Nicholas Saad and his Lebanese-style hash. Credit: LESTER BLACK

Nicholas Saad and his Lebanese-style hash.

Nicholas Saad and his Lebanese-style hash. LESTER BLACK

He is the only person at his company who knows how to make it. He produces it at night in a locked room. While he’s in there, he puts a glove on the exterior door handle, warning other employees they are not welcome inside.

“We have a unique process that I came up with that is the best approximation, as far as I can tell, of how they make it in the Middle East,” said Nicholas Saad, referring to his Lebanese-style hash.

I’d been looking for good hash locally for years, but it’s nearly impossible to find in Washington’s legal market, even though it’s the most popular way to get high in places like Europe and the Middle East, places where it’s easier to find than basic flower.

Lester Black is a former staff writer for The Stranger, where he wrote about Seattle news, cannabis, and beer. He is sometimes sober.