The Trichome Collective Strawberry Pie Cold Cure Live Rosin Review

The Strawberry Pie (Georgia Pie x Strawberry Fritter) cold cure live rosin from The Trichome Collective is a winner. Its unique fruit-doughy scent and sweet, profile matching flavor are definite highlights. It has a sneaky strong high as well that toes the line between being pretty stoney but also vaguely functional but not too much so. This new brand out of Colorado is trying to make a name for itself so it’s great to see such a high quality batch of solventless coming out of the lab from the beginning.

When I got my hands on a gram of The Trichome Collective’s Strawberry Pie cold cure live rosin, I was super excited to give it a try. They’re a new solventless brand in Colorado and without mincing words it’s a competitive market in that department so any operators that are willing to step up and try to make great hash are admirable. The simple black glass jar has their interesting house logo juxtaposed with a red-yellow swirling sky background on the label.

The rosin itself is a classic medium density cold cure badder texture with a light beeswax yellow-whitish hue. Once you open it up with a dab tool it sparkles curiously which might mean some of the THC has nucleated during the pressing process (aka crystalized, which it does naturally under certain conditions). Overall it’s nice looking hash.

The aroma really stands out and made my mouth just about water when I first opened the jar and becomes that much more pronounced when left at room temperature for about an hour. It has a distinctly sweet doughy strawberry scent that is supported by a light green apple crispness. There’s also a faint amount of woody pine lurking in the background. Apparently some phenotypes of Strawberry Pie, which is a cross between Georgia Pie and Strawberry Fritter, get rather gassy but not in this one. This hash smells delicious which is a definite highlight.

I smoked most of this gram at medium low temps through my Puffco Peak Pro with my recently acquired Peak Pro 3D Chamber, which is a game changer over the standard atomizer. I also took a few dabs through my Tsunami mini rig and quartz banger for good measure too. I think the sweet spot is a little bit north of 510°F here as in the high 4s it seemed like there was definitely some hash being left behind that wasn’t vaporizing adequately. If you want maximum vapor production I’d bump that up a bit still, but the flavor balance is always a personal judgment.

I’m pleased to report that this Trichome Collective creation matches its alluring aroma to a flavor profile that is equally excellent. It has a wonderfully sweet, fruit-forward taste that has some clear bread notes blended in that make me think of a strawberry danish made with frozen puff pastry dough. It coated the inside of my mouth with every dab in a pleasant way, like a sugary beverage does. This cut of Strawberry Pie must have been grown quite well because it’s very clean. Even a decent sized glob didn’t leave me coughing at all, and smaller dabs required no liquid follow up.