It was green weed like all weed 10 months ago. After 6 months r so it really starts to lose the greens and goes brown/gold/etc. Some strains hold their taste...the others kinda fade into sameyness.
I do the "almost snap" stem routine here as well. The key for me (Colorado) is to dry as slow as possible. In Fall/Winter I can get a good 60F/60% humidity dry cycle and it will take a good 2 weeks to dry....maybe a bit more. Then it's off the stem and into tubs...and into garbage bags. After a day or so I check it all to make sure it didn't wetten back up. If it did I open the bag and let it sit out for a bit...then do the process again 'til I get it where i want it. Then it gets jarred. I check my jars but usually don't do any sort of burp routine. If i jar it at the right humidity it will hold there/cure well and needs little to no attention. Those slower drys pull out the terps, IMO.
I can easily deal with drier weed after 10 months time. All you need is some rosin to give it a bit of "moisture" and yer off.....