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Forbidden Fruit from Amplified Cannabis

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Forbidden Fruit from Amplified Cannabis via DabberChan on 8/21/19. THC tested out to 20.10% Total. This was a birthday gift but my guess is this retails for about $50 plus tax. Dabberchan was awesome enough to grab this for me for my bday and I’m glad he did because it’s awesome. This nug is beautiful. The darkness of the surface purples contrasted with the bright orange hairs with occasional bursts of light green, not to mention an ample amount of frost, keep the eyes happily captivated in a world of brilliant color.

The nose of out of the jar is straight oranges, but in that natural fresh from the tree kind of way, it has this musky sort of aspect to it. On breaking the nug you get that orange scent still but it’s accompanied by this earthy note as well. However, when you finger grind a nug down it kicks that orange smell in to high gear and gives it this sweeter juice like smell. It’s extremely pleasant. The nugs have a slightly higher density than popcorn, feel very dry to the touch, and give no sort of finger hash feeling on the digits. The inhale is smooth and on the exhale, as you would guess, I catch the sense of strong citrus. The headchange comes on fairly slow but I wouldn’t call it a creeper, it just doesn’t come on with a thwack. It bops you on the top of your head and feels like it settles in on the top of your eyes. While I don’t feel couchlocked my head is heavy and my eyes are tired. It’s labeled as an indica leaning hybrid but I started saving this one for the very end of the day as I felt like it was a surefire way to put myself to bed. This was an excellent first encounter with Amplified Farms and I look forward to the next. Great work team Amplified!

Blue Zushi from Zushi

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Blue Zushi from Zushi via GulfCoast LA on 8/20/19. THC tested out to 27.6% Total. Acquired for a donation of $50. I’ve been seeing cans of Zushi on instagram what feels like years now so when I saw GulfCoastLA had them on deck I decided to ride the wave and see what it’s like. Truth be told, when I first laid eyes on the nugs through the see through plastic bottom of the jar, I was a little underwhelmed. There’s nothing particularly eye catching about these light green roundish shrub like buds. They have a nice coating of triches, a fair amount of light orangish red hairs, and surface patches of dark green that even dip into deep purple at points.

Out of the jar the nose comes off spicy with hints of pine. When you bust the nugs open you get this really fresh scent with the spice taking a back seat. On the finger grind I pick on up on this nice minty quality and the spice seems to shift to something a bit more savory, smelling vaguely reminiscent of soy sauce. The nugs have a medium density have some give to the squeeze, and while you do sense just a bit of stickiness when tearing it up, the bud feels a bit dry. The inhale is smooth and on the exhale I catch some of that savory spiciness. The headchange is a bit of a creeper and takes until you’re through a second bowl to settle in. It hits you right behind the eyes and feels fairly heavy on the front of your head but doesn’t incapacitate you cognitively by any means. I was fairly amped up after running some morning errands and Zushi really brought me back down to a relaxing and pleasant baseline. While I was a little ho-hum on Zushi at first I feel like it managed to win me back over. Would I say it’s a strain that I need to keep in my headstash at all times? No not exactly but if I were to come across it, depending on what else was on offer, I’d consider it a worthy contender for my funds without a doubt. Not a bad introduction to the world of Zushi, my interest is definitely piqued enough that I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the yellow next.

Heatwave from Greendawg

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Heatwave from Greendawg via Connected Santa Ana on 8/17/19. THC tested out to 19.43%. Normally $73 but purchased for $36.50 out the door. When I saw it on the menu at Connected on discount I hopped at the chance to give it a shot and I’m very glad that I did. This nug is absolutely beautiful, I can only hope the pics do it justice.The triches are small but so numerous they stack on each other like dense snow packing deep into every crevice and frosting over every millimeter of surface area. It’s another nug so blasted with triches that it’s difficult to make out the colors beneath but I see some rich purples and light greens with wispy orange hairs struggling to make their way through the snowy berms.

The nose out of the bag is musty with hints of that milky smell that rings through on MAC. On breaking the nug I pick up on a mustiness and further breaking it down by finger I pick up on a muted nutty sweetness that reminds me of Mary Jane’s (the cheap peanut butter Halloween candy that’s one of my favs). It doesn’t really give you that finger hashy feeling but will leave a thick film on your fingers if you handle it too much. The inhale is smooth despite its age and I pick up on a hint of vanilla. On the exhale I get a solid sense of spice. Now, if there were ever an herb to convince you that THC percentages don’t mean much, it’s going to be Heatwave. Testing at 19.43% seems paltry these days in comparison to some of the herb that we are seeing going at 30%+ but Heatwave will absolutely make you take a seat. It doesn’t come at you behind the eyes like you might expect, it feels like it goes straight for the body and leaves you completely slumped. That’s not a figure of speech in this case either, I literally found myself slumped in my computer chair staring at the TV, breaking free only by shaking my head in a cartoonish way to snap out of it. Heatwave is a fantastic name in the sense that it leaves your body drained in the same way being in a heatwave in a stuffy apartment with no air conditioner will. You feel plastered to your seat and while you’re not sleepy you’re tired in a way where you don’t feel like doing much. Great smoke for a night cap after a day of hard physical labor. It gets into you in a way where you’re so relaxed you don’t care about anything except laying there and being at peace. While I can’t say I’d be a repeat buyer at $73, at the discounted rate it’s a phenomenal deal, and anyone that can pick it up at $37 should. If they like what they’ve read here they assuredly won’t be disappointed. Great work to the team at Greendawg!

