// Definition
The practice of mechanically agitating dried cannabis in a rotating drum to separate trichomes from the plant material, producing kief or dry sift. In the legacy market context, tumbling bulk flower to extract value before selling degraded buds.
// From the Episode
Once tumbling started in Canada, 'nobody needed to grow it good anymore.' Operators would buy 1,000 pounds, tumble it, extract 100-200 pounds of trichomes as product. This degraded the quality of exported BC bud and was a major reason Beasters declined in reputation.