Yeah, I've found you can taste the green more, if you have too much leaf left in.
I grow American Dream and all the leaves on the buds are just full of crystals, you really don't want to throw those away so I keep 'em on, just getting rid of the big fan leaves.

You can always trim tight around the bud and keep all the cuttings you take off to make hash later.

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