Glazed Apricot Gelato from The Cure Company

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Glazed Apricot Gelato from The Cure Company via New Generation on 8/14/19. THC tested out to 21.23%. Purchased for $50 plus sales tax. I swooped in to New Generation in order to get a great deal, but while I was there, I figured I’d look for something new. The Cure Company had been on my radar for a bit and my only experience so far was a less than stellar pre-roll. I spotted this Glazed Apricot Gelato which was touted as an exclusive as it was grown with Snoop’s Premium Nutrients. The look of the nugs are less than stellar, they have a sort of ratty look to them even though they’re pretty dense, I’m not sure if this is because of the trim but something about them just didn’t hit my eyes properly. That’s probably my main criticism as the rest of the experience was very positive from there.

The nose out of the jar is extremely unique, it’s a mix of spice, mint and hints of sweetness. On breaking the nug, it really amps up the mint and pine aspects, and on the finger grind you get a beautiful mix of pine, mint and spice and hints of sweetness. The inhale is smooth and I catch a muted sweetness. On the exhale I feel I catch a very faint cinnamon taste, but it’s so faint I’m not really sure if I’m imagining it or not. The headchange comes on quick and has a speedy paranoid edge to it. On Weedmaps it says this is a “heavy-hitting indica” but in my experience it’s more of a sativa leaning hybrid. Maybe it’s just this batch but it’s way too racy for my tastes to label it anything Indica and I’ve been leaning on this as my morning smoke without being any worse for wear. It will leave you a little spacey at times but for the most part you can focus on what you need to do and your only distraction may be a paranoid thought like “did I pay that bill?” or “did I lock the door?”. While I’m not a fan of the way it looks, the unique smell and taste, and its surprisingly zippy nature grew on me. While I’m not sure I’d pick it up again at $50, it’s definitely a unique experience, and one you shouldn’t shy away from if you find it a price you feel good with paying.

Phone Home from Pearl Pharma

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Phone Home from Pearl Pharma via New Generation on 8/14/19. THC tested out to 20.43%. Purchased for $35 plus sales tax, normally retails for $60. I had been wanting to get my hands on some more Pearl Pharma for a while now so when I saw Phone Home on the menu at New Generation at a steep discount I jumped on it. To be fair, this batch is fairly old as it was packaged on 2/4/19, so I’m assuming that’s why it was about half off the normal ticket. On popping the jar the first thing that catches the eye are the massive triches that give the surface of the bud this yellowed sort of sandy look. The bud itself is a light green made lighter by the golden nature of the triches with only the occasional flashes of dark green. While there are small extremely thin red hairs, they are very few and far between, and manage to camouflage themselves under the coating of triches as well. The buds themselves are not as dense as they appear, being just slightly more dense than a piece of popcorn, and crumbling in a similar way between the fingers.

The nose out of the jar is very savory and hit me similar to a muted version of soy sauce. On the finger grind I still get the same scent but it’s accompanied by a very light sweetness. The inhale is a little harsh on the back of the throat which I’m going to attribute to it’s age. The exhale doesn’t really carry any noticeable flavor, I get maybe just a hint of spiciness but it’s not too pronounced. The headchange is subtle at first, you don’t really notice how spacey you are until you try to do something that requires focus. In conversation I found myself hitting these cognitive snags where I was having trouble coming up with the right words. Even now as I type this I’m sort of second guessing my writing choices and I keep pausing and wondering if this is the right direction for this particular sentence. In that sense it would seem Phone Home is aptly named as it reminds me of ET and frankly I keep spacing out. I would put this in the indica leaning hybrid camp as it feels like it puts some real weight on your body and you may find yourself ready for a weed nap after the initial thump wears off. I’d definitely save this one for the end of day when you’re ready to put your brain away. At $60, I might be a little hesitant to cop this as there’s a lot out there that falls within that range, but at $35 I’d buy a buyer all day. You can tell this is expertly cultivated herb, my only criticism is it’s age and the fact that it smoked a little harsh, but that’s not a knock against Pearl Pharma as the ravages of time are out of their control.