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What is a terpene profile? What are botanical terpenes? What is the entourage effect? How do terpenes work? Read all about these topics and more in our Talking Terpenes Blog Posts.

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Behind the Blends

Dive deep into the terpene profiles of our Essential Terpenes line through our Talking Terpenes: Behind the Blends series.

Science of Terpenes

What are terpenes? What's the entourage effect? Our Science of Terpenes blogs dive into the fundamentals of terpenes.

Cliff Notes

Want the short version? Our Cliff Notes blogs offer quick summaries of our Talking Terpenes and Science of Terpenes blog posts.

What are diluents?


Diluents, by scientific definition, are substances that dilute, or weaken, other substances that they're mixed with. They do this by essentially thinning out the other substance. Common examples of diluents include medium chain triglycerides (MCT oils), and propylene glycol (PG), which are also both substances that are commonly used in vape cartridges as a thinning agent.

Vape cartridges contain active extract material, terpenes, and a diluent. Our Solvent Free Terpenes contain zero thinning or diluting agents whatsoever, while our TasteBudds Flavors are based in either MCT or PG. Because of this, our terpenes are of the highest quality and are incredibly concentrated, and our diluent based flavors are highly concentrated as well, with a base concentration that's still 4-5 times stronger that most flavors today.