Papaya Mints is a solventless live rosin from Punch Extracts, the concentrate line of the Los Angeles company behind Punch Edibles & Extracts. It belongs to a long run of papaya-named jars on the Punch rosin menu, from budget Tier 4 badders to Tier 1 half-and-half releases.
What sets Punch apart is the format. The company is known for fresh press live rosin, a style Hash Writer says only two or three legal brands could pull off at any scale.
Fresh press and cold cure batter
Punch sells its solventless line as premium live rosin with no cutting agents or additives. Jars come in two finishes, fresh press or cold cure batter, and some drops land as half-and-half jars that pair both in one container.
The rosin is made in a climate-controlled room with ultra-purified ice and water, a setup Punch credits for a contaminant-free product. Hash Writer notes that the fresh press consistency holds steady for days at room temperature.
Leafly describes live rosin as a concentrate made from fresh, uncured plant material instead of dried buds. Heat and pressure push the oil through a nylon mesh bag, and no chemical solvent enters the process.
Gold, Silver and four numbered tiers
Punch grades its rosin into four numbered tiers, with Tier 1 at the top. Its Weedmaps catalog also carries Gold Tier and Silver Tier jars, and a few Gold Tier cultivars such as Ape Slap and Amaretto Apes come in 4g jars.
Tier listings can name the farm behind the flower. On the Weedmaps listing for Rainbow Papaya, a Tier 1 half-and-half jar, Punch names Emerald Queen Farms as the source. That jar comes from a Papaya × Rainbow Belts cross.
Emerald Triangle flower at a lower price
A Hash Writer profile traces Punch's inputs to Northern California. The company buys from Emerald Triangle farms and runs some of the same farm material as higher-priced brands while charging nearly a third less.
The same profile places Punch in the top three of the solventless market. Dispensary pricing on Weedmaps reflects that position, with a 1g Tier 1 cold cure badder jar listed between $47 and $50.
A deep papaya bench and a mint lineage
Papaya Mints has plenty of company on the Punch menu. Weedmaps lists 91 Papaya, Amarelo Papaya, Bermuda Papaya and Benzina Papaya Diesel as Tier 4 cold cure badders. The Papaya cultivar also sits behind Rainbow Papaya, one of the brand's Tier 1 jars.
The mint side has a track record too. Hash Writer singles out Punch's Ice Cream Mints, an Ice Cream Cake × Kush Mints jar, among the brand's standout releases.
The same article praises Strawberry Ice Cream, from Ice Cream Cake × Strawberry Banana, along with Jelly Bomb, a THC Bomb × Jelly Rancher cross, and Dozizos, from Dosido × Zkittlez.
From PunchBar chocolate to solventless
Punch Edibles & Extracts launched in 2013 around sensibly sized, high-dose edibles at affordable prices. The PunchBar chocolate came first, built on three concerns the company names as taste, size and potency.
The brand has since grown into a full-service cannabis company. Its lineup now spans PunchBars, Asteroids, malt balls, gummies, vapes and the Rocket and Stingers preroll lines. The Rocket pairs 1.3 grams of flower with 0.3 gram of live rosin.
Punch Edibles Media, LLC runs the business, with sister brands Tempo and Dr. Norm's. The company sells in California, Oklahoma and New York.