” a reference to the most popular way of presenting these concentrated hash cakes. The word has a few other meanings as well. including plate, which is why googling Piattella often brings up a list of nearby Italian restaurants. When asked if the word was spelled with one T or two, the overwhelming
of the Italian word, it should have the traditional Italian spelling. Arturo of La Sagrada Farm, which is also credited with the creation of this new form of hash, pointed out that there is also a connection to the slang term piattello. which is a clay hunting target known in English as skeet. Again, referencing that shaped appearance, which Uncle from Uncle’s Farm says is one of the steps in their cold curing process.