Key Takeaways
- To get started, you’ll need hot grabba chips, rolling paper, and your smoking material of choice. This could be another tobacco variety, your favorite cannabis strain, or another herb.
- Hemp and wood pulp rolling papers with a 1 ¼” thickness are best for beginners because they’re flexible and have ample surface area for rolling. Thin rice rolling paper is better for advanced joint rollers.
- Use a fingernail’s worth of grabba with your cannabis.
- Use an 80% tobacco and 20% grabba ratio for your other rolls to ensure a balance of flavor.
New to grabba? Before you start tapping into your rolls, you might want to get the lowdown on grabba.
Grabba is NOT your average tobacco. It’s dark, flavorful, and delivers quite the kick, elevating your smoke experience to new heights. Turn the heat up a notch with these tips and essentials from Butta’s Hot Grabba.
How Is Grabba Used?
Grabba is most often mixed with tobacco or cannabis and smoked in joints and pipes.
But you can also add grabba in your herbal cigarettes. Similar to your typical rolls, they have a filter at one end and consist of herbal blends, such as:
- Lemongrass
- Chamomile
- Sage
- Mint
- Damiana
- Rosemary
What You Need to Get Started
Choose Your Favorite Grabba
You have a few options depending on the grabba flavors that you prefer.
- Light Grabba: Light grabba has a lighter sweetness that’s perfect for mixing with other light tobacco and citrusy cannabis strains.
- Dark Grabba: Dark grabba leaves deliver a hot and earthy flavor. It’s great for pairing with gassy and pungent strains, which stand up well to dark grabba’s bold flavors.
- Hot Grabba: Hot grabba chips are fiery, delivering intense flavors and strong, smooth hits. We recommend hot grabba at Butta’s because it’s the most versatile variety. You can pair this grabba with light and golden tobacco varieties, pair it with fruity or pungent cannabis strains, or enjoy it as-is!
Select Your Tobacco or Herbs of Choice
Make sure you choose a complementary tobacco variety for your grabba.
Helpful Hint: Pair like for like! Light tobacco varieties and more mellow herbs pair best with light grabba, while bolder tobacco and cannabis strains go well with hotter grabba.
Lay Out Your Rolling Paper
Beginners should use 1 ¼” papers, which provide more surface area for rolling. Your paper’s material should match your skill level and taste preferences.
Beginner: Hemp papers offer a subtle, earthy taste and a medium thickness, making it easy for those new to rolling. Wood pulp papers are also a great option, thanks to their thickness. However, they burn faster than hemp.
Intermediate: Flax papers may be thin, but they're sturdy. Their smooth and grippy texture makes them a great option for most skill levels. They’re also flavorless!
Advanced: While they provide minimal flavor interference, rice papers are ultra-thin. This makes them tricky for beginners to roll.
Grab Your Filter
You’ll also want a filter when rolling a spliff. While not necessary, it’ll help prevent you from inhaling loose material!
Get Rolling With Your Grabba
1. Crush Your Smoking Material
Use your hands or an herb grinder to break your tobacco, cannabis, or other smoking material into smaller pieces.
2. Get Out Your Rolling Paper
Lay your rolling paper down, with the adhesive side facing up.
3. Prepare Your Filter
You can use filter tips or make your own using a small piece of an index card. Make accordion folds on your index card, and then roll the remaining paper around the folded part.
Place your filter at the end of your rolling paper.
4. Sprinkle Your Grabba and Smoking Material on the Rolling Paper
Line your rolling paper with your grabba chips and tobacco.
How Much Grabba Do I Need?
Grabba is famous for its potency, which can be pretty intense for first-timers. We recommend starting with a small amount at Butta’s Hot Grabba. You can always add more or less, depending on your taste preferences.
Using tobacco? Go for an 80% tobacco and 20% grabba blend for a balance of flavors. This is the same ratio you’ll use if you’re smoking grabba in your pipe!
Using cannabis or other herbs? Use about the size of a fingernail. You don’t want to overpower your herbs.
Not mixing your grabba with any herbs? You can tap a thin layer along the length of your rolling paper. Make sure it’s not so full that you can’t seal your joint!
5. Roll and Seal Your Joint
Pinch your rolling paper into a taco shape. Then, roll it back and forth to shape your joint, tucking the unglued edge into the roll.
Lick the paper’s adhesive strip and seal!
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