Quote Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
Surface area has less to do with it but the weed burns easier when it's finely ground as opposed to putting in a fat nug by itself. I definately recommend every1 get a kief catcher grinder. say you buy an 8th and grind every bowl or whatever, at the end of the bag, your left with at least a bowls worth of banging kief. ! hit of that shit will put you on your ass. swear down i got high 3 different times from one bowl of kief. It's well worth it, all you have to do is grind your herb, it's easy.
Not to mention, If you save up a whole bunch of it... There is NOTHING better for cooking killer brownies - or anything for that matter - than kief. Whatever you cook ends up a lot more potent, and the flavor is way better.

I've even successfully sprinkled some under my tongue and gotten a pretty decent buzz from it.

I don't think this is necessary to be a "serious stoner" (whatever that means), but kief is definitely good stuff.