How to Read a Cannabis Menu Without Getting Lost in the Numbers
Modern cannabis menus can start looking like chemistry homework pretty quickly. THC, THCA, total terpenes, individual terpene percentages, grams, milligrams—the information is useful, but only if you know what you’re looking at. Instead of automatically hunting for the largest number on the page, shoppers at Missouri Made Marijuana in Joplin can use those details to make more informed comparisons between products.
Start with the product category and amount. An eighth-ounce of flower, a 1-gram vape cartridge and a pack of pre-rolls aren’t directly comparable simply because each has a THC number beside it. Take The Standard Pleasure Parlor flower currently on the Joplin menu. It’s sold as a 1/8-ounce flower product and lists 2.3% total terpenes, with limonene, beta-caryophyllene and beta-myrcene leading the terpene profile. Those numbers tell you something very different than the numbers you’d see on a vape or edible.
Next, look beyond THC. Terpenes can provide clues about a product’s aroma and flavor profile. Vertical E85 Ready to Roll, for example, currently lists 1.69% total terpenes, including beta-caryophyllene, limonene and linalool. Meanwhile, Robust Whipz lists 3.51% total terpenes with a profile led by beta-myrcene, limonene and beta-caryophyllene. That doesn’t automatically make one product better than another—it simply gives you more information to use when comparing them.
Format matters too. Batch Jack Herer Cartridge, currently available on the Joplin menu, is a 1-gram vape cartridge rather than flower. Comparing a vape directly to flower based on one displayed potency number can therefore be misleading. Start by deciding which product category you actually want, then compare similar products within that category. It makes the menu far easier to navigate.
The good news is that you don’t have to become a cannabis chemist before you shop. Missouri Made Marijuana provides detailed product information online, and its Joplin budtenders can help answer questions about the menu. Browse MissouriMadeMarijuana.com or shop the Missouri Made Marijuana Joplin menu before you visit. The Joplin dispensary is located at 1502 S. Rangeline Road and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.