Verified Case Study
By Jay Evans, Post-Harvest Expert
Twister Technologies
Case Study
Too many lots. Not enough eyes.
Data-driven curing
brings consistency
and peace of mind.
Kemosabi
Commercial Cultivation
(6 months of trial success)
The Problem
Kemosabi’s curing process relied on cheap, inaccurate hygrometers — the kind that lose battery and get buried in the product where nobody can read them.
Staff checked barrels every 2 to 4 hours. But with multiple lots running in the same curing room, things got missed, especially on night shifts. The result was overdrying, loss of stickiness, and diminished aroma.
The Solution
Cure Puck gave Kemosabi real-time data tracking and trend analysis across all their lots. The team sets parameters in the system, and the app notifies staff when it’s time to manually burp or roll a barrel — replacing guesswork with data-driven decisions.
The dashboard makes it easy for any staff member, including night shift, to see exactly what’s happening and what happened during the day.
The Results
- Shelf life improved flower still has a great smell 3–4 weeks later.
- Flower stickiness dramatically improved “previously flower was not sticky, now it sticks to a wall.”
- A few hours a day saved for two people versus the old manual check routine.
- App notifications replaced guesswork for burping and rolling barrels.
- Visibility across multiple lots and shifts one dashboard the night shift can read.
- Consistency that holds retail placement so stores “want to keep us on the shelf.”
- Expansion groundwork preparing to validate expansion and EU-GMP compliance.
Before Cure Puck vs. After Cure Puck
| Metric | Before | With Cure Puck |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | Cheap, inaccurate hygrometers that lost battery and got buried in the product | Real-time monitoring and full data tracking in every barrel |
| Checking routine | Manual checks every 2–4 hours | App notifications when a barrel needs burping or rolling |
| Night shift | Checks got missed; no clear picture of what happened during the day | Dashboard visibility across every lot and shift |
| Multi-lot production | Multiple lots in one curing room, tracked by memory and guesswork | Trend analysis per lot across all lots at once |
| Moisture control | Overdrying, loss of stickiness | Flower that “sticks to a wall” |
| Aroma and shelf life | Diminished aroma | Stronger smell still present 3–4 weeks later |
| Labor | Two people on the manual check routine | A few hours a day given back to both |
| Compliance path | — | Trial data supporting expansion and EU-GMP validation |
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Glossary
- Cure Puck
- App-connected curing device from Twister Technologies that monitors humidity in real time inside a cure container and notifies staff when a barrel needs attention.
- Burping
- Opening a cure container to exchange gas and release moisture. At Kemosabi it is still done by hand, but the app now says when.
- Rolling a barrel
- Turning a cure barrel to redistribute the flower inside so moisture equalises rather than pooling at the bottom.
- Hygrometer
- A humidity gauge. The cheap units Kemosabi used lost battery and got buried in the product, so readings were neither reliable nor visible.
- Lot
- A distinct batch of flower in the cure. Kemosabi runs multiple lots in the same curing room at the same time, which is what made per-barrel tracking necessary.
- Overdrying
- Letting flower fall below its target moisture during the cure. It costs stickiness and aroma and cannot be undone.
- EU-GMP
- European Union Good Manufacturing Practice, the pharmaceutical-grade standard cannabis producers validate against to supply regulated European markets.
Frequently Asked Questions
What results did Kemosabi get with Cure Puck?
Kemosabi reports improved shelf life with flower that still has a strong smell 3–4 weeks later, dramatically improved stickiness, a few hours a day saved for two people versus manual checks, app notifications in place of guesswork for burping, dashboard visibility across multiple lots and shifts, and consistency good enough that stores want to keep the product on the shelf. The company is also preparing to validate expansion and EU-GMP compliance.
How much labor does Cure Puck save at Kemosabi?
A few hours every day for two people, compared with the previous manual routine of checking barrels every 2–4 hours.
What was Kemosabi curing with before?
Cheap, inaccurate hygrometers that lost battery and got buried in the product, backed up by staff checking barrels manually every 2–4 hours. With multiple lots in the same curing room, checks got missed, especially on night shifts, and the result was overdrying, loss of stickiness and diminished aroma.
How many Cure Pucks does Kemosabi use?
Six Cure Pucks are in trial operation at Kemosabi, across six months of multi-strain production.
How does Cure Puck help across multiple lots and shifts?
Cure Puck tracks each lot separately and surfaces it on one dashboard, so a night-shift operator can see exactly what happened during the day. Frank Han of Kemosabi puts it plainly: with too many lots going at the same time, night shift needs clear simple visibility into the day’s activity, and without Cure Puck they would lose that.
Does data-driven curing improve stickiness and aroma?
At Kemosabi it did. Frank Han reports that flower that previously was not sticky now sticks to a wall, and that 3–4 weeks later the flower still has a stronger smell than before.
Can Cure Puck data support EU-GMP compliance work?
Kemosabi is using its Cure Puck trial data and trend analysis as it prepares to validate expansion and EU-GMP compliance. The full data record for each lot is what makes that validation work possible.
Why did overdrying happen before Cure Puck?
The hygrometers were inaccurate, lost battery and got buried in the product, so barrels drifted between manual checks that were 2–4 hours apart. On night shifts the gaps were larger, and flower overdried before anyone noticed.
Cite this case study
APA
Evans, J. (2026, August 24). Kemosabi brings consistency and peace of mind with data-driven curing. Twister Technologies. https://curepuck.io/success-stories/kemosabi-data-driven-curing/
MLA
Evans, Jay. “Kemosabi Brings Consistency and Peace of Mind With Data-Driven Curing.” Twister Technologies, 24 Aug. 2026, curepuck.io/success-stories/kemosabi-data-driven-curing/.