The term cannabis distillate refers to a cannabis extraction process that uses heat to vaporize cannabinoids. This vapour is then collected in the distillation cooling system. This removes everything from the cannabinoids, including all residual solvents, plant matter and terpenes. Distillate is also known as “clear” because the end product is often times clear and is literally free of other contaminants. The potential benefits of distillate include: it is solvent free and cannabinoid concentration is extremely high often testing above 90%. The drawback of distillate is that it completely strips the terpenes from the extract, removing access to the entourage effect. Many companies add cannabis derived and non-cannabis derived terpenes back in at the end with varying results.